{"id":268996,"date":"2017-07-27T10:30:26","date_gmt":"2017-07-27T17:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=268996"},"modified":"2017-07-27T10:09:52","modified_gmt":"2017-07-27T17:09:52","slug":"budapest-journal-day-12-of-fina-world-water-polo-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/budapest-journal-day-12-of-fina-world-water-polo-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"Budapest Journal: Day 12 of FINA World Water Polo Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Michael Randazzo, Swimming World Contributor<\/em><\/p>\n

BUDAPEST, Hungary – July 27. Based on the crowds that have previously descended on Margaret Island for Hungarian men\u2019s and women\u2019s polo competition, tonight\u2019s men\u2019s semifinal match in the 2017 FINA World Championships between Hungary and Greece will be a standing room only affair. Even with the Hungarian women playing a 5th-8th place qualification match on Wednesday, the stands at Alfred Hajos Pool<\/strong> were packed.<\/p>\n

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If the Hungarians beat the Greeks\u2014and on Tuesday they broke out to an 8-1 lead in a 14-5 thrashing<\/a> of Russia in a semifinal match\u2014it will be the biggest match on home soil for the Hungarians since they lost the 2014 Men’s European Water Polo Championship title match to Serbia, also at Hajos pool.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s no way that the final\u2014if it includes Hungary\u2014will move to the new Duna Arena<\/strong> that has hosted the FINA swim competition. According to Bal\u00e1zs Nemcsik<\/strong><\/a>, Managing Director of the Hungarian Water Polo Federation, the logistics are simply too complicated:<\/p>\n

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This city is CRAZY for water polo!<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cWith regards to the venue of the water polo finals, I can tell you that this idea was discussed in the past and rejected due to timing. Now this came to light once again, but the practical situation is the same: according to the swimming schedule, the last races will end at around 20:10 hrs at Duna Ar\u00e9na. \u201c<\/p>\n

\u201cThis means that a 20:30 hrs start for the water polo final is not possible. Even if the game is played later, let\u2019s say at 22 hrs (which is already quite late), 12\u00a0000 people should leave the building and allow another 12\u00a0000 to enter within 90 minutes.\u201d
\n\u201cThis, not to mention other technical challenges, does not seem to work, so at the moment water polo finals will take place at the original venue in front of around 6,800 spectators.\u201d<\/p>\n

The tickets are sold; the real challenge will be fitting in all the Hungarian VIPs if the men’s go through to the final.<\/p>\n

What You Missed:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bad weather again for Team USA<\/strong>. The best team in the women\u2019s tournament had to play a semifinal match against Russia in a driving rain, which kept spectators away. What they missed was the most compelling U.S. performance <\/a>of the tournament.<\/p>\n

Earlier in the day, Hungary rallied to beat Greece 10-9 in a 5-8 classification match and there were 6,000+ fans in the stand. U.S. head coach Adam Krikorian<\/strong> said he was moved by the tremendous support that the Hungarian fans give to their water polo teams, even when the stakes are considerably lower than hoped for.<\/p>\n

After the Hungarian women won, both their head coach, Attila Biro<\/strong>, and captain Rita Keszthelyi,<\/strong> spoke frankly<\/a> about their disappointment in losing to Canada 6-4 in Monday’s quarterfinal match. If they had made the semis it would have been bedlam at Hajos last night!<\/p>\n

Tough luck for Bronte Halligan<\/strong>. The UCLA sophomore and member of the Australian women\u2019s team fumbled and then dropped the ball on her penalty shot, giving Italy the 18-17 win and a place in the 5th \/ 6th classification match with Italy.<\/p>\n

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2017 FINA advertising is everywhere!<\/p><\/div>\n

Speaking of which, the match\u2014which went to nine rounds of penalty shots\u2014was one of the most entertaining this week. Australia rallied to tie in the last second of regulation and then, for a moment, it seemed that the penalty shots would never stop.<\/p>\n

Can anyone stop Rachel Fattal<\/strong> when she\u2019s on? With the U.S. down 2-0 against an upstart Russian squad, Fattal went on an absolute tear, scoring four of her five goals in about nine minutes as the U.S. scored 11 goals in the opening half to silence Russia. On a team that has so much offensive firepower\u2014Maddie Musselman<\/strong> picked up four goals and Maggie Steffens<\/strong> had three\u2014Fattal might be the most dangerous player for the U.S. in the championship match.<\/p>\n

Serbia toyed with Australia on Tuesday night but it\u2019s sure to be a different story tonight against Croatia in the other men’s semifinal. The Croatians found a way to top a strong Italian team and it seems unlikely that their arch-rivals will beat them decisively again after a one-sided Olympic affair last August.<\/p>\n

The Italian men can only wonder how they might have fared if either their starting goalie was not a late scratch OR if Stefano Tempesti was in match shape. As FINA reported<\/a>, the Azzuri goalie Marco Del Lungo<\/strong>\u2014along with Valentino Gallo<\/strong> and Alessando Velotto<\/strong>\u2014caught a virus and were late scratches. A desperate call brought Tempesti out of retirement, and he was huge in getting Italy to the quarterfinals (he is 6-9). Because of fitness, he was splitting time with back-up goalie Goran Volarevic<\/strong>\u2014who one Italian journalist labeled a \u201cspecialist\u201d… at being a backup. Italy was tied with Croatia 5-5 with Tempesti in goal; when Volarevic relieved him, the Croatians lit him up for seven goals on their way to a 12-9 win. In today\u2019s 5-8 classification match, an 8-4 win over Australia, Tempesti came in for the second half and stopped all seven shots he saw. Let\u2019s hope he gets to enjoy his retirement this time!<\/p>\n

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Yakult is everywhere!<\/p><\/div>\n

What is Yakult?<\/strong> If you\u2019ve spent any time around the 2017 FINA World Championships, you could not have missed the simple block letter logo of Yakult, a soft drink that originates in Japan. In a world where multi-national brands\u2014can you say Coke or Pepsi?!\u2014tend to pop up everywhere, it\u2019s downright refreshing to have Yakult in the forefront of one\u2019s beverage options.<\/p>\n

According to the Yakult webpage<\/a>, the beverage in question is a fermented milk that has a healthy dose of probiotics. \u00a0I\u2019ll drink to that!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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