There was a real thrilling fight between the title defender Győri Audi ETO KC and their montenegrin opponents, Buducnost Podgorica in Audi Aréna Győr at Saturday night. Thank to the fans and spectators, the girls in green and white could play a very exciting and tough game in front of full house, they could increase their 6 goals lead to 8 after the two quarter final matches and they made it to the WOMEN’S EHF FINAL4! Let’s meet at Papp László Budapest Aréna in May!
Final result: 30-28
1st half
ETO started the match with the combination of Knedlikova, Gonzalez, Broch, Amorim, Hansen, Puhalák and Grimsbö.
The first goal was scored by Brnovic from the guest team, after that Gonzalez broke through the defence of Buducnost – Görbicz threw the first 7m penalty of the match successfully (1-1). Broch scored two goals in a row, but the opponents could keep up with the title defenders. In the 17th minute of the first time the result was 8-10, when Ambros Martín called for his first timeout. The girls from Győr were fighting and concentrating, they were able to modify the result to draw at the end of the first half thanks to the performance of Amorim and Görbicz.
Halftime result: 15-15
2nd half
The second half of the match worked out similar to the first, each team kept on fighting in every sitations with full energy. Görbicz performed very well not just in scoring the 7m penalties of her team with success, but she made a very good job in attack actions as well. Amorim was one of the elemtary pieces of the defence – she has been punished two times with 2 min suspensions because of her decided manner. The goalkeepers of the green and white team were amazing in the goals – Grimsbö and Kiss are in a fantastic shape nowadays and they were able to help their team in crucial situations. The talented young left wing, Fodor scored her first goal in a very important moment of the match, and finally Hansen struck a blow to the montenegrin team.
Final result: 30-28
Official attendance: 5237
Ambros Martín: „We did it, we made it to the FINAL4! We are feeling very well, because one of the most important goals of the season has been achieved. This is a very hard season for us because we have to face problems not only on the court during matches, but also in everydays because of the injuries, so I am very proud of my team that they could keep up with all the challenges. We had to concentrate during the whole match, our opponent was well-prepared and we had to play as well as possible in order to win against them. Thank you very much for my players, for the fans and for everybody for the support, and I hope we will celebrate some very big successes in the last part of this season too.”
Anne Mette Hansen: „We knew that it will be a tough game, Buducnost performed really well today. We made not the best of our games, but we won, even so I am very happy because of the victory and I am looking forward to the FINAL4!”
Dragan Adzic: „I am very proud of my team not just because of their performance today, but also during the whole season. I am glad, that we could play in this fantastic arena with incredible atmosphere. From today on we will concentrate on our goals for the next season and we will take emphasis on them. I would like to congratule to Győr for this victory, I wish them good luck in the FINAL4 and all the bests for Ambros Martín!”
Cristina Laslo: „I am very proud of my team, we made a good job and we were well-prepared, I think. I am happy, that we could show what we can do. I would like to wish good luck to Győr in the FINAL4!”
