A real derby was ahead of DVSC in the 11th round of Fizz Liga, hosting Újpest at Nagyerdei Stadium on Sunday afternoon. Among the starting XI was our young player, Flórián Cibla. There were eight Hungarian players in our team from the very first minute, while in Újpest, only one Hungarian was in the starting line-up.

Both teams started the match dynamically and DVSC was playing its usual smart and tactical style. Moreover, we have taken the lead already in the 8th minute! After a right-sided cross, Donát Bárány could put the ball in front of himself and shot it into the bottom right corner from 8 meters (1-0). It was a great start for our team and it continued as in the 12th minute, Piscitelli made a huge save to deny Dominik Kocsis’s clear-cut chance.

At the other end, Ádám Varga also had to deny Matko’s attempt, but the Locomotive could not be stopped. In the 15th minute, Amos Youga took the ball and fired it precisely into the bottom right corner from 16 meters (2-0). Loki played brilliant football and after some turmoil, even Ádám Lang could have scored, but it went over the goal. The third Debrecen goal was in the air, while on the other side, Ademi headed over the goal in the 27th minute.

Before the break, Újpest tried to organize their play, but Loki showed no mercy. In the 30th minute, after another beautiful attack starting from Balázs Dzsudzsák, Dominik Kocsis provided an assist to Donát Bárány, who curled the ball into the net from close-range (3-0). Then, Ádám Varga made a brilliant save to deny Matko’s attempt, while Balázs Dzsudzsák hit the crossbar. No more goals were scored until the break, however, it was a fantastic first-half and memorable performance from our team.

Botond Vajda came on the for the 2nd half and Újpest obviously tried to put some pressure on Loki. In the 50th minute, Ádám Varga performed a feat in order to deny Medeiros’s shot from 16 meters out, then Tucic shot over the goal from close-range. DVSC reacted fast: after a fantastic attack, Dominik Kocsis passed the ball to Flórián Cibla, who made a great shot and fond the net from 17 meters, scoring his first goal in NBI. Moreover, in the 49th minute, Dominik Kocsis got a pass from Flórián Cibla, he broke through and scored (5-0).

In the next minutes, Újpest was awarded a penalty, Medeiros converted it in the 64th minute (5-1). In the meanwhile, Pape Sissoko, Soma Szuhodovszki came on, later Fran Manzanara and Dorde Gordic as well. In the 74th minute, after a free-kick, Lacoux found the net, scoring a consolation goal (5-2).

Both teams could have scored in the last 15 minutes, but the score stayed 5-2. Loki, which has been unbeaten for long weeks, claimed a convincing victory and finished the first third of the championship with 19 points. Well done, guys!

The next match will be a Hungarian Cup game against Honvéd, starting from 8 pm. on Thursday at Nagyerdei Stadium.

According to the coach

Sergio Navarro: I’m really happy for our performance, we read the game well and our plan worked. We could have scored even more goals and the guys had a great mentality.

Damir Krznar: At the beginning, we did not react well to the goals of our opponent, we wanted to equalize to fast, we did not finish our actions and opened up too much. After the break, we created good chances, but we missed them and we could have even made the game close. Then, we conceded more goals and even though we could also score, the fighting spirit was missing.

Fizz Liga, round 11.

DVSC-Újpest 5-2 (3-0).

Nagyerdei Stadium, 6647 spectators. Referee: Karakó F.

DVSC: Varga Á. – Szécsi, Lang, Mejías, Guerrero (Vajda, 46.) – Szűcs T., Youga (Manzanara, 68.) – Kocsis D. (Gordic, 68.), Dzsudzsák (Szuhodovszki, 61.), Cibla – Bárány (Sissoko, 61.). Head coach: Sergio Navarro.

Újpest: Piscitelli – Nunes, Duarte, Adem (Kobouri, 60.), Goncalves – Ljujic (Lacoux, 60.), Rasak – Matko, Medeiros (Tajti, 74.), Horváth K. (Beridze, 33.) – Tucic (Ganea, 74.). Head coach: Damir Krznar.

Goal: Bárány (8., 30.), Youga (15.), Cibla (56.), Kocsis D. (59.) as well as Medeiros (64., 11-esből), Lacoux (74.).

Yellow card: Lang (45.), as well as Lacoux (75.), Goncalves (89.).