The Italian water polo players did not forgive the mistake of the judges, our Veselin Mišković and the Romanian Aleksandrescu, in the match with Hungary in the quarter-finals of the Olympic Games, so today - in the play-off for placing from 5th to 8th place - they did something that water sports does not remember.
Things can be called by their true name - it was a scandal that in the world of water polo, probably only Italy can pass.
Namely, "Setebelo" boycotted today's duel with the Spaniards and did so in several ways.
First, the players turned their backs to the referees and officials and looked at the crowd during the singing of the national anthems, and then Kondemi - who received an unjustified red card against Hungary - swam first to the ball and then left the pool.
He took off his cap, the match continued with Italy symbolically playing with a player less than four minutes, which is how long the so-called brutality usually lasts in water polo.
Sandro Kampanje's team did not attack in those moments, nor did they want to score a goal, and in the end Spain won 11:9.
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The Italians filed a complaint after the match with the Hungarians, they also asked for the match to be repeated, but of course that did not happen.
The World Aquatics Federation then admitted that the Romanian and Montenegrin referees made a mistake and that they damaged Italy in that way.
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