导出博客文章RIO DE JANEIRO -- It got physical, very physical, and thats just fine with the
U.S. womens water polo team.Maggie Steffens scored four times, and the United
States clawed its way back to the Olympic final with a rugged 14-10 victory over
Hungary on Wednesday.Winners of 21 in a row, including its five games in Rio de
Janeiro by a combined score of 61-27, the U.S. has met every challenge as the
favorite to become the first country to win consecutive gold medals since the
tournament was added to the Olympics in 2000.Poked and prodded by Hungary, the
U.S. pushed back with its relentless attack.We kind of say bring it on, Steffens
said. We want to beat teams at their best game. Hungarys a very physical team,
thats what makes them great.Next up is Italy, which advanced to Fridays final
with a 12-9 victory over Russia. Italy also is a perfect 5-0 in Rio, winning by
a combined score of 51-31.Its going to be a heck of a battle, U.S. coach Adam
Krikorian said. Were going to have our hands full, no doubt.With the U.S. paying
close attention to Barbara Bujka in the middle, captain Rita Keszthelyi scored
four times as Hungary became the first country to reach double digits against
the U.S. since Spain got 10 goals in a loss to the Americans on June 9.But
Hungary was unable to slow down the athletic U.S. in the second half.The U.S. is
the strongest and they have the most and biggest, strongest players in all the
Olympic Games, Hungary coach Attila Biro said.After Bujka scored to get Hungary
within one at the beginning of the second quarter, the United States responded
with four of the next five goals. Maddie Musselman scored on two power plays and
Kaleigh Gilchrist made it 8-4 with 3:06 left in the first half.Hungary made
another charge in the third quarter, but Steffens had two goals and Kiley
Neushul also scored in an impressive burst that helped put the game away.We knew
it would be a physical, tough, strong game, U.S. center Kami Craig said. Just
happy to go out there and kind of grind through some of that physicality and try
to play as clean of water polo as we could.Italy won the gold medal in 2004, but
slipped to sixth in Beijing and finished seventh in London four years ago. But
its headed back to the final after Arianna Garibotti scored five goals and
Giulia Gorlero made nine saves in the countrys second victory over Russia in
Rio.The final is a dream, Italy coach Fabio Conti said. Every player, every
athlete, every coach that arrive in Olympic Games want to arrive to this dream.
Now we dont want to stop (this) dream.Roberta Bianconi and Chiari Tabani added
two goals apiece for Italy, which, like the U.S., is trying to become the first
two-time winner of the Olympic tournament.Its going to be a physical battle,
Bianconi said through a translator, so we need to be very, very focused and do
exactly what we have worked on our whole season.Evgeniya Ivanova and Ekaterina
Lisunova each scored two goals for Russia, which was a surprise 12-10 winner
over Spain in the quarterfinals.Ivanova and Olga Gorbunova scored the first two
goals of the game, but Italy gradually took over. Garibottis long-range goal
gave Italy a 5-4 lead with 1:37 left in the first half, and it never trailed
again.After Russia pulled within two with 3:17 left, Garibotti scored a
power-play goal to make it 10-7. Bianconi added a penalty shot with 1:41
remaining.Garibotti scored seven times in Italys first four games.Sometimes when
the moment is dangerous she can do anything, Conti said.---Jay Cohen can be
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Euro 2016 after surgery on a knee injury. West Brom have confirmed Brunt
ruptured a cruciate ligament during the weekend win over Crystal Palace and is
expected to miss six months.And the 31-year-old, a regular during qualifying,
will now be denied the chance to play at his countrys first major finals
appearance since 1986. Northern Ireland boss Michael ONeill told Sky Sports News
HQ: Its very sad to see a player miss out on the chance to go to the finals
given hes played so long in a Northern Ireland shirt. Michael ONeill says Chris
Brunt will still play an important part at Euro 2016 Im devastated for him, and
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