The girls also defeated the Italians with fives, they have the 5th place!
The Hungarian women's national team brought back from the grave their last meeting at the Paris Olympics, thereby obtaining the 5th place! The team of Attila Mihók and Sándor Cseh was still two goals behind against Italy a minute and a half before the end, but they got up from there, and in the five-meter duel, Alda Magyari summoned Soma Vogel from three days ago.
Women's gymnastics has reached its end at the Paris Olympics. On Saturday morning, it was decided that the Greeks finished in 7th place, then the Dutch won the bronze medal from the Americans with an amazing fourth-quarter performance, and we fought the penultimate battle with the Italians for fifth place. Our opponent suffered an 11-8 defeat by the Netherlands in the quarter-finals, then easily beat Canada in the first place, while we tried to forget the disappointment against Team USA by defeating the Greeks.
It started with a quick change of goals. Rita Keszthelyi responded to the Italians' leading goal of the match from five meters away, and Krisztina Garda responded to the next Italian goal, and less than three minutes had passed. After some good defense, we managed to take the lead, Natasa Rybanska scored a goal, but not long after, we got a goal from the center for the second time, in addition, Keszthelyi hit the crossbar with his second penalty, the first period, which was full of mistakes, ended 3-3.< /span>
After a long deficit, Kamilla Faragó shot the long shot at the beginning of the second quarter, and with Gréta Kurucz-Gurisatti's sneak, the difference increased to two for the first time. Unfortunately, Roberta Bianconi's shot bounced off Alda Magyari's hand, but Geraldine Mahieu's first Olympic goal was also scored shortly thereafter. They closed with a rebound from a crossbar, after which Kurucz-Gurisatti's hand went off for the second time, but they also converted two advantages into goals, thereby equalizing the game. Boglárka Neszmély scored, and four seconds before the end of the half, Vanda Vályi also scored her usual goal. also threw, and Magyari returned to the goal. Faragó also chipped the bar, Kurucz-Gurisatti was blocked in the lead, we didn't really find the rhythm at the beginning of the second half. We also took out the blocks, but almost nothing came together in attack, and Claudia Marletta regained the lead for them from the edge. In the last half-minute, we still had a chance, but Garda couldn't find a goal, the Italians won this stage 2-0. but the Italians couldn't find the thread either, the game was still characterized by a lot of errors on both sides. Then Marletta came in again, but before they could calm down, Keszthelyi cobwebbed the upper left from a free throw, ending our nearly 15-minute scoreless streak. Bianconi, on the other hand, responded to this as well, with Attila Mihók calling for time one and a half minutes before the end. Kurucz-Gurisatti immediately took advantage of a numerical superiority (this made our balance 1/6 in the second half), then after an Italian counter, Garda also scored well, and managed to equalize! They were able to attack for the win, but Magyari defended, after 11-11 five-meter shots followed!
Keszthelyi started mercilessly, but Magyari caught Marletta! Garda did not make a mistake, Chiara Tabani was also taken out by Magyari! Dorottya Szilágyi also clicked exactly, and Valeria Palmieri also scored, so Kurucz-Gurisatti could decide, and she did it confidently!
The Hungarian national team brought this match back from the grave, which will certainly not be remembered for its quality. But that's not the point, but the fact that the team recovered after the dramatically failed quarter-final and won the remaining two matches, thus finishing in 5th place at the Paris Olympics!
Final result, Olympics, women
5. for place
Hungary-Italy 15–12 (3–3, 5–4, 0–2, 3–2, 4–1) - with five-meters
Hungarian goals: Kurucz-Gurisatti 3, Garda, Keszthelyi 2-2, Faragó, Mahieu, Rybanska, Vályi
