On Thursday evening, the fifth of December, the teams made up for Loki-Fradi match, postponed from the first round of summer, in temperatures of around 0 degrees at Nagyerdei Stadium. Before the game, the title defender Ferencváros, who is also performing well in the Europa League, was the favourite, but our team also prepared a lot for the match. Nestor El Maestro head coach could not count on Erik Kusnyir, who had a surgery and now he is on rehabilitation, as well as Bence Batik, Neven Djurasek, Thor Úlfarsson, Yacouba Silue and Botond Vajda, who had a smaller injury. Among the starting XI were Márk Szécsi and Tamás Szűcs this time.

In the 2^nd minute of the match, Loki already took the lead! János Ferenczi passed to Donát Bárány, who skilfully turned past two defenders, drove the ball towards Dibusz and confidently converted the one-on-one opportunity (1-0). Then came the second goal!  In the 5^th minute, Dibusz could punch out János Ferenczi’s long-range shot, then Donát Bárány fired the rebound into the net, scoring his 6^th goal in the championship (2-0). Thus, Loki made a dream start!

In the following minutes, Loki pushed on, however, Ferencváros also pulled themselves together, so it was a good match. In the 12^th minute, Balázs Megyeri confidently saved Saldanha’s shot, then in the 17^th minute, our team scored a 3^rd goal. Brandon Domingues passed to Donát Bárány, who broke free from the defenders within the box and shot the ball into the bottom right corner, scoring a classic hat trick and taking the lead on the list of top scorers as well (3-0).

After 25 minutes, Loki had to make a substitution. Due to injury, Jorgo Pellumbi came off the bench instead of Gergő Kocsis. Our team played great football with great will, but in the 28^th minute, the ball bounced on Pellumbi’s hand inside the box and the referee awarded a penalty.  Barnabás Varga converted the penalty (3-1). However, another turning point came soon. In the 32^nd minute, Szalai fouled Bárány in the midfield, for which he received his second yellow card and a red card. Thus, FTC had to continue with one man down. After the eventful thirty minutes, Ferencváros scored another goal: after a defensive blunder, Barnabás Varga had a clear-cut chance, which he did not miss (3-2). Before the break, Donát Bárány also had to be substituted, so Kaye Shedrach came on. Ferencváros managed to equalize before halftime: Saldanha’s close-range curl found its way into the goal (3-3).

At the beginning of the second half, DVSC scored again. In the 50^th minute, Balázs Dzsudzsák made a great left-sided cross and Brandon Domingues made a beautiful header into the left side of the goal from 5 meters (4-3). Moreover, the show went on! In the 59^th minute, Brandon Domingues fired a shot at the goal from 21 meters, the ball slightly deflected, but it went into the left side of the net (5-3). Loki played brilliantly!

During the last 30 minutes, our team was dominating and could have scored another goal, but after a corner, Ferencváros pulled one back in the 82^nd minute, due to Cisse (5-4). All in all, it was a fantastic, forever memorable and historic victory for our team against the title defender.

The next match will be on Sunday against Újpest at Nagyerdei Stadium.

According to the coach

Nestor El Maestro: I have never played such a game as a coach, it was a real emotional rollercoaster. We started brilliantly, so I have huge respect for my players. We also made a lot of mistakes after the good start, we conceded easy goals, but we showed our character and showed a great attacking flair after 3-3. I am very happy.

Pascal Jansen: It was a crazy match. It was one of our worst matches in this season and what happened in the first 20 minutes is incomprehensible. We could make a comeback, but at the beginning of the second, we conceded easy goals again. I have never experienced such a game during my coaching career and I don’t want to live through another one.

OTP Bank Liga, match postponed from round 1.

DVSC-FTC 5-4 (3-3).

Nagyerdei Stadium, 5011 spectators. Referee: Csonka B.

DVSC: Megyeri – Szécsi, Dreskovic, Kocsis G. (Pellumbi, 26.), Ferenczi – Lagator – Szűcs T., Szuhodovszki, Domingues (Victor Braga, 90.) – Dzsudzsák, Bárány (Shedrach, 45+2.). Head coach: Nestor El Maestro.

FTC: Dibusz – Makreckis, Cisse, Szalai, Ramirez (Ben Romdhan, 85.) – Maiga, Abu Fani (Gruber, 72.) – Saldanha (Zachariassen, 65.), Kady, Traore (Misidjan, 65.) – Varga B. (Pesic, 72.) Head coach: Pascal Jansen.

Goal: Bárány (2., 5., 17.), Domngues (50., 59.) as well as Varga B. (30., 42., the first one from penalty), Saldanha (45+2.), Cisse (82.).

Yellow card: Ferenczi (45+3.), Szuhodovszki (53.), Dreskovic (73.), Shedrach (87.) as well as Szalai (4., 32.), Varga B. (45.)., Kady (83.), Ben Romdhan, 86.).

Dismissal: Szalai (32.).