On Wednesday afternoon, DVSC played the first practice match in the Turkish training camp. The opponent of Loki was the 17-time Yugoslav and 10-time Serbian champion, Partizan Beograd, led by Srdjan Blagojevic. Among their starting XI were the Izraeli midfielder Bibras Natcho, who has already scored 7 goals and given 9 assists in the league, as well as the Ghanaian Ibrahim Zubairu, who has also been the target of Ferencváros and scored 6 goals in the championship. What concerns the new signings of DVSC, Maximilian Hofmann, Amos Youga and Kristiyan Malinov started too.

Loki entered the match well: in the 7^th minute, the Serbian goalkeeper had to deny Balázs Dzsudzsák’s free-kick, then Soma Szuhodovszki’s header in the 8^th minute. Overall, the game was evenly balanced, then in the 20^th minute, Balázs Megyeri confidently saved Nikolic’s shot. In the 33^rd minute, the goalkeeper of Partizan saved Soma Szuhodovszki’s long-range shot, but before the break, Partizan took the lead. In the 41^st minute, Bibras Natcho took a free-kick from 18 meters and shot the ball into the bottom left corner (0-1).

The second half started with midfield play, then in the 56^th minute, Loki equalized. Soma Szuhodovszki took a shot from around 10 meters and the goalkeeper could only touch the ball (1-1). Not long after, the Serbian goalkeeper made a brilliant save to deny Brandon Domingues’ shot. DVSC played well in the foggy weather.

The substitutions came on, and in the 70^th minute, the goalkeeper saved another attempt of Brandon Domingues. In the endgame, there were smaller chances in front of both goals, but it stayed a draw. DVSC will play the next practice match on January 20 against the North Macedonian Brera Struga.

Practice match.

DVSC-Partizan (Serbian) 1-1 (0-1)

DVSC: Megyeri (Hegyi, 46.) – Szécsi (Kocsis D., 63.), Dreskovic, Hofmann, Vajda (Stojkovic, 63.), Youga, Malinov (Ferenczi, 46.), Domingues, Szuhodovszki, Dzsudzsák (Szűcs T., 46.), Bárány (Shedrach, 63.). Head coach: Nestor El Maestro.

Goal: Szuhodovszki (56.) as well as Natcho (41.).