The men's water polo team defeated the Greeks for the world championship title after 10-10 in a fierce final.
Men's World Water Polo Championship, final:
Hungary-Greece 10-10 (4-2, 1-2, 2-3, 3-3) - with five-meter penalty: 4-3
Hungarian scorers: Zalánki, Manhercz 3-3, Vámos 2, Fekete, Jansik
After 1973, 2003 and 2013, Hungary won for the fourth time.
First quarter
We scored the first ball thanks to Dénes Varga. After Jansik's play-in, Gergő Fekete is fouled. After the exhibition, Vámos shoots, but the ball goes off the Greek goalkeeper. On the other hand, the Greek counterattack is successful, the opponent is effective due to the man advantage. The German Toni also comes in, the one Greek player is sent off, Jansik shot the post from a sharp angle, but we get the rebounding ball, Zalánki is left free, and he takes advantage of it. The score is 1-1. The Greek attack ends quickly, Vogel Soma makes a nice save. Our attack, on the other hand, is blown back by the referee due to Vámos's foul. The goalkeepers' moments follow: we can see a nice save on both sides.
However, we got the ball, and after an incredible cross, Zalánki flicked the ball over the goalkeeper's head with his fingertips!
The score is 2-1. The attack of the Greeks is unsuccessful, despite the fact that they have a man advantage. On the other hand, we successfully attack from a turn, Dénes Varga scores from a distance. Something may happen to the Greeks as well: they managed to score another man advantage. The Hungarian team makes a long pass, then Manhercz shoots, but Zerdevasz makes a great save. However, Gergő Fekete flicks the replay under his arm into the long corner, 4:2 The Greeks hit the crossbar after the turn, but the Hungarian team loses the ball during the counter-attack, counterfoul. At the end of the quarter, the score is 4:2.
Second quarter
In the second half, the Greeks get the ball for the first time, but with the sending off of Ádám Nagy, they get a man advantage in vain, and we defend the attack. Jansik scores a goal, but according to the referees, he was within two meters, he takes the ball away from us. After a risky pass, we lose the ball, but the Greek center, Nikolaidisz, receives a good ball in vain, and shoots over it. Still no goals in the second quarter. The Hungarian counter-attack is also ineffective, but the Greeks get the first action goal of the half from a turnover. Genidunias is effective from a distance. We get a man advantage, the team passes patiently, and then Manhercz shoots with tremendous power from a distance. gooooool! At 5-3, the Greeks attack and unfortunately they also score a nice goal from a long shot through Skumpakis. After the Hungarian counterattack, the Greek goalkeeper, Zerdevasz, defends well again, now for the sixth time in the match.
The Greeks try, play it out for a long time, but we block the shot released at the end of the attacking time.
A goal post on both sides, it remains 5-4. Gergő Fekete receives the ball in the middle, but despite the stone from close range, the goalkeeper is again in the right place, we don't even get a five-meter shot. The Greeks attack in the last seconds, but Vogel Soma also makes a good save, the score remains 5-4.
Photo: MTI/Szilárd Koszticsák
Third quarter
The Greeks get the ball again, so even though we had a man advantage thanks to the exhibition at the end of the previous quarter, we block Fudulisz's shot nicely. we would attack, but a counterfoul, the judges judge, and Manhercz is sent off. He could just come back when the Greeks get a five-meter. Genidunias shoots in, 5-5. Gergő Fekete shoots from a distance, but the powerful shot hits the crossbar. On the counterattack, however, the Greeks convert with a long shot, the score is 5-6. The next Hungarian action, however, was successfully stopped by the Greeks. We have an exhibition, we are halfway through the quarter, and the Greek national team is asking for time.
But in vain, at the end of the attacking time we reach for a pass and we also end up with a man advantage, even a double goal! Vámos, at the end of the long passing game, bombards the goal from afar. Angyal stands up, Greek phoenix, but despite the fact that they shoot from a sharp angle, we get the ball and attack. We don't, but the Greeks score a goal, 6-7 in their favor. Their next attack, despite the good centering, is ineffective, the referee blows a counterfoul. As against us. In the last minute, Angyal is sent off again, the Greeks pass well, but Zalánki pulls down the ball in the end. There are 25 seconds left after our timeout. Let's play it out until the end
Manhercz scores an insanely big goal from almost halfway! The score is 7-7 at the end of the quarter.
Fourth quarter
Finally, we bring the ball again! However, Zerdevasz got the pass. Our next attack is already successful, Szilárd Jansik beautifully bypasses the block and throws the ball into the corner. The Greeks get the goalpost for the first time with a man advantage, and Vogel saves another shot. We turn around quickly, Vámos shoots from afar, but hits the crossbar and the Greeks equalize through Fudurisz. It's hard to describe in words what kind of goal Manhercz scores... Five seconds before the end of the attacking time, he turns from the wing and almost floats on the water and shoots under the goalkeeper's arm, Zerdevasz hugs the Hungarian player in vain, 9-8. However, the Greek team also responds to this. We play our man advantage nicely, and in the end Zalánki scores a big goal! But we don't lead for long, the excellent shot by Genidunias is almost caught by Vogel, but curls in.
One and a half minutes before the end, Manhercz is sent off, everyone except Vogel believes the ball shot into the goal after the Greek play-in! Our goalkeeper makes a great save!
The national team captain Zsolt Varga asks for time out, but Zalánki is sent off after a Greek steal. With 36 seconds to go, the Greeks can attack, they also ask for time. At the end, however, we block, and with 17 seconds before the end we can score, but we shoot the forward ball onto the post. It's 10-10 in regular time.
THEY ARE FIVE METERS
Dénes Varga shoots first, but the shot bounces off Zerdevasz's head. 0-0
Fuduris follows. Vogel makes a great save again! 0-0
Customs officer shoots him! 1-0
Papanastasiou too. 1-1
Zalánki scores a confident goal. 2-1
Guvecisz's shot is saved by Vogel. 2-1
The Greek goalkeeper pushes Jansik's shot onto the post. 2-1
Vogel saves again, Argiopoulos's shot also misses. 2-1
Gergő Fekete's shot is also missed. 2-1
Genidunias shoots him. 2-2
Dénes Varga now shoots quickly, goal! 3-2
Fudurisz also scores a goal. 3-3
Vámos' shot is also a goal! 4-3
Vogel makes a great save on Papanastasziu's shot, we won!
Everyone in the pool, teammates are chanting Vogel Soma's name!
The organizers would already take away the gate, as the Japanese organizers know the custom of the winning team placing the flag on the top bar. But in the end, the Hungarian flag is up, photos are being taken, the Hungarian team is celebrating obliviously. We won the world championship title for the fourth time in the history of Hungarian water polo.
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Featured image: MTI/Szilárd Koszticsák
