The Women’s National Polo lost a difficult 12-14 to Hungary in the premiere of the first group of the first phase of the World Cup held in Rotterdam, Holland, and started with the “left” the attempt to qualify for the final phase of the competition.
The next opponent of the representative group on Holy Wednesday at 19:30 will be the “host”, which in the other match of the day won 11-7 against Australia.
Greece conceded a goal in the first possession by Gourisati, lost an attack with an extra player and Vaso Pleuritou was penalized, but Gourisati’s execution was saved by Stamatopoulou. Thus, Xenaki and Vaso Pleuritou made it 3-1 and the National Team maintained the lead, finding solutions against Hungary’s closed defense, so Eleftheriadou led 8-5 at the end of the first half.
In the third eight minutes, Kesteli scored three consecutive goals from the top of the attack against Diamantopoulou and equalized at 8-8, to make it 9-10 on her own. The expulsion of Vassos Pleuritou helped the Hungarians escape 12-10 and 14-11 and Eleftheriadou simply shaped the final score.
The eight minutes (with the national team first): 4-2, 4-3, 2-6, 2-3
GREECE (Alexia Kammenou): Diamantopoulou, Fundotou, Elliniadi, Eleftheriadou 4, Marg. Pleuritou, Xenaki 3, Ninou 1, Tricha 1, Siouti, V. Pleuritou 1, Giannopoulou 2, Myriokephalitaki, Stamatopoulou
HUNGARY (Attila Biro): Maggiari, Silagi, Vali, Gurisati 2, Maye, Parks 2, Mate 1, Kesteli 6, Szegedi 1, Poce, Baksa 1, Garda 1, Nesmeli
** Stefania Santa and Phoebe Angelides were left out of the Greek 13-team.
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