Even though Erik Kusnyir, Jorgo Pellumbi and Thor Úlfarsson were still out of the squad due to their injuries, Loki started the match against Kisvárda on Easter Saturday with the hope of victory in a summerlike weather with 25 degrees. Regarding the starting XI, there were no big surprises: players delivering a good performance in the 5-1 victory over ZTE got a chance to play this time as well.

At the beginning of the match, the approximately 300 supporters accompanying Loki could see that in the 5^th minute, following an attack from the right side, Mesanovic arriving in the centre found the net with a deflected ball bouncing off a block and aided by the crossbar into the bottom right corner (1-0). Thus, our team immediately had to change the rhythm and that’s what happened sometimes. The dominance on the pitch didn’t translate into significant opportunities and we had to pay attention to the counterattacks of Kisvárda. However, the equalizer finally came towards the end of the first half. Following a pass from Balázs Dzsudzsák, Botond Vajda broke into the box from the right, dribbled inward, then scored a beautiful goal into the top corner from 9 meters (1-1). No more goals were scored until halftime.

DVSC started the second half very dynamically. In the 49^th minute, Brandon Domingues made a dangerous header, but Donát Bárány couldn’t reach the ball. However, Loki made a comeback in the 54^th minute, when Balázs Dzsudzsák made a nice cross from the left and Brandon Domingues nodded the ball into the centre of the goal from 6 meters (1-2).

Our team controlled the game after that as well. In the 63^rd minute, Brandon Domingues could have scored with one more header, but it went wide off the goal. Thirty minutes before the end, Stefan Loncar came off the bench (later Márk Szécsi and Ádám Bódi, then Christian Manrique also came on as substitutes). Our team tried to score a third goal to decide the match. For some time, our attempts were not successful (Kovács made a huge save to deny Balázs Dzsudzsák’s and Meldin Dreskovic’s attempts), however, in the 90^th minute, after Ádám Bódi’s pass, Christian Manrique brilliantly curled the ball into the right side of the goal from 16 meters (1-3). Thus, Loki confidently won and collected three valuable points.

We will continue next Saturday against MTK at Nagyerdei Stadium.

According to the coach

Tamás Feczkó: We started well and could have scored one more goal after taking the lead. We had to play a more open game after conceding a goal in the second half and made some annoying mistakes. I hope that we will be able to win in the Cup.

Srdjan Blagojevic: Congratulations to my players for the victory. I’m satisfied with our performance; it was a well-deserved victory. The beginning of the match was not easy as Kisvárda changed their play. We needed some time to adapt to that and in the meantime, we conceded a goal. We were a bit nervous but reacted well, and we could equalize before the break with the beautiful goal of Botond Vajda. We made some tactical changes in the second half, we controlled the game and could have decided the match earlier. I’m happy for this victory. Kisvárda is not a bad team, I wish them all the best!

OTP Bank League, round 26.

Kisvárda-DVSC 1-3 (1-1).

Kisvárda, 2580 spectators. Referee: Vad II.

Kisvárda: Kovács M. – Széles (Wellington, 73.), Jovicic, Ötvös – Nikolov – Navratil, Cipetic, Lucas (Melnik, 60.), Camaj (Spasic, 60.) – Makowski (Matic, 60.), Mesanovic (Ilievski, 68.). Head coach: Tamás Feczkó.

DVSC: Megyeri – Baranyai, Dreskovic, Lagator, Ferenczi – Ojediran, Szuhodovszki (Loncar, 68.) – Vajda (Szécsi, 79.), Dzsudzsák (Manrique, 87.), Domingues (Bódi, 79.) – Bárány. Head coach: Srdjan Blagojevic.

Goal: Mesanovic (5.) as well as Vajda (39.), Domingues (54.), Manrique (90.).

Yellow card: Ötvös (23.), Cipetic (53.).

The championship continues this weekend, with DVSC playing away against Kisvárda on Saturday, March 30, starting at 2.30 pm. We would like to provide some useful information for our fans.

Tickets to the guest sector cost 3000 HUF each. Tickets are available online at https://jegymester.hu/event-host/3000. There are 264 seats in the guest sector. Important to note: the ticket office for the guests opens (1,5 hours before the game) only in case the tickets are not sold online beforehand. Providing a club card or personal data are not necessary neither for online nor for on-site ticket purchase.

Visitors can pay by cash or card in the ticket offices. A seperate parking and buffet are available for the fans of Debrecen. Hajrá, Loki!

Hamzat Ojediran, the 20-year-old Nigerian midfielder of DVSC, is becoming more and more popular among our fans for his fighting skills and diligence. Hamzat scored his first league goal for Loki against Zalaegerszeg and took the lead in the last match. We interviewed one of the heroes of the match.

– You scored your first league goal against ZTE. How did it feel?

– I had been waiting for this moment for a long time. It was my first goal as a professional footballer and it makes me very happy.

– You joined DVSC just over a year ago, how do you feel about the club and the team?

– Debrecen is a great place for my development, I’m learning a lot of new things and that’s one of the reasons for my success. I feel that everything is in place now.

