EHF 2022 - Day 4 Earlier matches with Hungary down to the wire

 

Sunday 16 January 2022

17h

Portugal - Hungary

Germany - Austria

CSKA vs Vipers just finished with a Vipers win

3-0 Austria lead, in a flash 2 goals

6-5 12’

All square 9-9 between Germany and Austria 

Watching whilst a friendly telephone conversation is about to end

Hungary now leading 7-6

Szita increases the lead

Wiencek is unlucky as that was theatrical

Mathe scores into the empty net after Mikler save

Portugal players and staff do complain when they are losing.

Ria Ungaria

Wagner powerfully and Witzke replied. All square at 14 27’

Duarte pulled an easy one to draw level for Portugal 12-12

Frimmel joyfully brings the lead by 2 but Germany scored on the buzzer 15-16

Martins luckily equalises 13-13 27’

Remember the Netherlands surprised Hungary

How come a Portuguese throw and they now lead at the break 15-14

Chastening Kastening gets the equaliser early in the second half

Zeiner is Canellas for Austria

Germany now leading 20-18 37’

Hungary in the meantime 16-15 up after 33 mins

Lekai finds the light at the end of the tunnel 18-17 35’50

Beautiful lofted lob by Mertens 22-20 41’

Portugal and Hungary toe to toe as Lekai fires another one 21-20 39’

Topic is a good topic to have his team 2 goals up

Kastening acrobatically gets his team a 3-goal advantage 25-22 44’44 as Klimke makes another save

Szekely replacing Mikler asserts himself in this match

Iturriza gets one back. Hermann also gets one back for Austria

Annoyingly Portugal are doing the empty goal thing without any exclusion. It should be banned.

Witzke dispatches an easy one 27-25 48’

Silva draws it level 23-23 with fifteen minutes on the clock

Frimmel keeps Austria within distance 28-26 49’40

Kastening enjoyed that wing goal 29-26 50’

A valid strategy and even on the counter 30-26 50’50

In the meantime, Hungary have a two goal advantage, but not for long

Boka fires into the empty net to restore that lead.

Frimmel almost in the area.

Ancsin ensures the 3-goal lead 27-24 50’. Tatabanya, two amusing matches by USAM.

Golla grabbed it successfully and it’s a 4-goal lead for Germany as we are nearer the money time

No coming back for Austria as scoreline 32-27 55’

But Hungary leads 28-25 after 52 minutes

Klimke on fire whilst Duarte brings it back to within one.

All square 28-28 thanks to Iturriza 55’40

Capdevile missed the 7-meter by Mathe and Szekely saved thankfully

34-29 Germany prevailing

Great Szita top corner strike 29-28 57’45

But Portugal equalised a minute later 29-29

One minute left and a 2-min suspension for Portugal

Hungary must score

Lekai scores the 7-meter throw

Time out by the scruff of the neck

They wasted time to secure a goal near the end: 12 seconds left.

Mathe scoring the winning goal to Portugal’s despair.