Last summer, in the World League Qualifiers, the Hungarian women’s water polo team won relatively smoothly, by four goals, over the Canadian team. The same summer, also in the World League, for example, the North Americans won 13-12, and before that in two high-scoring matches, the 2019 World Cup (15-14) and the World League match also held in 2019 (16-14) they won Our team.
The two national teams also clashed at the 2017 Aquatics World Cup at the Hajos Alfred Sportozozoda Stadium: however, this story did not end well. The national team, led by Attila Peru, lost 6-4, scoring all 4 goals in one quarter, in the second quarter – after that, they were scoreless for more than 16 minutes. And with that, Rita Kechtelli’s dream of a medal celebration at a local swimming pool was shattered. At least for that year…
Looking back, the fourth-place finish in 2017 was more of a fluke than a historic turning point in the history of Canadian women’s water polo. Before that, Maple Leaf ranked 11th in Russia, then 9th in South Korea.
Whereas five years ago a match would have meant the end of a dream, this time there was no such thing. Because we are By defeating Italy on Wednesday He was also able to beat Colombia, but it was already decided before the first swim, the Hungarian national team could only take second place in the group at best, so they should play in the quarterfinals on Sunday. The real question was, who will be the opponent this weekend? Representing the Netherlands or Argentina not far from the same weight class?
The first quarter didn’t score many goals, and we had to wait three minutes for the first goal – but we scored it: Dorka Szilágyi scored from five meters out. Not long after, Gréta Gurisatti increased the winning odds to two. However, this went even against the Italians… After nearly six minutes of play, the Canadiens could only break through the Hungarian defense with a double man advantage, 2-1 position change.
We controlled the game in the continuation as well. It was an encouraging sign that Alda Magyari, who made just four saves in the entire match against the Italians, made the same number of saves this time after just ten minutes. Gorisati increased the deficit to two goals again in the 10th minute, but the Canadiens couldn’t beat that much. Despite the fact that we repeatedly left with two, the beautician came according to schedule. At the start of the first half, Axelle Crevier responded to a Dóra Leimeter video from a position that was pushed out of position that should have been left with a drop in the beauty prize. (5-4).
After a turn, the pattern was finally broken, after a hit by Rita Kishtelli-Nagy, Sohi Gurpret threw the ball into the upper right corner, and Szilágyi changed the score to 7-4 from the counterattack.
Alda Magyari came up with another great save and then after a man advantage we were lucky to bounce back and once he got back to us Keszthelyi didn’t take kindly to the ball into the right side of the goal. The Hungarian national team gained a respectable advantage in less than two minutes. This time, the goal post also helped us, and another human goal gave us the opportunity to come up with five goals. Bíró asked for time, and Keszthelyi played the ball in a way suitable for a magnetic board, so that the latter hit the long ball with his right hand – almost completely destroying the Canadiens (9-4). The North American team couldn’t even improve in the third quarter.
This was indeed a medal-worthy performance, especially (against the Italians The girls also called him weaker than she should be disabled) in defense.
We also brought the fourth goal, Vanda Vale sent the tenth Hungarian goal into the net shortly after. “Alé-álé, álé the Hungarian” — chanted the stands, which only died down for a short while when Canada scored a point at the end of an 11-minute scoreless period to make it better. The Canadians’ blue caps came back. Well, Lemaître closed the game with two minutes left in the game, as it turned out later with an 11-7 Create the end result.
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Photos: Women’s water polo match Hungary – Canada – 06/24/2022Photo: Peter Papajcic/Index
With this, it was decided that Argentina will wait for our team on Sunday, and if they manage to complete the far from impossible task, Aldá Magyari will be able to face Australia in the quarterfinals.
In addition, the branches are formed in such a way that the United States, who have won the last three World Cups, meet only in the finals.
World Championship in us
Women’s water polo
Group stage, first group, third round
Hungary-Canada 11-7 (2–1, 3–3, 4–0, 2–3)
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Italy and Colombia 31-5 (5–2, 7–0, 6–2, 13–1)
The final result of the group: 1. Italy 5 points, 2. Hungary 4, 3. Canada 3, 4. Colombia 0
(Cover photo: Péter Papajcsik / Index)
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