It is one of the favorite countries to win gold in water polo women’s team and finished fourth after losing the bronze medal match against the Netherlands this Saturday. But USA He left with a medal in this sport of Paris 2024 Olympic Games because The boys lost this Saturday 11-8 in Hungary in the fight for brass. They did it afterwards 3-0 in the penalty shootout after a 8-8 in regulation time.
Four years after their Olympic Games in Los Angeles, the Americans left their mark in Paris and returned to the podium sixteen years after their silver in Beijing great achievement for the present, but they also released warning for the immediate future.
Hungary, bronze at Tokyo 2021, was left without a medal. The Hungarians paid 2/7 for Gergo Zalanki, 0/5 for Marton Vamos and 2/6 for Denes Varga. Ben Hallock, with two goals, led the American team ahead of the shootout where Varga and Zalanki clashed and Barceloneta new player Vince Vigvari clashed with Adrian Weinberg.
The United States set the tone in the first quarter. Hooper and Zalanki exchanged goals in superiority and Dodd took advantage of his option in that aspect. After several options to tie, Varga with another extra man made it 2-2, but Hallock at the last second made it 3-2. This gave way to a second quarter of fame from the goalkeepers, errors in the attack and a lot of nerves. Defenses scored and Only Luca Cupido and Krisztian Manhercz scored for 4-3 Americans on break.
However, Hungary took the reins at the restart thanks to goals from Varga and Vigvari in superiority against a United States that was stuck in attack. Hallock on the buoy and Irving woke up the North American team so that’s it it will reach 6-5 until the last quarter.
Nagy was tied at the start and the posts and Vogel prevented the United States from regaining the initiative. So, Zalanki and Angyal with two goals in superiority seemed to open a definite gap just three minutes from the end, but Bowen and Daube immediately responded with the same coin so that the match was decided on penalties if where El palo and Weinberg supported the goals of Daube, Irving and Bowen. The United States is Olympic bronze in men’s water polo at Paris 2024.
Match sheet
11 (8+3)-United States: Adrian Weinberg (p), Johnny Hooper (1), Marko Vavic, Alex Obert (0+1), Hannes Daube (1+1), Luca Cupido (1), Ben Hallock (2), Dylan Woodhead, Alex Bowen (1 +1), Chase Dodd (1), Ryder Dodd, Max Irving (1) and Drew Holland (ps)
8 (8+0)-Hungary: Soma Vogel, Daniel Angyal (1), Krisztian Manhercz (1), Erik Molnar, Marton Vamos, Adam Nagy (1), Gergo Zalanki (2), Gergo Fekete, Vince Vigvari (1), Denes Varga (2), Szilard Jansik , Balazs Harai and Mark Banyai (ps)
Components: 3-2, 1-1, 2-2 and 2-2. 3-0 on penalties
Referees: Sébastien Dervieux (France) and David Gómez (Spain). 6/16 in superiority for the United States and 6/12 for Hungary (0/1 in penalties)
Incidents: Match for bronze at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games
Source: La Verdad
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