2024 World Aquatics Championships
Italy and Croatia will meet on Saturday in the men’s water polo championship match.
The second semi-final match is France vs Croatia. Croatia took the lead, scoring the first two goals of the game in just over three minutes. The second quarter was a chaotic one, with France scoring and tying the score at 3-3, Croatia took a one-point lead at 4-3, and France tied the score again. Croatia then scored another point to make it 5-4, but France responded and made it 5-5. Croatia scored at the end of the quarter to make it 6-5 at the half.
Croatia extended their lead to 9-6 at the end of the third period. France performed well in the fourth quarter, scoring consecutive goals early in the quarter. The score was tied 10-10 with just over two minutes left, but Croatia scored with 52 seconds left to take an 11-10 lead. With 16 seconds left, France took a shot and scored to make it 11-11. The two sides went to a penalty shootout, with Croatia winning 17-16. He led Croatia. Lauren Fatovich With three goals.
Spain and Italy were tied by one point at the end of the first quarter. He scored three points in the second quarter to give Italy a 4-2 lead and never looked back. Spain scored the first two goals of the fourth quarter and fell behind 6-5 with four and a half minutes remaining, delaying a comeback, but Spain scored two goals to stop the team. Alberto Munaris He scored two goals for Spain.
In the first 5-8 deciding match, Greece defeated Montenegro 14-13 on penalties. Serbia defeated Hungary 11-10 in the second game with a score of 5-8.
Australia defeated China 17-7 in the 11/12 standings match, and the USA defeated Romania 13-9 in the 9/10 standings match.