Loki couldn’t count on four players on Saturday’s game against Puskás Akadémia: Erik Kusnyir had a surgery, Thor Úlfarsson was out for several weeks, while Ádám Bódi and Jorgo Pellumbi were missing due to minor injuries. Before the match, the president Ike Thierry Zaengel and the managing director Balázs Makray thanked József Varga, one of the legendary players of Loki, for everything he did for the club, and they also greeted Soma Szuhodovszki on the occasion of his 50^th appearance in the first division.

Among the starting eleven were Soma Szuhodovszki and Hamzat Ojediran, as well as János Ferenczi, who was playing with one line higher than his usual position.

At the very beginning of the match, Bárány Donát appeared in a scoring position after Balázs Dzsudzsák’s pass in the first minute, but the goalkeeper could save his close-range shot. After that, DVSC was dominating, however, Balázs Megyeri had to be cautious after a corner in the 10^th minute. In response to that, Pécsi also had to move when Brandon Domingues shot from the back, but after that there were no dangerous situations in front of the goals. In the 35^th minute, Nimród Baranyai broke into the box, he clashed with one player but the referee awarded only a corner and a yellow card because of the player talking back. In the 43^rd minute, Batik hit the bar from 17 meters, but no goals were scored until the break.

The second half began with the same line-up, and for some time, midfield play and a tactical game dominated. Thirty minutes before the end, Stefan Loncar came off the bench (not long after, Oleksandr Romanchuk, Márk Szécsi, Dominik Kocsis and for the end, Máté Tuboly also came on). At that time, our opponent had more possession and in the 62^nd minute, Balázs Megyeri saved Favorov’s shot. In the 65^th minute, Donát Bárány headed wide off the goal, then came the endgame.

The endgame started with a Loki goal! In the 75^th minute, after some turmoil following a corner, Márk Szécsi headed the ball into the goal from 12 meters (1-0). The tough battle continued on the pitch, a lot of duels took place. Our team fought until the end, and earned an important and valuable victory due to their hard work.

We will continue against Ferencváros in the Hungarian Cup on Wednesday, starting from 9 pm.

According to the coach

Srdjan Blagojevic: I am really happy because we won against a good team. Since I am the coach of Debrecen, this is our first victory against Puskás. It was a tough match. Puskás is doing a good job in Felcsút. We had some matches when we were able to create a lot of chances, but could not win; we had less chances this time, but we won, so that’s football. Today’s success will give us self-confidence for the next games.

Zsolt Hornyák: I expected a tough match and it was like that. Congratulations to Debrecen. Several players were missing and it caused a problem for us. We conceded an easy goal, we were not fresh enough, so it was a one-goal game.

OTP Bank Liga, round 22.

DVSC-Puskás Akadémia 1-0 (0-0).

Nagyerdei Stadium, 4132 spectators. Referee: Káprály M.

DVSC: Megyeri – Baranyai, Lagator, Dreskovic, Manrique (Kocsis, 68.) – Ojediran (Romanchuk, 68.), Szuhodovszki (Loncar, 60.) – Domingues (Szécsi, 68.), Dzsudzsák, Ferenczi – Bárány (Tuboly, 80.). Head coach: Srdjan Blagojevic.

Puskás Akadémia: Pécsi – Szolnoki, Golla (Colley, 68.), Stronati, Ormonde-Ottewill – Batik, Favorov – Komáromi (Slagveer, 78.), Corbu (Bévárdi, 61.), Soisalo (Nissila, 61.) – Plsek. Head coach: Hornyák Zsolt.

Goal: Szécsi (75.).

Yellow card: Baranyai (35.) as well as Batik (30.), Slagveer (92.).