Hungary sets up showdown against Montenegro
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HUNGARY and Montenegro reached the men’s water polo final at the World Swimming Championships on Thursday after beating Olympic gold medalists Croatia and title holders Italy respectively in Barcelona.
A youthful Hungary side edged Croatia 11-10 in a thrilling contest while Montenegro brushed aside the Italians 10-8 to celebrate a second successive shock win after they knocked out Serbia in the quarterfinals.
Marton Szivos and Marton Vamos scored three goals each and Denes Varga added two as the revamped Hungarians, who boast a total of 23 European, world and Olympic titles, overturned an early 3-2 deficit and held the upper hand for the rest of the match.
Croatia forced late drama when they scored three goals without reply to draw level at 10-10 but Varga hit Hungary’s winner to reward a superb individual performance by goalkeeper Viktor Nagy, who saved two penalties and a barrage of stinging shots.
Still buzzing after overpowering Serbia, Montenegro raced into a 3-0 lead against Italy and never looked back as the advantage increased to 7-2 midway through the third quarter.
Italy had no reply for Montenegro’s perimeter shooting with Mladjan Janovic and Aleksandar Ivovic unleashing some spectacular long-range efforts to delight a small but vociferous band of their supporters on a warm evening.
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