World Youth Water Polo Champx: Italy vs. India 47-2

Indians score their first ever goals but Italy dominate

Italy has defeated India 47-2 in the second Group C clash of Day three under the sweltering Perth sun.

The Italians scored 10 goals in the first quarter, 12 in the second, 10 in the third and 15 in the last, whilst the Indians scored their first goal just over 90 seconds into the first term and second with 2:52 left in the game.

For the Indians their first goal – scored by Ambili Archa Anil Kumar who made the most of a rare steal and two on one opportunity – was their first in FINA World Championships history. Manasi Ravindra Gawde scored their second with a perfectly placed lob from 8m after earning a foul.

Kumar was over the moon to have scored her country’s first goal and said she was learning with each game.

“I feel very proud to have scored the goal. Very happy,” Kumar said.

“We are gaining in experience every time we play these better teams.”

Despite the lopsided score the Indians showed improvement from yesterday’s 34-0 loss to the hands of tournament favourites USA. Their biggest problem against the physical Italians was staying in the pool with no less than five Indian players accruing three major fouls.

To be fair, as hard as the Indians tried, the game was little more than shooting practice for Italy with Sara Dario, Giuditta Galardi and Arianna Gragnolati all scoring six.

Italy square’s off against the USA tomorrow with a chance to win the group if they can score an upset win. Things don’t get any easier for India as they come up against Hungary.

Sunday 2 December

2	INA	vs	UZB	6-8
3	BRA	vs	NZL	13-10
4	ITA	vs	HUN	4-7
5	IND	vs	USA	0-34
6	RSA	vs	ZIM	9-1
8	RUS	vs	GRE	9-11
1	AUS	vs	CZE	22-2