{"id":268777,"date":"2017-07-26T22:15:17","date_gmt":"2017-07-27T05:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=268777"},"modified":"2017-07-26T22:27:31","modified_gmt":"2017-07-27T05:27:31","slug":"comeback-win-over-greece-brings-redemption-for-hungary-womens-water-polo-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/comeback-win-over-greece-brings-redemption-for-hungary-womens-water-polo-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Comeback Win Over Greece Brings Redemption for Hungary Women&#8217;s Water Polo Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Michael Randazzo, Swimming World Contributor<\/em><\/p>\n<p>BUDAPEST, Hungary. Passion is a fickle mistress. Sometimes the thing that one loves the most becomes that which disappoints greatly. So it is with sports fans, and, because of their teams great success\u2014no country in history has won more water polo medals\u2014it\u2019s no a stretch to call the Hungarians the most passionate and perhaps most demanding of water polo fans.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"265911\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/catching-up-with-darko-udovicic-about-serbian-water-polo\/fina_worlds-logo-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/fina_worlds-logo.png\" data-orig-size=\"398,127\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"fina_worlds-logo\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;07\/29\/17&lt;br \/&gt;\nfina_worlds-logo&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy:&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/fina_worlds-logo.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/fina_worlds-logo.png\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-265911 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/fina_worlds-logo.png\" alt=\"fina_worlds-logo\" width=\"398\" height=\"127\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/fina_worlds-logo.png 398w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/fina_worlds-logo-280x89.png 280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 398px) 100vw, 398px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Wednesday at the Alfred Hajos Pool, the affection that the Hungarian fans feel for their national sport was on full display, and\u2014unlike on Monday, when head coach <strong>Attila Biro\u2019s<\/strong> team simply could not find a way to beat an upstart Canadian team\u2014the Maygar fans inspired their beloved team to an impressive 10-9 win over Greece in a classification match at the 2017 FINA World Championships.<\/p>\n<p>With the win, Hungary will play Italy for fifth place on Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>What made the victory more impressive is that the Hungarians came out flat to start the match, allowing the Greeks to jump out to a 4-2 first period lead. The home team\u2019s deficit ballooned to three at the end of the second period, but the 6,000 fans in attendance\u2014the majority clad in red, white and green\u2014refused to despair.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_268789\" style=\"width: 477px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-268789\" data-attachment-id=\"268789\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/14-9-win-over-russia-advances-usa-to-fina-finals-and-shot-at-second-straight-world-championship\/pub-polo-fina17\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/pub-polo-fina17.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,900\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone SE&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1501110011&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.15&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.05&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"pub-polo-fina17\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;pub-polo-fina17&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy:&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/pub-polo-fina17-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/pub-polo-fina17-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-268789\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/pub-polo-fina17-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"pub-polo-fina17\" width=\"467\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/pub-polo-fina17-533x400.jpg 533w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/pub-polo-fina17-267x200.jpg 267w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/pub-polo-fina17-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/pub-polo-fina17.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 467px) 100vw, 467px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-268789\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A city mad for water polo. Photo Courtesy: M. Randazzo<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe fans could see all the beauty of women\u2019s water polo,\u201d Coach Biro said of the game&#8217;s ebbs and flows. \u201cThree goals down, three goals up. In the end you could win or lose; fortunately we could win because mentally this team was much higher than two days ago.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Of course the 6-4 quarterfinal loss to Canada still stings; after winning their group and capturing the nation\u2019s imagination, perhaps a let-down was inevitable. Their coach, who has led the Hungarian women&#8217;s program the past two years, made it clear that ups and downs are part of his team\u2019s maturation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe first three days we didn\u2019t feel this pressure, because that was a big support for us\u20146 \u2013 7,000 people,\u201d Biro said. \u201cWe had this bad game two days ago. It was a mental problem.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Calling the Hajos Pool the \u201ctemple of water polo,\u201d Biro made clear there was no choice but to find a way to win for the fans in attendance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe couldn\u2019t give up this game after the second quarter,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Hungary struck first with a goal less than a minute in by <strong>Barbara Bujka<\/strong>, but Greece got the next three as <strong>Alexandra Asimaki<\/strong>,\u00a0 <strong>Christina Tsoukala<\/strong>, and <strong>Eleni Xenaki<\/strong> scored. Bujka connected again for Hungary but back-to-back goals by Tsoukala made it 5-2 midway through the second period.<\/p>\n<p>Captain <strong>Rita Keszthelyi<\/strong> collected the first of her three goals with a power play score at 3:41, but Xenaki&#8217;s second goal of the half made it 6-3 at the break.<\/p>\n<p>Given the disappointment of Monday, could anyone be faulted for feeling a nagging sense of deja v\u00fa?<\/p>\n<p>Keszthelyi said that it was the fans who inspired the comeback against Greece that was missing against Canada.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the spectators were amazing,\u201d she said following the match. \u201cWe are really grateful for them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Explaining that they she and her teammates didn\u2019t get discouraged facing a three-goal deficit, Keszthelyi said: \u201dWe were not broken because Greece was leading 6-3. We keep going on and that was the key to our winning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But there was again a reference to the past. \u201cThat was the problem against Canada. We didn\u2019t believe that we could win. We shot [a lot] but our shots were bad. We didn\u2019t believe enough in our shooting but today there was nothing that happened that we couldn\u2019t overcome.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday Hungary\u2019s shooting success was much improved; 10 of 30 as compared to a dismal 4 of 35 against Canada.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Orsolya Takacs<\/strong> jump-started Hungary\u2019s offensive burst in the third, scoring with the man advantage one minute in. <strong>Dorottya Szilagyi<\/strong> connected a minute later, also on the powerplay, then Keszthelyi tied the match on a penalty shot.<\/p>\n<p>When <strong>Greta Gurisatti<\/strong> gave Hungary the lead for good at the two-minute mark the crowd erupted.<\/p>\n<p>A 5-0 third quarter allowed the home team to hang on for a thrilling win\u2014and perhaps discover the mental toughness that will someday make them a championship squad.<\/p>\n<p>According to Keszthelyi, winning despite adversity was a revelation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe found our true self,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>And, let&#8217;s hope, have buried the past.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Michael Randazzo, Swimming World Contributor BUDAPEST, Hungary. 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