– Speaking of learning, do you have a role model, a favorite among the big stars?

– Definitely Chilean star Arturo Vidal. I like his game a lot, he has played for top clubs in Europe like Barcelona, Juventus and Internazionale.

– What do you think about the city of Debrecen? What do you do in your spare time?

– I have a good time, I like the city, I like to walk around and go to restaurants when I have some free time.

– Tell us about your childhood! When did you first feel that football was your path?

– It’s not easy to play football in Africa. When I was 16, I played for the Nigerian national team at the U17 World Cup in Brazil and that’s when I felt it was my way. Later I came to Europe for trials, to Albania and finally to Debrecen.

– You seem extremely motivated in every training session and match. Is that typical of you?

– Yes, I am always hungry for success, always motivated and always pushing myself. That’s how I am!

– What are your next football goals?

– I want to keep improving, because when I played in Albania, I dreamed of better and stronger championships, and that came true with DVSC. Of course, I have to keep learning so that I can hope for the best.

The rehabilitation of DVSC player Erik Kusnyir, who suffered a cruciate ligament rupture, is underway. The 24-year-old footballer was seriously injured in the match against Újpest, so surgery was inevitable. The surgery in Germany went well and Erik is looking forward to the upcoming period.

“I’m over the bad period, I feel good now. After the surgery, I was in a lot of pain, but in the next few days I will be able to leave the crutches and start working hard,” said Erik Kusnyir, who remembers the exact moment of the injury. “I heard a small crack and I suspected it wouldn’t end well, unfortunately, the examinations proved it. I’ve been through a lot, but I got a lot of help. My friends, family, and wife kept me going, and the support of my teammates was very comforting. We are like a little family, it was good for my soul that they thought of me, I owe them a big thankfulness.”

Our player follows the team’s performance, and even if not on the field, he is there in spirit with his teammates. “We had small “ups and downs”, we were not lucky in the matches against Mezőkövesd and Paks, but the ZTE match was wonderful, where we converted almost all our chances into goals.”

Erik Kusnyir is preparing for his return as soon as possible. “For the moment, I have two sessions a day, which include treatments and strengthening. My recovery is in the right phase, fortunately, everything is going well and I’m looking forward to the next steps.”

We wish Erik Kusnyir all the best for a full and speedy recovery!

Goals from Kerezsi and Jurek earned Hungary U21 a 2-0 win over Moldova in a friendly game in Budapest on Thursday night. Botond Vajda (number 7) entered the pitch in the 62nd minute and Nimród Baranyai in the 75th. The U21 team will play a European Championship qualifier in Kazakhstan on Tuesday.

Montenegro played a preparation game on Thursday evening and celebrated a 2-0 win over Belarus. Loki defender Meldin Dreskovic started the match and celebrated his second senior cap, while Stefan Loncar did not play this time. Montenegro will face North Macedonia on Monday.

Meldin Dreskovic and Stefan Loncar, the two Montenegrin players of DVSC, are preparing with their national team for Thursday’s match against Belarus.

Good luck to our players!

Máté Tuboly, the 19-year-old mifdfielder of DVSC, received a call-up to the U20 national team.

The national team, which consists of 2004 and 2005-born players, is led by Levente Babó and they will play two preparation matches in Gyirmót. On March 20 and 22, they are going to host Iceland in Gyirmót. Both games will start at 15:30 at Alcufer Stadium.

Today, it became official today that Zoltán Szélesi, the coach of the U21 national team, counts on Botond Vajda next to Nimród Baranyai in his team. Earlier, the 20-year-old player of DVSC was considered to be a backup player, but he performed excellently in the 5-1 victory against ZTE and now he can prove himself in the national team as well.

The U21 national team will play an international preparation match and a European Championship qualifier in the next period.

In the last league match before the national team break, DVSC hosted ZTE at Nagyerdei Stadium on Sunday at noon, celebrating the 122^nd birthday of the club this week. The technical staff could not count on the injured Erik Kusnyir, Jorgo Pellumbi, Thor Úlfarsson and Tamás Batai. Among the starting eleven were Hamzat Ojediran, Soma Szuhodovszki and Botond Vajda too.

The kick-off was performed by Radu Sabo, the former player and excellent striker of Loki. Radu Sabo, who is from Kolozsvár, played in 51 league matches between 1998 and 2000 in the ranks of Loki, scoring 17 goals. One of the most memorable games was the match against FTC in 1999, which ended in a 6-1 victory for Loki, with Radu performing a hat-trick. In fact, he played brilliantly against the German Wolfsburg in the UEFA Cup, scoring both of the goals in the 2-1 victory for Debrecen.

The game against ZTE started excellently for DVSC as our team took the lead already in the 4^th minute. After a corner-kick, the defenders saved Soma Szuhodovszki’s attempt right in front of the goal, but Hamzat Ojediran shot the ball into the goal from 11 meters (1-0). This was the first goal of our Nigerian player in the ranks of Loki. In the 10^th minute, Antonio Mance shot wide off the goal from long-range, but it was DVSC that dominated, our team was playing well.

