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Hungary’s men overcome Romania as expected
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Four goals from Márton Szivós helped Hungary on their way to a routine 12-8 victory against Romania, their points total now standing at five ahead of tomorrow’s clash with Russia.
Yesterday’s 14-14 draw against Canada means Hungary need to win every remaining match by as big a margins as possible in order to qualify from Group A in first place, therefore receiving a theoretically easier quarter-final draw. Tibor Benedek’s team started appropriately then, Szivós scoring while his team held a one-man advantage before Balázs Hárai celebrated his 29th birthday with a superb goal.
Romania’s Ghiban struck back but Balázs Erdély and Norbert Hosnyánszky extended Hungary’s lead to 4-1 before Tehorai complete the first-period scoring. Dénes Varga made it 5-2 from a five-metre penalty before Negrean scored twice and Romania almost equalised, Viktor Nagy coming to the rescue for Hungary. That equaliser did eventually come though via the hand of Chiveanu, but Márton Vámos’ powerful strike gave Hungary a somewhat underwhelming 6-5 lead at the half-time break.