After the 5-4 victory against Ferencváros on Thursday, DVSC hosted Újpest at Nagyerdei Stadium on Sunday afternoon. Nestor El Maestro head coach could not count on Erik Kusnyir, who is on rehabilitation after his surgery, as well as Bence Batik, Neven Djurasek, Thor Úlfarsson, Yacouba Silue, Botond Vajda and Gergő Kocsis due to injury and Soma Szuhodovszki, who has been suspended because of his yellow cards. Among the starting XI was Donát Bárány in a special mask as he suffered a zygomatic fracture against Ferencváros. On behalf of the club, our players greeted the 30-year-old SZUD (Szívtiprók Ultras Debrecen), one of the main fan groups of DVSC, which celebrated its birthday with spectacular choreography during the match.

In the 2^nd minute of the match, Balázs Megyeri saved Tajti’s free kick, and in the meantime, Loki was more active at the beginning of the game. Overall, the play was even, however, in the 13^th minute, Újpest took the lead: after an individual action, Brodic shot the ball into the bottom right corner from 20 meters (0-1). Our team had to continue from a disadvantage, which seemed to be a difficult task. In the 25^th minute, Donát Bárány headed just over the goal and until the break, our team could not equalize.

Dominik Kocsis came on for the second half instead of Victor Braga and DVSC tried everything to equalize. In the 51^st minute, Márk Szécsi shot wide off the goal and our team was dominating. Then came the equalizer! In the 53^rd minute, Balázs Dzsudzsák made a great cross and Márk Szécsi shot the ball into the right side of the net from 17 meters (1-1).

In the 56^th minute, the goalkeeper of Újpest just managed to save Balázs Dzsudzsák’s powerful shot. Loki played very dynamically, but in the 57^th minute, the referee sent off Brandon Domingues because of a foul. Thus, Loki fought with one man down in the last 30 minutes and the players gave their all.

In the 67^th minute, Újpest took the lead again: Lacoux, who came off the bench, shot into the right corner of the goal from 14 meters (1-2). From this moment on, it was extremely hard for our team (in the meantime, Piscitelli had to be substituted after a collision, so Banai came on) as our opponent were leading with one man up.

During the endgame, we haven’t had a chance to equalize, so the match ended with a defeat for us. This year’s last game will be away against Zalaegerszeg on Saturday.

According to the coach

Nestor El Maestro: We started slowly and tired, but as the match progressed, we found our rhythm. I think that we did not deserve to lose this game. Unfortunately, we got the red card when we started to dominate. We tried everything even with one man down, but it was not enough.

Bartosz Grzelak: I’m glad for the victory, we delivered a reasonable performance, but we can do even better. We controlled the match, but we made a mistake at the beginning of the second half, which I didn’t like. We should have scored a third goal, but luckily, we won.

OTP Bank Liga, round 16.

DVSC-Újpest 1-2 (0-1).

Nagyerdei Stadium, 4332 spectators. Referee: Bogár G.

DVSC: Megyeri – Szécsi, Dreskovic, Pellumbi, Ferenczi – Lagator, Victor Braga (Kocsis D., 46.) – Szűcs T. (Shaghoyan, 89.), Dzsudzsák, Domingues – Bárány (Shedrach, 89.). Head coach: Nestor El Maestro.

Újpest: Piscitelli (Banai, 73.) – Fiola, Nunes, Duarte, Kobouri (Gergényi, 58.) – Tajti, Onovo (Lacoux, 58.) – Mucsányi, Brodic, Horváth K. – Dénes (Dékei, 64.). Head coach: Bartosz Grzelak.

Goal: Szécsi (53.) as well as Brodic (13.), Lacoux (67.).

Yellow card: Lagator (18.) as well as Nunes (32.), Onovo (37.), Gergényi (60.), Brodic (74.).

Dismissal: Domingues (57.).