The Ord Minnett Aussie Sharks will go head to head with Hungary tonight, in the men\u2019s semi finals at the World Aquatics Water Polo World Cup Finals in Sydney.<\/p>\n
After upsetting reigning world champions Spain in the quarterfinals on Thursday, the Aussies are determined to carry that momentum, and boost from the home crowd, into tonight\u2019s game.<\/p>\n
Hungary are currently ranked number two in the world while Australia are ranked ninth.\u00a0 It wouldn\u2019t be the first time the Aussies have dethroned the European powerhouses, defeating them 9-8 in a thrilling match at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.<\/p>\n
Ord Minnett Aussie Sharks captain Nathan Power who was instrumental in the Paris victory, said the team are feeling excited about tonight\u2019s match up.<\/p>\n
\u201cObviously, the result the other day was something to gain a lot of motivation from and then now getting to play a team with the skill and history of Hungary, here at home\u2026it\u2019s going to be quite an incredible atmosphere tonight, and I think everyone\u2019s really, really looking forward to it,\u201d Power said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe team is feeling really good. We\u2019ve had a really good 48 hour period between matches and everyone\u2019s absolutely primed and ready to go for it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Ord Minnett Aussie Sharks Head Coach Tim Hamill said the team have reviewed the performance against Spain, and will be looking to carry that same momentum and energy into tonight\u2019s game against Hungary.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe victory over Spain is a huge occasion, a huge moment for our team,\u201d Hamill said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s something that we\u2019ve been working towards for some time and to produce that type of performance in front of our home crowd was a really special moment for us.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe know that the Hungarian game tonight will be a challenging one for us, but we have a huge amount of momentum and energy at the moment, and we\u2019re truly, really excited to play in our first big semifinal for some time,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Ord Minnett Aussie Sharks will go head to head with Hungary tonight, in the men\u2019s semi finals…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":821994,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44],"class_list":["post-821993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=821993"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821993\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/821994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=821993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=821993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=821993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}