Women’s national team lost on penalties against Hungary and will play Spain for bronze

She fell fighting Women’s National Team!

THE Hellas was defeated on penalties (13-11 aggregate score) by Hungary and was left out of the final in Doha World. Despite this, she has in front of her the small final of the competition against Spainwhere she will claim her second medal in the event (16/02, 10:30).

The “blue and white” made a great appearance and came very close to qualifying, when they led with a score of 9-8 shortly before the end, with the Magyars to have an attack to tie. Nevertheless, Leymeter managed to make it 9-9 with 21 seconds left in the final, with the match going to penalties, where Hellas failed in two executions and Hungary he put them all.

The race

The Women’s National Team came on strong and pulled off back-to-back saves, while taking a 0-1 lead with a penalty Ninowhich was won by Eleftheriadou. Hungary quickly equalized, with Parks to beat Diamantopoulou from close range, but Greece with Nino moving smartly from close range put the National team ahead 1-2, before scoring again with her third attempt to make it 1-3. Vali took advantage of the slow return of the Greek women and reduced it to 2-3 on the counter, while Hungary took advantage a little later of the player above and equalized at 3-3 with Leymeter.

At the start of the second eight minutes, Parkes took a rebound off the post and put Hungary ahead for the first time with 4-3. Greece missed back-to-back chances due to great saves by Magiari, but eventually managed to draw 4-4 with Eleftheria Pleuritou to take advantage of the above. THE Yiannopoulou did exactly the same with an impressive shot for the 4-5 of the National Team, while the Hydirioti wrote 4-6 via VAR, since the goal did not count at first. The Hungarian women they reacted with the always dangerous Parkes, which reduced to 5-6, while Garda with an impressive shot from 6m. made it 6-6 at halftime.

In the third eight minutes, h Nino with an unimaginable goal from a long distance put Greece ahead again with a score of 6-7, with the “blue and white” making consecutive great defenses, also helped by their saves Diamantopoulou. The Women’s National Team missed consecutive opportunities to the player above, but the Hungary she did not make the same mistake and equalized at 7-7 with the Zillagi.

At the beginning of the last eight minutes, both teams missed consecutive attacks, without taking advantage of the opportunities they gave each other. Finally, the Hungary she was the one who took the lead, with a nice long shot by Zilagi for 8-7, but Eleftheriadou restored the tie very quickly (8-8) in the above. THE Hellas took out the defense and in the attack Myriokephalitaki put her in front with a huge goal for 8-9, but the Hungary tied at 9-9 with the Leymeter shortly before the end, sending the match to penalties.

In… roulette, the Magyars managed to hit 4 penalties with the Magyar to prevent two executions (Eleftheriadou, V. Pleuritou) got the ticket for the final, where they will face the USA.

The eight minutes: 3-3, 6-6, 7-7, 9-9, 13-11 (Wed.)

Hungary (Mihok): Maggiari, Zillagi 3, Vali 1, Gurisati 1, Mahiou, Parkes 3, Mate, Keztelli 1, Leimeter 2, Rybanska, Garda 2, Nezmeli, Horvat.

Greece (Kammenou): Diamantopoulou, Eleftheria Pleuritou 2, Hydirioti 1, Eleftheriadou 1, Margarita Pleuritou, Xenaki, Asimaki, Patras, Ninou 4, Vasiliki Pleuritou, Giannopoulou 2, Myriokephalitaki 1, Stamatopoulou.