Europe Cup Women | 31 Jan 2023
SH-ITB Budaörsi Sport Club celebrated jubilee with the win
The semi final line-up in Europe cup Women is complete. Last club to reach the penultimate round is SH-ITB Budaörsi Sport Club. They did it on occasion of 200th International match.
The club needed additional match to secure their place in semis. In the opening leg Hungarian club lost 1:3 and tonight they won 3:0 and 2:1 in additional duel.
In second leg Georgina POTA beat Cristina PRIETO (11:3, 11:2, 11:2), Maria FAZEKAS overcame Roxana ISTRATE (15:13, 11:4, 11:13, 9:11, 6:0) and Helga DARI beat Claudia CARAGEA (10:12, 11:13, 11:7, 11:7, 6:4).
In additional match FAZEKAS overcame PRIETO, POTA lost to ISTRATE and DARI beat CARAGEA.
Peter BACHMANN coach of Budaörsi Sport Club said:
“There were several key moments in the match, but in addition to team unity, I would highlight the dramatic victories of 21-year-old Helga DARI, who did not waver. And of course the home audience helped a lot.”
President of the Budaörsi Sport Club Gergely SOMLYÓ was very proud .
“In the 20th European Cup series, we managed to make our 200th game memorable and we have reached the semi-finals.”
Mária FAZEKAS stated that the players did not have much time to prepare for the second leg.
“Nevertheless the result proves that we also successfully mapped the serves of their best player, the Romania's ISTRATE. I am convinced that we won because we believed in ourselves all along.”
