After the victory over Nyíregyháza (3-1), DVSC continued the championship away against the well-performing MTK on Friday evening in 0°C weather. Due to injury, János Ferenczi, Erik Kusnyir, Bence Batik, Yacouba Silue and Thor Úlfarsson were missing. Compared to last week’s starting line-up, Botond Vajda substituted János Ferenczi and instead of Tamás Szűcs, Kristiyan Malinov started in front of a lot of Debrecen fans.

The match started with a good pace and in the 3^rd minute, Krisztián Hegyi made a brilliant save to deny Stieber’s one-on-one opportunity. The play was balanced as both teams tried to build dangerous attacks, but the defence was pretty solid on both sides. In the 20^th minute, Molnár shot wide off the goal from 13 meters, then Kristiyan Malinov’s long-range attempt was blocked.

In the 29^th minute, Demjén saved Soma Szuhodovszki’s left-sided shot. Following a corner, Maurides made a header, after which Brandon Domingues nodded the ball into the net from a few steps from the goal (0-1).

Thus, Loki took the lead! In the 33^rd minute, Loki could have been awarded a penalty due to a handball by an MTK defender. However, the VAR did not deem the situation worthy of a penalty. Before the break, Polievka unleashed a powerful shot, but it went over the goal. The score did not change by halftime.

At the beginning of the second half, Amos Youga shot wide off the goal. Both teams were fighting with maximum effort. In the 55^th minute, Amos got injured and had to be substituted, so Tamás Szűcs came on. MTK tried to increase the pressure, but DVSC defended well.

In the 65^th minute, Balázs Dzsudzsák came on as a substitute. Our team was disciplined and doubled their advantage! In the 69^th minute, after our captain’s corner-kick, the defenders managed to block Soma Szuhodovszki’s header, but Tamás Szűcs did not miss the target from close-range (0-2). Not long after, Ádin Molnár, who had just come on, was sent-off due to a foul against Brandon Domingues. Thus, MTK continued with one man down.

During the endgame, there were a lot of duels, but Loki secured the victory. It was a really important win for the team as they could move away from the relegation zone and could secure an away victory against MTK again after 7 years.

The next match will be against Puskás Akadémia at Nagyerdei Stadium.

According to the coach

Dávid Horváth: We started well and played well at the beginning, but we couldn’t create any major chances from it. From the 15th minute of the second half, I felt that we were becoming less and less dangerous. We fought hard, but by then, the match was already decided. With Bognár and Hej missing, our options were limited.

Nestor El Maestro: I’m glad for the result, but our progress makes me even happier as we’ve been working very hard since the beginning of January. We collected maximum points in two games this year and we will do everything in order to continue in the same way.

OTP Bank Liga, round 19.

MTK-DVSC 0-2 (0-1).

Új Hidegkuti Stadium, 2389 spectators. Referee: Vad II.

MTK: Demjén – Varju, Bobál D. (Szőke, 88.), Kádár, Kovács P. – Horváth A., Kata – Polievka (Molnár Á., 68.), Stieber (Bakó, 68.), Molnár R. (Végh, 77.) – Jurina. Head coach: Dávid Horváth.

DVSC: Hegyi – Szécsi (Kocsis G., 88.), Lang, Hofmann, Vajda – Malinov, Youga (Szűcs T., 55.), Szuhodovszki (Djurasek, 88.), Domingues – Bárány, Maurides (Dzsudzsák, 65.). Head coach: Nestor El Maestro.

Goal: Domingues (29.), Szűcs T. (69.).

Yellow card: Molnár R. (45+2.), Bobál (62.) as well as Vajda (17.), Domingues (61.).

Dismissal: Molnár Á. (73.).