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Thetis Cup: We have the fix against the French

Thetis Cup: We have the fix against the French

The Hungarian national team managed to improve at the Thetis Cup in Greece, as they will play their second meeting on Friday 9- He won against France by 7.

Just a few hours after the opening game of the Thetis Cup, which ended with a 12-11 defeat against the Australians, his performance again for our women's national team at the tournament in Greece. In our second match on Friday, we clashed with the French, who by the way also doubled up, because they played the home team after our match and they were really tight (7-9).

In Kalkís, more than The teams were greeted by 30 degrees and some wind, even with this they dictated a serious pace at the beginning. Vanda Vályi took the lead from close range, which was answered by Orsolya Hertzka for the French, and then we took advantage of a man advantage through Rebecca Parkes. Then the defenses and the goalkeepers arrived in the match (Boglárka Neszmély started for us), but at the end of the stage they equalized with a beautiful drop, and even the hosts of the Olympics took the lead with a long, sneaking shot.

They also started the second quarter better and doubled their advantage with a five-meter shot, but we immediately closed back with Rita Keszthelyi's sensational drop, and then she equalized at the end of a well-played goal. However, it was not even for long, with another long shot the Gauls took the lead again, so the first half ended 5-4. until Kata Hajdú shot the bottom right at about halfway, and then Dorottya Szilágyi's hand also went off, we were leading again. Moreover, Kamilla Faragó also took a snap from the wind; our 5-1 streak was ended by a French goal, and Neszmély had to save in the last seconds to take the lead into the final quarter. however, at the beginning of our next attack, we sold the ball badly, which they immediately punished. Garda Krisztina also bombed one into the top left corner, and although there were still more than six minutes left, there were no goals for the rest of the time. The Hungarian national team defended much more encouragingly than against the Australians, although the second half was okay there as well, and this time they conceded only two goals in the last two quarters. The end result is a 9-7 Hungarian victory, the continuation is on Saturday from 10:45 Hungarian time against Canada.

Final result, Thetis Cup
France-Hungary 7–9 (3–2, 2–2, 1–3, 1–2)

Hungarian goals: Keszthelyi 2, Faragó, Garda, Hajdú, Parkes, Rybanska, Szilágyi, Vályi.


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