Argentina woke up late and lost to Hungary
The second game of Division I in Pardubice brought together teams from South America and Central Europe. Despite of expactations Team Argentina didn’t play as outsider and two goals of Facundo Vedra brought exciting finish of this game. Hungarian defense worked well in the last minutes and secured them their first victory.
| Game no. 3 • bD1 • Sun 19/6/2011 • 15:00 • Schedule and results | ||
|---|---|---|
Hungary |
4:2 |  Argentina |
| (1:0, 1:0, 2:0, 0:2) | ||
| T. Kiss (Balizs) - Lencses, Revak, Feil, A. Kiss - Bontovics, Orban, Rafaj, Fekecs - Kordisz, Borbas, Szappanos, Dancsfalvi | Marcolongo L. (37. Fernandez) - Vadra, Gonzales, Iannicelli, Mariosa, Insua, Bustos - Chiaravalloti, Irisarri, Vigo, Rovirosa, Marcolongo G., Marcolongo D., Garcia, Caviglia, Mac Ardle, Boix Mansilla | |
| Goals and assists: 11. Feil (Lences), 15. Bontovics (Fekecs), 32. Kiss, 34. Borbas (Szappanos) - 41. Vadra (Irisarri), 46. Vadra (Insua Shanly) | ||
| Shots: 35:25
(8:4, 9:5, 12:8, 6:8).
Penalties: 4:2.
PP goals: 0:2.
SH goals: 0:0. Refferees: Gleisner - Aumueller. Audience: 100. |
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Game report
Hungarian hockey players were favored, because in the initial plan there should not be team of Argentina. "Luck" for them has been a disaster in Japan, due to just Japan renounced its participation. Hungary from beginning confirming the assumptions, shook several times before the opponent’s goalkeeper Marcolongem, but no goal has been reached.
At the beginning of the match had in-line hockey players from the southern part of South America to receive hopeful shooting positions, but the goalie Kiss did not have too much to do. The first change of score came just before the first siren. Arnold Feil used a mistake of Argentine goalkeeper, who could not hold the puck and offered it to ready Hungarian player. "It was the first match in the tournament and we had to concentrate on it and win," said Gergely Hungarian forward Borbas.
At the beginning of the second quarter should team of Argentina equalized, but their rival defended own leadership thanks great goalkeeper. Hungarian representatives were celebrated 2 minutes later. From the right side Snaped Shot a bullet through goalkeeper Marcologna Marton Bontovics. In the middle of the match Hungary was in charge of 2 goals.
The third quarter continued in the same spirit. Hungarian players skated better and began to add even necessary goals. The third hit scored Akos Kiss, who aggressively solved the situation before the Argentinean goal. After nearly half a minute of the match scored a favorite for the fourth time, this time scored Gergely Borbas. "I expected a little bit better result, but the Hungarians have a more experienced team than us and better shot," disappointed evaluate Facundo Vadra.
Keeping 4:0 Hungarian players satisfied and it took advantage of their rival. Argentina in the last quarter replaced goalie Fernandez and their situation began to turn rapidly. In 41st minute, beautifully scored Facundo Vadry! The same player has gained about 5 minutes later and dramatized the final moments of the match. "I’m glad I scored two goals, due to I am part of the team," laughs Vadra. In the opening match in Group D team beat Hungary 4-2 Argentina. "We got three points and we can concentrate on the next match." Concludes the author of the fourth Hungarian goal Gergely Borbas.
Author: Jindřich Poledna
Game reactions
Tamas Dobos (coach of Hungary): Today’s match against Argentina, we started very well, we have a fair scoring chance, and it seemed to have mastered the entire game.
But at the end of the match we started playing casually, which meant that we started to make mistakes. Fortunately it went well.
Roberto Villagra (coach of Argentina): I’m happy how we played as a team today. At the last championships, we got a lot of goals but today we managed to keep the score low. We would like to get one of the medals.
