The national teams of Hungary and Spain will compete for the bronze medal at the OI-2020 in a face-to-face confrontation. On whose side will luck turn out to be?
Hungary
In seven matches, the Hungarians won four victories, drew once and lost twice. And what is interesting, both defeats were inflicted by the Greek national team. First, in the first round of the group stage (9-10), and then in a more important match - in the semifinal, 6-9. The second loss knocked Hungary out of the battle for gold and now we can only hope for a maximum of bronze medals.
Spain
The Spaniards have already met twice with the same opponent - with Serbia. However, if it was possible to win in the group stage (13-12), then at the semifinal stage the final result was negative - 9: 10. The Spaniards lost 0-2 in the first period, then won 5-2 in the second and 2-1 in the third, but lost the advantage in the fourth, and even let their opponents go ahead-2: 5. This loss was the first for Spain, and there were victories in the previous six games.
Statistics and figures:
- Hungary lost twice to Greece (9-10 and 6-9);
- Spain has won in six games out of seven;
- Hungary has not lost to Spain for four matches.
Forecast
Mostly fights between Hungary and Spain are equal, as a result of which it often comes to shootouts. For sure, something similar will happen this time and both sides will try to act as reliably as possible in the attack, trying to play to the right, without haste. Given the likely accuracy and caution both in attack and defense, I suggest putting less than 20.5 on the total.