De Akker Bologna season presented

FRIDAY 27 SEPTEMBER DEBUT IN EUROCUP
SATURDAY 12 OCTOBER DEBUT IN CHAMPIONSHIP WITH RECCO

The first time for De Akker waterpolo Bologna in the Eurocup qualifying round will be on Friday 27 September. In fact, the Bologna team will rest on Thursday, during which they will be able to train from 11 to 12. On Friday morning, instead, they will immediately get into the pool at 9 for training, while the first match will be at 17:30 against the defending champions, the Croatians of Jug Dubrovnik. On Saturday 28, again at 9:30, Mistrangelo's boys will face Panathinaikos, while in the evening, at 20:00, the Bologna team will take to the pool against the Germans of Ludwisburg. The last day of commitments will be Sunday 29 September when at 11:30 De Akker will face the home team of Pays Aix Natation.

There will be two teams that will qualify for the ordinary Euro Cup group, the others will immediately abandon their European commitment. Live streaming on EuroAquaticsTV.com: https://euroaquaticstv.com

CHAMPIONSHIP

The top water polo championship will start on October 12th, during which De Akker will have to defend the sixth place it achieved last year. Next season, the championship will be played with the classic formula of home and away matches, with play-offs for the championship between the top four, then the teams from fifth to eighth place will play to determine entry into the Euro Cup. The last will be relegated directly, while the teams classified from ninth to thirteenth place will play the play-offs to decide the second relegated team. The Italian Cup will be played between the first eight teams at the end of the first round.

De Akker will debut away against the Italian champions of Recco Waterpolo (ret. 01/25/2024), then home debut on October 19 against Quinto (ret. 02/01/2025), third day on October 26 in Palermo with Telimar (ret. 02/08/2025), then the fourth day will arrive at Carmen Longo on November 2 Ortigia (ret. 02/12/2025). For the fifth day, on November 9th, there will be an away match against Florentia (ret. 02/15/2025), then the sixth of the championship will be away again in Catania on November 16th (ret. 02/22/2025), while for the seventh day, De Akker will host Trieste (ret. 03/01/2025). For the eighth day, on November 30th, Luongo and his teammates will visit Posilippo (ret. 03/15/2024), while for the ninth day, on December 7th, De Akker will play at home against Roma Vis Nova (ret. 03/22/2025). Tenth day away in the capital against the other Roman team, Astra Nuoto (ret. 03/26/2025), then the eleventh commitment at home against Brescia (03/29/2025). The penultimate appointment is still at home on January 15th against the third Roman team, Olympic Roma (ret. 05/04/2025), while the regular phase will end on 18/01/2025 away in Savona (ret. 19/04/2025).

ROSTER.

The team is made up of goalkeepers Rocco Valle, an under-20 international, who was with Campagna's Azzurri for the Olympic preparation until the final choice, then the confirmed Matteo Pederielli. The captain will still be Edoardo Cocchi, while the driving force of the group will be the bomber Stefano Luongo. Together with them the American Tyler Abramson, the confirmed Kristijan Milakovic, who this season will have to alternate in the role of centerforward with the other "two meters" of the team, the Dutch Jeroen Rouwenhorst. Valentino Gallo's experience will be important, but also the exuberance of the youngsters, who have almost all already played in European cups, Andrea Condemi, Francesco Lucci, Andrea Urbinati, Enrico Tringali, Matteo Bragantini and the under 18s Mattia Martini and Nicolò Filippelli. The youngsters Jacopo Bucci, Keita Tacheuki, Luka Barovic and Dario Magalotti will also be added to them. The coach is always Federico Mistrangelo with Luca Alagna as a collaborator.

THE SQUAD:

ROCCO VALLE                                                       06/07/2004           GOALKEEPER
MATTEO PEDERIELLI                                         07/0471999           GOALKEEPER
STEFANO LUONGO                                              05/0171990
EDOARDO COCCHI                                              24/06/1990
KRISTIJAN MILAKOVICH                                   21/04/1992
FRANCESCO LUCCI                                            06/08/2001
ANDREA CONDEMI                                             27/02/2001
ENRICO TRINGALI                                             18/07/2005
ANDREA URBINATI                                             12/07/2004
MATTEO BRAGANTINI                                        04/06/2004
TYLER ALLEN ABRAMSON                                  30/12/1998
HENDRIK ERIC JEROEN ROUWENHORST    10/01/2000
VALENTINO GALLO                        ... Bologna