The pace was very intense and the second Debrecen goal came in the 25^th minute. Botond Vajda was moving to the centre from the right side and curled the ball into the right corner of the goal from 18 meters, with Bárány Donát confusing the goalkeeper with his movement (2-0).

However, our team did not stop scoring goals. Loki doubled their advantage until the break. Botond Vajda was fouled by Csóka inside the box, and it was Balázs Dzsudzsák, who confidently converted the penalty in the 33^rd minute. After a corner in the 38^th minute, Dusan Lagator made a header and Donát Bárány, our homegrown striker, nodded the ball into the goal from close-range (4-0). Our team deservedly marched off to the break amidst loud applause.

ZTE made three substitutions for the second half and pulled one back in the 48^th minute as Németh curled the ball into the bottom left corner from close-range after Sajbán’s cross (4-1). Not long after, Dombó saved Balázs Dzsudzsák’s shot. The guests tried to decrease the goal difference. Meanwhile, Stefan Loncar and Ádám Bódi came off the bench thirty minutes before the end (then Dominik Kocsis and Máté Tuboly also came on as well as the 17-year-old Csaba Hornyák, who made his debut in the first division).

In the 71^st minute, DVSC scored a beautiful goal. Balázs Dzsudzsák made a nice pass to Ádám Bódi, who took the ball and passed to János Ferenczi. Our left-back made a precise cross to the centre, and the arriving Donát Bárány shot the ball into the net from a few meters (5-1). There could have been more goals in the final minutes (our team even hit the post), but the score remained 5-1. It was a convincing and beautiful victory.

We will continue after the national team break, playing against Kisvárda in two weeks.

According to the coach

Srdjan Blagojevic: I would like to praise the players, this 5-1 victory is the biggest one since I’m working in Hungary. The aim of DVSC is to play on the international stage but it is not easy as there is no big difference between the teams in Hungary. We have 36 points, 8 rounds are left until the end, so now we are safe and our goal is to finish in a higher position. It is easy and comfortable to play when the team is leading 4-0 by halftime. It’s good to be a fan of Debrecen in these cases but I would to ask for support during the difficult moments too. I’m proud that a lot of young Hungarian players are playing in our team, we have fulfilled the young minutes and today the 17-year-old Csaba Hornyák made his debut in the first division.

Gábor Márton: We didn’t start the match badly, we had our chances, but we conceded the goal from what we were prepared for, and then they finished us off. After the break, we tried to improve, but it didn’t work out this time. It happens, but we didn’t prepare for this kind of match.

OTP Bank Liga, round 25.

DVSC-ZTE 5-1 (4-0).

Nagyerdei Stadium, 4002 spectators. Referee: Antal P.

DVSC: Megyeri – Baranyai, Dreskovic, Lagator, Ferenczi (Hornyák, 85.) – Ojediran, Szuhodovszki (Loncar, 61.) – Vajda (Kocsis, 74.) , Dzsudzsák (Tuboly, 74.), Domingues (Bódi, 61.) – Bárány. Head coach: Srdjan Blagojevic.

ZTE: Dombó – Várkony (Meshack, 46., Lesjak, 85.)), Evangelou, Csóka D. – Szendrei N., Bedi, Hadida (Sajbán, 46.), Sankovic (Kovács B., 81.), Mim – Gruber (Németh D., 46.), Mance. Head coach: Márton Gábor.

Goal: Ojediran (4.), Vajda (25.), Dzsudzsák (33., from penalty), Bárány (38., 71.) as well as Németh D. (48.).

Yellow card: Dreskovic (62.) as well as Mance (87.).

On March 17, Loki will play a home match against Zalaegerszeg, starting from 12:30. On the occasion of the 122^nd birthday of our club, we are organizing a family day from 10 am at Nagyerdei Stadium. All are welcome!

Our club aims to make the match enjoyable for our supporters. The stadium opens at 11.30 am. However, from 10 am, there will be a fan zone at Red&White, where supporters can taste the special birthday cake of Loki. During halftime, we’ll activate the T-shirt gun again, this time giving away unique DVSC birthday T-shirts to the lucky ones. We’ll also organize a crossbar kicking competition during halftime.

Travelling is free on the routes of DKV for those who have a valid match ticket or pass for up to 3 hours before the start and after the end of the match (from 9.30 am to 15.30 pm).

Our VIP guests, in addition to the usual services, can expect an on-site live discussion with the former Loki star, Radu Sobó. The stadium ticket offices and the DVSC Shop will open at 10 am on Saturday. Everyone to the stadium!

In the upcoming period, the U21 national team will play one international preparation match and a European Championship qualifier. The new coach of the team, Zoltán Szélesi counts on the homegrown player of DVSC, Nimród Baranyai, while Botond Vajda and Dominik Kocsis are backup players.

Our club celebrates its 122nd birthday today. Let’s take a moment on this day to remember the great people and rejoice in the fact that amidst great changes, there are things that endure. Happy birthday to DVSC!