After the international break and successful cup round, DVSC continued the league in Kisvárda on Sunday. Bence Batik, Maximilian Hofmann and Erik Kusnyir were missing from the sqaud. However, among the starting XI were Adrian Guerrero, Amos Youga and Álex Bermejo too.

At the very beginning of the match, Loki dominated and in the 2nd minute, the goalkeeper of Kisvárda saved Álex Bermejo’s long-range attempt. After that the play became more balanced, and in the 16th minute, the home goalkeeper saved Balázs Dzsudzsák’s cross, but no bigger chances arouse.

In the 22nd minute, Szabó took on a free-kick from close-range, but Ádám Varga managed to save the acute curl. After that the defenders blocked Balázs Dzsudzsák’s powerful shot. There were a lot of duels and it looked obvious that the team that scores first, will take a huge step towards the victory. In the 37th minute, Bárány Donát’s shot bounced off a defender, but no goals were scored until the break.

The 2nd half started with a one-on-one opportunity for Loki. In the 47th minute, the goalkeeper saved Bárány Donát’s shot from 11 meters with his leg, but Kisvárda also had a chance as Szabó made a powerful shot from 12 meters, which hit the left post. Neither team was able to gain the upper hand, so the last half an hour promised to be very exciting.

The excitements did come: Donát Bárány was fouled in a clear scoring chance that would have meant a red card, but the referee signaled an offside. The VAR confirmed the decision, though it did not seem like that. Fran Manzanara and Botond Vajda came on (later joined by György Komáromi), while DVSC tried to mobilize its remaining reserves of energy. In the final minutes, the most dangerous situations arouse in front of the goal of Kisvárda. In the 75th minute, Dominik Kocsis, hit the left post from 15 meters at the end a great action.

Then, the Loki goal came in the 81st minute! Adrian Guerrero made a great cross from the left and Donát Bárány made a diving header from close-range into the goal of Popovics (0-1). This goal meant three points and an important victory, even though Kisvárda also hit the bar during the extra time. Thus, DVSC is the second in the table.

The next match will be on Saturday against Diósgyőr.

According to the coach

Máté Gerliczki: It was a fairly even match. I feel that in the second half we took the initiative, but we weren’t the ones that scored. There can be no complaints about the players.

Sergio Navarro: We expected a tough match and trained hard for that. We had a plan, which we could carry out in the end. I’m happy that we managed to score and we win, and I’m satisfied with our performance.

Fizz Liga, round 7.

Kisvárda-DVSC 0-1 (0-0).

Kisvárda, 2710 spectators. Referee: Bognár T.

Kisvárda: Popovics – Cipetic, Matic, Chlumecky – Bíró (Szőr, 57.), Nagy K. (Adayilo, 81.), Popoola, Soltész D.. (Medgyes, 81.) – Szabó Sz. (Molnár G., 76.) – Novothny (Pintér, 46.), Mesanovic. Head coach: Máté Gerliczki.

DVSC: Varga Á. – Szécsi, Lang, Mejías, Guerrero – Youga (Manzanara, 68.), Szűcs T. – Kocsis D., (Komáromi, 78.), Dzsudzsák (Kulbacsuk, 91.), Bermejo (Vajda, 68.) – Bárány (Djokic, 91.). Head coach: Sergio Navarro.

Goal: Bárány (81.).

Yellow card: Mesanovic (86.).