As expected, the Hungarian women’s water polo team defeated Singapore in the second group stage match of the World Cup by an even bigger margin than in the first match against New Zealand. Nemzet in Magyar. A 39-2 victory completed the adjustment, with Ryvanska and Grisatti becoming the two most successful players, scoring six goals each. The Hungarians now face a tough battle for first place in their group when they face Australia on Thursday. The men’s team will play against Italy on Wednesday.
The biggest moment for Singapore came in the 19th minute when Yap scored a beautiful shot on goal with the score 21-0. Not only was Yap happy, the entire Singapore bench was on fire. Just like in the first round, when they lost 32-1 to Australia, Singapore scored the honorable goal. In fact, Yap scored one more goal after that, giving Hungary a 39-2 victory. Therefore, the Hungarian team scored more points and goals against Singapore than Australia.
There is no point in evaluating the match from a professional point of view, but there was still a lot to gain as all the Hungarian players scored and this match may have given some players confidence.
For example, Natasa Rybanska scored on all six of her shots, making her the most successful player in the Hungarian team alongside Greta Grisatti.
This is also important because the Slovak water polo player (Livanska) was a key player at the World Championships a year and a half ago and played an important role in winning the silver medal, but has since undergone surgery and is experiencing difficulties. be. To restore its former appearance.
On Thursday, the Hungarian team will play Australia for first place in Group C.
“It’s difficult to evaluate the match. We looked at the match as a training session and the most important thing was that we were able to control ourselves. We tried to make the opponent’s resistance much less than before. So instead of getting too excited in the match, we wanted to keep a sensible system of play. This was the case in practice and we even managed to practice a little extra in the third quarter. Waiting for Australia.” Head coach Attila Mihok said, adding that the World Cup begins on Thursday against Australia.
Via Magyar Nemzet. Featured image via MTI/Kovács Tamás