In January, achieving 15th place in the domestic European championship was a huge disappointment, as Cheema Rodriguez is now the only captain of the national team, with whom he qualified for next year’s World Championships organized by Poland and Sweden with a double victory. against Israel in April. Erd already had €2,024 at stake against Lithuania. The group also includes Switzerland and Georgia, and the top two teams will qualify for the tournament in Germany.
The Hungarian national team has confidently taken the first step on this journey, in which a lesser striker can be used due to Gabor Ansen’s disease. There was no shortage of firepower, Máté Lékai, who had signed a contract with Fradi from Veszprém, started the streak of goals and, in the eighth minute, the letter T appeared to signify the first Lithuanian timeout when the Hungarian advantage was already 7-1.
Later, the national team fell behind by nine goals, but then Rodriguez’s team lagged behind in defense, which did not cause much trouble, only that the advantage faded a little. In the first half, there were still seven between them, Sunajko Stefan sold his seven overtime penalty against the Szöllősi Szabolcs, giving Hungary a 20-13 lead in the first half.
After the turn, if possible, the match became smoother for the Hungarian national team, and the atmosphere of the celebration match moved to the Érd Sports Hall. Mate Likai, who scored five goals out of five shots, was in place, with one of his goals appearing to stop in the air during the shot. We quickly crushed Lithuania’s hopes of increasing the lead to more than ten goals, and the end was 36-23.
An imaging efficiency of 73 percent and a preservation rate of 48 percent speak for themselves. It wasn’t bad for the warm-up, the next game is away against Georgia on Sunday.
– The plan was to defend hard and score as quickly as possible – National team captain Chima Rodriguez assessed – Everyone worked well, the players did what I ask of them. We want to fight in every game, for every goal, to see where we are. I am happy. I hope all our shows are like this. The next game will be in Georgia, where we have to show ourselves just as strong. If we play like this, it won’t be a problem.
Marton Sekele defended ecstatically in goal, and said this after the match: – We really enjoyed the meeting, we still have the European Championship in January, we wanted to prove it, and I think we were able to entertain the crowd. We want to win the group.
In the other match, Switzerland beat Georgia 24-23 at home.
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Cover photo: Mate Lekai in the match against the Lithuanians (Photo: MTI / Anikó Kovács)
