Table tennis: our women's national team, led by Póta, is one step away from the European Quarterfinals

Póta Georgina added two important victories to the success of our women’s team (Photo: Csaba Dömötör)

While our men’s table tennis team played two matches in the European Championships in Cluj-Napoca, and with the defeat of the Croats and Czechs, it was decided that he could not get further from his group, our women’s team only came to the table for the first time on Wednesday night. The joint opponent of the federal captain Zoltán Bátorfi was Croatia, and the chances were clearly in our favor, even as the captain inaugurated rookie Imre Leila, who won a gold medal at the June national championship, next to Georgina Póta and Dóra Madarász. By the time the young hopes for the Budapest Forest came in line, the Hungarian national team was leading 2-0 as expected, after Madarász won without any problems against Ivana Malobabic, and although Póta suffered more with the Croatian number one player in the world rankings with 122 Mateja Jeger. , he also brought his own party in five games. Despite the reassuring advantage, Imre Leila started with a bit of a touch, feeling that this was the first adult European Championship team match of his career. The first two games went for it, and although he was more determined in the third, he could no longer translate. At that moment, it seemed to fit in, but after the nervous-playing Birdie caught Jeger in three sets to an unpleasant surprise, the clash unexpectedly became close, but fortunately only for a short time: Póta Georgina beat Malobic With our 3: 2 victory, the chances of getting into the top eight remained, with a clash against the Portuguese on Thursday afternoon deciding on the Group E’s only place to advance. TEAM EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP, Cluj-Napoca
Women. Group E

Hungary-Croatia 3: 2
Madara Dóra – Malobabic 3: 0 (9, 7, 8)
Póta Georgina – Jeger 3: 2 (–4, –5, 8, 9, 6)
Imre Leila – Petek 0: 3 (–5, –4, –11)
Madarász – Jeger 0: 3 (–9, –4, –7)
Póta – Malobabic 3: 2 (–7, 3, 7, 6)
Portugal-Croatia 3: 1
The position: 1. Portugal 2 points (3: 1), 2. Hungary 2 (3: 2) 3. Croatia 2 (3: 6)