Reuters: Sports News: Hungary, Montenegro reach world championship final

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Hungary, Montenegro reach world championship final Aug 1st 2013, 21:27 BARCELONA | Thu Aug 1, 2013 5:27pm EDT BARCELONA (Reuters) - Hungary and Montenegro reached the men's water polo final at the world championships on Thursday after beating Olympic gold medalists Croatia and title holders Italy respectively on Thursday. 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 neighbors Serbia in the quarter-finals. 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. A late flurry by the Italians only salvaged some pride after the Montenegrins romped 10-4 ahead in the final period. Croatia and Italy will contest the bronze medal match before Hungary and Montenegro meet in what promises to be a mouth-watering final on Saturday. (Writing by Zoran Milosavljevic in Belgrade; editing by Ken Ferris) Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints

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