Our team played in an incredibly cold arena. Broch, Löke, Bódi, Amorim, Groot and Korsós were the first six court players with Grimsbö at the net who saved two Russian trials in the first attack. The opponent started with an open defense. The first goal is theirs in the 2nd minute. Groot replied from the center then Bódi scored one more. Then the Russians scored a 7-meter throw to Kiss. Bódi scored again against Lunde in the 8th minute. Mörk, unfortunately, missed the next try in a quick counterattack, but then she scored a penalty in the 11th minute. The right back of the opponent scored to Grimsbö in the 12th minute then the Russian team equalized 2 minutes later. Korsós got suspended in the 15th minute, but thanks to Mörk, we could take the lead, then another goal came from the Russian side which didn’t remain without reply by Bódi. Russia equalized again in the 20th minute, Görbicz came on court and scored one to Lunde followed by Amorim’s bomb goal. Groot and Puhalák got suspended almost at the same time, we were missing two players in the 21st minute which Vyakhireva took advantage of and reduced the difference. This situation didn’t stop Amorim, she could score again and the Russian coach requested a timeout. Demble scored from the Russian, then Rostov equalized. At the end of the 24th minute Amros Martin requested a timeout too, which was followed by a beautiful goal by Görbicz. Hársfalvi got suspended for 2 minutes making it possible for Barbosa to equalize again. Tóth dropped the ball and the Russian scored in the unattended net. Rostov could score 7-meter throw to Kiss again, then they got another chance to score and Rodrigues was successful again. In the last attack of the half Dembele got suspended and Mörk could score one more, the result was 14-12.
After the break, the opponent was missing a player, but we had a thoughtless shot. The Russian fought a 7-meter throw out which was scored by Vyakhireva. Bódi did a cross pss to Hársfalvi, who scored it, then Amorim came with another goal. Then Illina found the hole on our defense and got the ball in the net. Groot reduced the difference, but Vyakhireva replied, then Amorim was successful. Kiss saved the next Russian 7-metert throw. With Illina’s goal the Russian were leading by 2 goals which was increased to 3 by Dembele which made Ambros Martin request a timeout in the 8th minute. Korsós reduced the difference from the left, then Vyaskhireva replied followed by Managarova. The difference was 4 when Mörk could score a 7-meter throw, Broch got suspended in the 14th minute who could reduce the difference. Managarova replied, then Löke fought a 7-meter throw out, Mörk scored again. Amorim could equalize in the 18th minute which made the opponent request a timeout. Vyakhireva get the ball in the net from the side, then Illina came with another successful shot, 4 shots 4 goals from the Russian. Rostov scored a 7-meter throw, then Mörk did from the side, then Bódi was successful. Then Barbosa from the Russian and Amorim scored one goal. Another 7-meter saved by Grimsbö, Mörk equalized with a beautiful goal. Grimsbö saved beautifully more times in a row, Bódi took the lead, then Korsós scored another one, but a Russian goal was scored too 10 seconds before the end, the result was 28-27. Ambros Martin requested a timeout and we could attack for a short time, but the result remained unchanged.
Ambros Martín: I am satisfied with the result, however not with play. We played against a fantastic opponent, believing in ourselves showed our power and we could take the lead. I happy that we could win on a day when we couldn’t do our best. Congratulations to my team.
Lund Jan Leslie: Congratulations to Győr. They did a really great job preparing for the match, nuances were the key, but the best team of the world is Győr. It is not enough to lead for 55 minutes you have to concentrate the whole time.
Eduarda Amorim: We didn’t do our best today, the opponent played much better than last week. In the key moment, however, we were better.
Congratulations!
Hajrá ETO, hajrá Győr!
