DVSC started the final period of the championship against Mezőkövesd at Nagyerdei Stadium. Erik Kusnyir, Thor Úlfarsson and Jorgo Pellumbi were out of the squad due to injuries. Among the starting eleven were Botond Vajda, Soma Szuhodovszki, Hamzat Ojediran, Ádám Bódi as well as the 19-year-old Tamás Batai, who was in the starting line-up for the first time in NB I.

The kit manager of our team, Norbert Csarnai, has recently celebrated his 50^th birthday. He has been serving DVSC for exactly 25 years, which means that he has literally spent half of his life at Loki. He was greeted by our team’s managing director Balázs Makray and also by Balázs Dzsudzsák on behalf of the team. On the occasion of this beautiful anniversary, Norbert Csarnai performed the kick-off before the game. Well done, Csari!

At the beginning of the match, midfield play dominated and the first bigger chance came in the 18^th minute. After Soma Szuhodovszki’s cross, the goalkeeper of Mezőkövesd could clear only with difficulty. In the 27^th minute, Botond Vajda made a dangerous shot and Loki tried to press their opponent at the end of the first half. However, no goals were scored until the halftime.

The second half was more eventful. In the 49^th minute, Botond Vajda shot wide off the goal, then the goalkeeper of Mezőkövesd made a save to deny Stefan Loncar’s attempt. More than thirty minutes before the end, Brandon Domingues came off the bench, not long after which Balázs Dzsudzsák, Christian Manrique and Donát Bárány also came on. Prior to that, Mezőkövesd took the lead when Bőle shot the ball into the right corner of the goal from 16 meters (0-1).

In the 70^th minute, Donát Bárány headed wide off the goal, our team tried to equalize. Mezőkövesd were pressed to their goal at times, with Soma Szuhodovszki narrowly missing the target from long range in the 77^th minute. Brandon Domingues also had a chance but Loki could not equalize despite their striving, so the match ended with a painful defeat.  

According to the coach

Srdjan Blagojevic: Congratulations to Mezőkövesd on the victory. On behalf of the coaching staff and the team, I would like to apologize to the fans, it was not a successful match. I am really disappointed. We had known it before that it was not going to be easy, but we expected a better game. We didn’t make good decisions on the last 20 meters and around the box, we missed the key passes and good shots, while making too many mistakes. The game became chaotic after the goal that we conceded, we were too nervous and could not find good solutions.

Milan Milanovic: Debrecen played well, they pressed us, so we could create chances only in the second half. I admit that we parked the bus in front of the goal but it was needed for the victory. This success can give a boost to the team.

OTP Bank Liga, round 23.

DVSC-Mezőkövesd 0-1 (0-0).

Nagyerdei Stadium, 3664 spectators. Referee: Csonka B.

DVSC: Megyeri – Baranyai, Dreskovic, Romanchuk, Ferenczi – Ojediran (Manrique, 64.) – Vajda (Tuboly, 74.), Szuhodovszki, Loncar (Domingues, 57.), Bódi (Dzsudzsák, 64.) – Batai (Bárány, 64.). Head coach: Srdjan Blagojevic.

Mezőkövesd: Piscitelli – Kojnok, Lukic, Brtan, Pillár, Vajda (Szivacski, 71.) – Cseke (Karnitski, 79.), Cseri (Bőle, 60.), Szolgai (Szilágyi, 60.) – Molnár G. (Hedlund, 71.), Drazic. Head coach: Milan Milanovic.

Goal: Bőle (64.).

Yellow card: Lukic (12.).