Saturday, August 3, 2024, 4:22 p.m
The Hungarian men’s water polo team lost 9-8 to the Australian team on Saturday at the Paris Olympics, in the fourth round of the group stage, so its place among the top eight is not yet certain. The situation can be hot, as the Hungarian team plays against Serbia in the last round.
Olympics, men’s water polo, group B, 4th round:
Australia-Hungary 9-8 (2-2, 2-3, 2-2, 3-1)
scorers: Edwards, Maksimovic, Power 2-2, Pavillard, Poot, Berehulak 1-1, and Manhercz 4, Fekete, Varga Dé., Zalánki, Nagy Á. 1-1
Hungary: Soma Vogel – Krisztián Manhercz, Erik Molnár, Szilárd Jansik, Márton Vámos, Dénes Varga, Gergő Zalánki – substitutions: Dániel Angyal, Ádám Nagy, Vince Vigvári, Gergő Fekete, Balázs Hárai
The meeting started with missed opportunities on both sides, then Vogel was the final stop at the first Australian forum, while Manhercz sold the man advantage on the other side. After a turnover, the overseas players were able to attack with a man advantage without being sent off, and captain Edwards equalized with a huge goal off the post. Gergő Fekete scored from action, the rival equalized again, from five meters.
At the beginning of the second quarter, the referees gave the players a small swimming exercise with counter-judgments, and then the Australians took the lead with a man advantage. Jansik could have equalized from the counterattack, but he pulled a pass that was a little too high for him from close range to the crossbar. The rival increased his advantage, Maskimovic took a wonderful twist in Vogel’s goal, and the Hungarian national team captain asked for time.
A few seconds later, Varga made it even better with a huge goal, and Vigvári could have closed the gap within half a minute, but his shot bounced off the short post and into the goalkeeper’s lap. Just over a minute before the end of the quarter, the equalizer was finally achieved, Manhercz shot the ball into the net “together with the goalkeeper”. Even the translation came together before the break, Zalánki shot under the crossbar with tremendous power just one second before the end of the offensive period (5-4). The team won the period after the captain’s timeout with 3-0.
We continued to shake the slap tree
This series was quickly interrupted, only 20 seconds of the game ended after the turn, when the Australians sold a four after a pass, but Manhercz responded in the first minute from action and Ádám Nagy also signed on the scoreboard, thus the Hungarians led by two for the first time. team. The Australians were outnumbered, Zalánki had three chances to score, but he never succeeded. Four Hungarians were eliminated in a row in the continuation, but Vogel made sure that the minimum advantage remained for the final eight minutes.
The fourth quarter was led by Manhercz’s fourth goal, this time the classy player in his third Olympics scored from five, but the answer came immediately from Power with a man advantage. It was not possible to score in a double chance either – Manhercz shot into the block this time – and the rival equalized less than four minutes before the end.
Another Hungarian advantage was wasted, on the other side, the Australians also got the advantage, and their captain asked for time, but he did not succeed. There were only 46 seconds left in the game when Power scored an action goal from the center, and Zsolt Varga asked for time again. Hárai took the lead 25 seconds before the final whistle, but Vigvári’s shot went off the block, resulting in a Hungarian defeat.
Further program of the Hungarian national team:
Monday: Hungary-Serbia 12.00
Source: molcsapat.hu
