Saturday, July 20, 2024, 10:04 a.m
Although the Hungarian polo team led almost all the way, they lost to the host Italian team on penalties in the warm-up match held in Syracuse, Sicily.
warm-up match:
Italy-Hungary 15-14 (3-3, 2-4, 2-2, 3-1) 5-4 with five meters
scorers: Zalánki 3, Vámos 3, Manhercz, Dénes Varga, Jansik Sz., Fekete
A week ago, at the Domino Trans tournament on Margitsziget, the Italians won 13-11, now it seemed for a long time that Zsolt Varga’s team would fight back, as the Hungarians already led by three goals in the final quarter (7-10). However, the Italians shook their heads spectacularly, they didn’t concede a goal in the last seven minutes and saved the match to five meters, and Gergő Fekete was the only one to make a mistake in the shootout.
“The picture of the game was completely different compared to last week. I am satisfied with this trip so far, I found the pre-match exercises, the two quarters against the Japanese, or the two goals against the Italians on Thursday evening extremely useful,” Zsolt Varga evaluated on the website. – “We got off to a bad start, we turned it around, this morning there was a bit of a fight, and now the match gave us a lot.”It’s true, by now the two teams have reached the point where, if we were to play again, I don’t think we’d get away without major clashes.
“Of course, as always, when we train and play so much with the Italians, including the time we spent together in Budapest, then this is in the deck.”
If we were to play again now, there would be give and take (Photo: MVLSZ)
“Why we couldn’t score a goal in the last seven minutes, and why the game turned out the way it did… Well, you always have to look back at what happened, I wouldn’t want to make more serious ratings, but the home referees had a serious say in the history of the match: when they should have intervened, they didn’t, when they didn’t, they sent Marcie Vámos off for a small tug of war”
– said Zsolt Varga.
“However, the bottom line is that we advanced with good blocks and good defenses, and there was strength in the team. We will do everything we can to make sure that whatever happens on the beach and in the water, we will be even stronger,” the national team captain looked ahead.
Source: molcsapat.hu
