A difficult task was ahead of DVSC on Friday evening, playing at the home of the leader of the table, Puskás Akadémia, in the 5th round. Julien Dacosta, Adrian Guerrero and Erik Kusnyir were out of the squad, but Ádám Lang was back in the starting XI. Vyacheslav Kulbachuk was also in the starting line-up.

At the very beginning of the match, DVSC had more possession and led several dangerous attacks. In the 6th minute, Szappanos made a brilliant save to deny Dominik Kocsis’ shot from 13 meters. DVSC played well, our players showed good performance and the teamwork was also great, which confused the home team at times.

In the next minutes, Loki controlled the match, but in the 24th minute, Ádám Varga also had to perform a save to deny Lukács’ shot. In the second part of the 1st half, the home team increased their possession of the ball. In the 30th minute, Varga denied Markgráf’s cross as well. In the 45th minute, DVSC took the lead, which was well-deserved. Dominik Kocsis ran past his defender on the left, he crossed the ball to the centre and the arriving Balázs Dzsudzsák shot it beautifully into the net from 14 meters (0-1).

The 2nd half began with tough duels and Loki still dominated. For some time, no big chances arouse, but in the 60th minute, Ádám Varga denied Nissila’s powerful shot. In the 62nd minute, Puskás Akadémia equalized. Lukács shot the ball under the bar from 15 meters (1-1).

The last 30 minutes were very exciting. Álex Bermejo came off the bench, and later, György Komáromi also came on as a substitution. Both teams could have decided the match, but it was Loki that did so. In the 86th minute, after Tamás Szűcs’ 19-meter shot took a deflection, the ball ended up in the left side of the net (1-2). What’s more, at the beginning of extra time, following a free-kick from Balázs Dzsudzsák, Vyacheslav Kulbachuk sealed the victory with a confident header from 11 meters (1-3). DVSC earned a deserved and great victory!

The next match will be next Sunday, on August 31, against FTC in Debrecen.

According to the coach

Zsolt Hornyák: Congratulations to Debrecen. When the score was 1-1, I felt that we could have won, but in the final minutes, DVSC scored. We lost a lot of duels, which I did not like, as well as using our chances. We missed Duarte a lot.

Sergio Navarro: I’m satisfied with our performance, it was a good match against one of the best teams in Hungary. The first half was the best, which we have showed until now, and after the equalizer, we fought and wanted to win. We are continuously improving and want to improve.

Fizz Liga, round 5.

Puskás Akadémia-DVSC 1-3 (0-1).

Felcsút, 1896 spectators. Referee: Zierkelbach P.

Puskás Akadémia: Szappanos – Maceiras, Golla, Stronati, Markgráf – Favorov (Arutunian, 85.), Soisalo (Samal, 76.) – Vékony (Nissila, 56.), Lukács, Nagy Zs. (Dárdai, 85.) – Fameyeh (Nagy Z., 56.). Head coach: Hornyák Zsolt.

DVSC: Varga Á. – Szécsi (Mejias, 92.), Lang, Hofmann, Kulbachuk – Szűcs T., Batik – Kocsis D. (Komáromi, 83.), Dzsudzsák (Manzanara, 92.), Gordic (Bermejo, 68.) – Bárány. Head coach: Sergio Navarro.

Goal: Lukács (62.) as well as Dzsudzsák (45.), Szűcs T. (86.), Kulbachuk (91.).

Yellow card: Favorov (56.) as well as Dzsudzsák (78.).