"It was truly a fantastic experience, kudos to New Zealand for their outstanding work. Congratulations to us too: we have shown that we can do it. We've been a bit unlucky in the last few days, but we've done a great job. This is not an end, Bertelli and Luna Rossa will try again. I am happy for this experience. Thanks Italy for the support". It is the hot comment of Francesco bruni, still on board, helmsman of Luna Rossa after the defeat in the final of the 36th America's Cup of sailing.

New Zealand needed just one race, the tenth of the 13 scheduled, to beat Luna Rossa and keep the America's Cup of sailing, which it had brought back to Auckland from Bermuda in 2017, after having fought head-to-head with the Americans of Oracle. The 'kiwis' closed the final series, inflicting a less eloquent 7-3 than it seems to Luna Rossa, who was not lucky especially in the very last matches. The Italian boat, led by the pair of helmsmen formed by Francesco Bruni and James Spithill, was up to a very complicated task, against the masters of the match race dragged by the imaginative Peter Burling. The rules of the America's Cup are merciless and allow those who hold the trophy to establish rules, type of boats and venue for the challenges. For this reason it is even more difficult to snatch the 'old pitcher' from those who exhibit it in their showcase. Luna Rossa did her best and, at a certain point, perhaps even deluded herself that she could turn the situation around, entering the history of world sport. The dream and the ambition lasted six races, in other words up to the partial of 3-3: with the passing of the days, the New Zealanders acquired greater mastery of the boat, an AC75 monohull just under 23 meters long, and imposed the their own rhythms, restoring hierarchies. Luna Rossa, however, won the Prada Cup for the first time, that is the selection among the challengers, scrambling the English of Ineos, gave a hard time to the title holders and gave Italy a moment of unforgettable glory by demonstrating that the cup one day could be ours.

America's Cup: Luna Rossa, Italian pride defeated by New Zealanders in the final

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