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Game 79, 11:40, women, HUNGARY 9 NETHERLANDS 10 |
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Wednesday, 29 July 2009 11:40 |
Semifinals 5th-8th
Referees: Steven ROTSART (USA), Nikolaos STAVROPOULOS (GRE)
Quarters: 1-3, 1-2, 5-1, 2-4
Extra man: HUN 2/8; NED 4/9
Teams:
HUNGARY: Patricia HORVATH, Eszter TOMASKOVICS (1), Ildiko TOTH, Dora KISTELEKI (2), Gabrilla SZUCS (1), Orsolya TAKACS, Rita DRAVUCZ (2), Rita KESZTHELYI (2), Fruzsina BRAVIK, Aniko PELLE, Agnes VALKAI (1), Rita POSZKOLI, Aniko GYONGYOSSY. Head Coach: Matyas PETROVICS.
NETHERLANDS: Ilse VAN DER MEIJDEN, Milousha SMIT (1), Mieke CABOUT (3), Biurakn HAKHVERDIAN, Sabrina VAN DER SLOOT, Nomi STOMPHORST, Iefke VAN BELKUM (2), Noeki KLEIN, Jantien CABOUT (1), Nienke VERMEER, Rianne GUICHELAAR (1), Mieke VAN DER SLOOT (2), Anne HEINIS. Head Coach: Mauro MAUGERI.
The Netherlands survived one of the most intriguing matches of the tournament to win through to the play-off for fifth. At 6-2 ahead in the third quarter, the Dutch looked comfortable and en route to an easy victory. Then the wheels fell off, or perhaps the Dutch sunk into the mud. Hungary grabbed five successive goals to lead 7-6 at the final break. This became 8-6 on its first attack in the fourth period, seemingly a miraculous recovery. But the Dutch aren¹t Olympic champions for nothing and the next three goals fell the way of the Orange brigade. But there was still more than three minutes remaining. With just over a minute left on the clock, SZUCZ took a chancy shot from eight metres at the end of possession and Mieke CABOUT deflected it, sending it too high for goalkeeper VAN DEER MEIJDEN to stop, levelling the game at 9-9. The Dutch went to a timeout and the tactic was simple two passes and then into VAN BELKUM¹S hand. She did the rest from well outside, scoring for 10-9 with 40 seconds left. Hungary took a timeout but no one wanted to shoot and the 30 seconds ran out, leaving the Dutch to swim the ball up the pool and win the match.
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