The men’s handball team corrected the black point

warm-up match:
Hungary-Japan 41-27 (21-11)
the Hungarian goal scorers: Rosta 9, Szita 5, Imre, Hanusz, Bodó 4-4, Bánhidi, Lékai, Ilic 3-3, Bóka, Ancsin 2-2, Rodríguez, Sipos 1-1
shots/goals: 55/41 and 50/27
goals from seven meters: 1/0 and 5/4 respectively
exhibitions: 4 and 2 minutes respectively

Federal captain Chema Rodríguez probably did not intend Saturday’s match to be the main test of the meeting against Egypt, as Roland Mikler, Hanusz Egon and Pedro Rodríguez Álvarez, who were named among the reserves, were also starters, while Bence Bánhidi watched the game from the bench.

Mikler defended brilliantly, the outfield players’ reorganizing and defense was more effective than the day before against Germany, and the Hungarians won 9-4 with the goals scored from the rush. Antonio Carlos Ortega, the current head coach of Veszprém, the defending Champions League champion, and the former head coach of Veszprém, the manager of the Japanese team, asked for time for the first time in the quarter of the match, but his players tried to play fast, but made a lot of mistakes (14-6). We had a chat with the Spanish specialist who won the Champions League with Barca a few weeks ago:

After the substitutions, the momentum on the Hungarian side did not break, in fact, it only increased, as members of the planned starting team took the field (19-9). The difference was ten even at the break of the match played in front of 1,211 spectators, so in the second half the excitement typical of close matches was missing from the game. The Japanese defended better, the Hungarians stopped temporarily (28-21), but their lead was not threatened.

Zoltán Szita and then Hanusz Egon also took turns at the left wing position, and their team, based on its ever-improving defense, increased the difference to over ten with the goals of Imre Bence and Miklós Rosta. The Japanese tried outnumbered actions, but they scored several goals in their empty goal, so the Hungarian success was even smoother than expected.

Chema is extremely satisfied

“You can win, you can lose, but you always have to give one hundred percent of yourself. Every day, every moment. That was missing against the Germans, for me that was the worst,” said captain Chema Rodriguez after the match. As a positive, he mentioned that they played a very good second half against a strong team like Germany, they bounced back and were in the game until the end.

“I think we have very good things, as we have seen before, but the first half of yesterday’s game was a black spot,” he stated.

Mikler Roland, Egon Hanusz and Rodríguez Álvarez Pedro, who were not named in the 14-man Olympic squad, appeared in every meeting, despite the fact that they are preparing for Paris as reserves. As I said before, we will wait until the very end to decide who will be our 13th and who will be our 14th player” – he declared. The captain added that they have until next Friday to decide on this issue, but he will probably announce it on Tuesday.