Forced to make a last-minute change, the Hungarian women’s water polo team will begin their participation in the FIFA World Cup Final in Long Beach with a quarter-final against Greece late Friday night. M4 Sport and m4sport.hu will also broadcast the match, which kicks off at 10:00pm Hungarian time.
For the captain of the national team, Attila Biro It had to be changed at the last minute on the frame, because – according to the declaration of the Hungarian Society – Zsuzsanna Máté was not allowed to enter the United States.
The Ferencváros player was born in Felvidék, although he always played with a Hungarian passport, but for the US Simplified Visa (ESTA) you need a passport corresponding to the place of birth. Matti had a Slovakian passport prepared for him before the foreign trip – for the first time in his life – which was then brought to Italy, but although he submitted the application, it was rejected by the Americans without cause. All this was revealed already on the Canadian part of the tour – he got the pass easily there – that is, he had to head to Budapest instead of Long Beach, and Panna Pőcze arrived in his place.
“do this I find it outrageous that an athlete cannot participate in a world competition for reasons that consist of words – said Attila Peru. – I wonder what would have happened if an American shirt player had not been granted a visa for the Budapest Festival last year. However, I had to call someone in, because given the status of the Infected, it’s not out of the question for me to play only twelve in the end, and we don’t want to give that much advantage to a Super. last.”
The national team plays against the Greeks at 22:00 Hungarian time, and of the four, the US national team is almost certainly “preparing” against the Israelis. The first two places mean automatic qualification for the 2024 World Championships in Doha.
