As the German national team beat South Korea 37-18 on Friday afternoon in the semi-final group, which also includes the Hungarian team, it was decided before the Hungary-Congo meeting that Golovin’s Vladimir team would certainly not be in the top eight. It was in this mood that the Hungarian girls took to the field, who, moreover, had to digest the severe 30–19 defeat they had suffered against Denmark in the last two days.
Klujber Katrin he couldn’t take on the game, but he got into the frame Tóvizi Petra and Zsófi Szemerey and at the gate Szikora Melinda started.
Betchaidelle Ngombele the match started with a hit, for which Customs Petra he answered with two goals and then Ngombele was productive again; to a separate duel between the two of them then Planet Szimonetta ended with a seven-meter. The Hungarian shots were accurate, but sometimes the team didn’t make it, the ball sales, which often occur throughout the World Cup, came again.
At the same time, we managed to build a reassuring advantage, as no one in the Congo except Ngombele posed a real goal threat, and the Hungarian national teams, especially Viktória Lukács courtesy of. After 15 minutes, there were already six of them (10-4), the national team seemed to have prepared for the opponent with honor and did not want to take the match lightly at all.
After 17 minutes, Golovin switched virtually the entire line, but Szikora remained and still defended confidently. For the last minutes of the half, the minimum seven-goal difference stabilized, which was then played to eight a few seconds before the break.
Szemerey replaced Szikora at the gate at the beginning of the second half, and Luke continued where he had left in the first. The Hungarian offensive game, however, stalled compared to the previous ones, so Golovin asked for time after ten minutes. Not only did the advantage not increase, but it even decreased compared to the break, Planet needed good penalties to keep the African team from getting blood. At their gates Magalie Bazekene he caught the yarn and Ngombele also found his way back to scoring, but then Petra Tóvizi also scored her first goal at the World Cup. Then he did the same Fodor Csenge also, and the difference reached ten goals, while Szemerey also noticed himself with nice defenses.
The last minutes were again about Bazeken, and the Congolese had good solutions in the attack, so in the end they worked their hand to eight, which is the second half. The final result is 30-22 Avelle Ntondele set a few seconds before the bagpipe, and with this victory the Hungarian national team has 4 points in the semi-finals. The group will be in third place against South Korea on Sunday.
Outcome, Women’s World Handball Championship
Semi-finals, Granollers
Hungary-Congo 30-22 (16-8)
Best throwers: Planet, 8, Luke, 7, and Ngombele, 7, Yimga, 6.
(Cover image: Petra Vámos [balra] and Lukács Viktória in the Hungary-Congo World Championship match. Photo: MTI / Tibor Illyés)
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