The Hungarian women's water polo team will face the Italian team in Paris on Saturday.
After losing to the USA, the Hungarian women's water polo team managed to improve their 2024 Olympics berth with a score of 5-8. In the battle for place they defeated the Greeks to be able to play for fifth place on Saturday. Our opponents will be the Italians, according to the bookmakers we are serious favourites, Tippmixpro offers 1.46x money for the Hungarians to succeed in three chances…
Team News
Hungary beat Greece 12-9, 5-8, on Thursday in the semi-finals of the battle for the place. So our girls can jump into the pool for the fifth place on Saturday, and they will face Italy.
Attila Mihok and Sandor Cseh's team were three goals down at the start of the semi-final against the Greeks, but under the leadership of Rita Kestheli and Vanda Valli, they easily turned around and finally won with confidence.
| Hungarian women's water polo team travels to Paris 2024 Olympics: |
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| Goalkeepers: Alda Magyari, Boglarka Nzmil. |
| Field players: Camilla Farago, Cristina Garda, Greta Jurisati, Brigitta Horvath, Rita Kestelly, Dora Lemaitre, Geraldine Maheu, Rebecca Parks, Natasa Repanska, Dorothea Szilagyi, Vanda Valli. |
| Union leaders: Attila Mihawk, Sandor Shih. |
“There was a lot of tension in the team, because it didn’t matter if we played for fifth or seventh place in the end. Accordingly, it was our worst start at the Olympics, but our defence united and from then on, when the referees allowed more assists in the middle, we were able to translate.” “Attila Mihok told MTI in the mixed zone,” he said.
Hungary will clash with Italy for fifth place on Saturday. The Italians did not perform well in the group stage, as they only beat the Greeks (12-8), losing to the Spaniards (11-13), the Americans (3-10) and even the host France (8-9). In the quarter-finals they lost to the Dutch (8-11), but in the semi-finals they beat the Canadians by five goals (10-5).
The last time the two teams met was at the European Championships in January, when the Italians managed to win 12-11 in the quarter-finals, but before that the Hungarians won twice 13-3.
What is worth betting on?
Basically, there is not much between the two teams, but looking at the overall picture, taking into account the Olympic production so far, we believe that the flag is clearly ours. Or our girls could get fifth place, but they have no chance of doing so unless they take the meeting completely seriously. Based on what we saw on Thursday, this could happen together, so we believe that they will achieve the handicap set by the bookmakers, that is, they will beat the Italians by at least two goals.
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