Hungary beats Greece 13-9 (4-1, 4-3, 3-3, 2-2) and qualifies for the semi-finals of the Europa Cup in Turin. With this result, Italy is already in the World League finals, which will be held in Budapest from 4 to 7 July and which will qualify one national team for Olympic Games. Hungary won more easily than expected, reaching 11-4 in the third period with a 6-0 break in eight minutes. Greece has never been ahead and has only been attacked up to 4-5. The best scorer of the match was Parkes with 3 goals. MVP the goalkeeper Gangl.
Flash Quotes
Attila Biro (coach Hungary): "We started very well and with high intensity, then we went on playing well physically and with tactics and we won a not simple game"
Edina Gangl (MVP / Hungary): "We are very happy for the result, we played very well in defense and we gained the semifinal. Tomorrow we will have to repeat the good match of today".
Georgios Morfesis (coach Greece): "We knew we were not ready for the new rules. We have a lot of problems in defense, we have to focus more, especially in situation of man down. We have to play better and more concentrated looking at World Championship".