On Sunday, Loki started the away game against Paks, the leader of the table, without the injured Erik Kusnyir, Thor Úlfarsson, Jorgo Pellumbi and Tamás Batai. Among the starting eleven were Oleksandr Romanchuk, Botond Vajda, and our team tried to compete with the opponent that has been surprisingly successful lately.

The match started with a great pace and a Loki goal! In the 2^nd minute, the goalkeeper of Paks saved Manrique’s shot, however, in the 3^rd minute, János Ferenczi made a great pass to Balázs Dzsudzsák, who shot the ball into the left corner of the goal from 12 meters (0-1). It was a good start. Paks tried to put pressure on our team, but we stood firm against the home attacks, playing in a motivated and organized way.

In the 20^th minute, Balázs Megyeri made a brilliant save to deny the long-range shot of Kinyik, then came a period without bigger chances. During the final minutes of the first half, midfield play dominated, our team controlled the game but the score stayed the same until the halftime.

At the beginning of the second half, Paks made a substitution and Dániel Böde came on. Our opponent increased the pace and in the 48^th minute, Dreskovic saved the ball from the goal line after Böde’s header. Not long after, Böde missed a one-on-one opportunity, DVSC experienced some difficult moments as Balázs Megyeri had to save the close-range shot of Kovács too.

Márk Szécsi came off the bench for the last 30 minutes (Hamzat Ojediran, Ádám Bódi, Soma Szuhodovszki and Stefan Loncar also came on for the endgame). After a corner of Debrecen, János Ferenczi shot over the goal, and the play obviously became more equal. In the 69^th minute, Oleksandr Romanchuk headed over the goal, the game was full of excitements.

In the endgame, Böde had another huge chance but Balázs Megyeri made a save, then Kevin Horváth shot over the goal after a free-kick. In the 84^th minute, Paks equalized: after a right-sided cross, Papp put the ball into the bottom left corner from close range (1-1). There were plenty of thrills even in the last seconds (in extra time, Márk Szécsi missed a clear-cut chance by shooting over the bar, then he curled the ball wide off the goal). Thus, the match ended in a hard-fought draw.

We will continue next week against ZTE at Nagyerdei Stadium.

According to the coach

György Bognár: I’m satisfied with the team’s play, we played with a great attitude. DVSC is a good team, they had dangerous counter-attacks, however, they “cheated” minimum half an hour of the match. The draw is realistic, it could have been even 3-3.

Srdjan Blagojevic: It was a really demanding and difficult match, there was a big pressure on us. Paks is leading the table not by accident; it was tough to playing against them, especially on this pitch, which does not help our play. We had to adapt to this. There were a lot of duels, crosses, an early goal, then Paks equalized with a last-gasp goal. It’s still better to get one point than zero. Either team could have won. We have to stay humble and continue to work.

OTP Bank Liga, round 24.

Paks-DVSC 1-1 (0-1).

Paks, 2489 spectators. Referee: Bognár T.

Paks: Simon B. – Kinyik, Lenzsér, Szabó J. – Kovács K. (Szélpál, 84.), Balogh B. (Horváth K., 73.), Szabó B. (Vas, 63.), Papp K., Osváth – Hahn (Skribek, 84.), Tóth B. (Böde, 46.). Head coach: Bognár György.

DVSC: Megyeri – Baranyai, Dreskovic, Romanchuk (Ojediran, 78.), Ferenczi – Lagator, Manrique (Szuhodovszki, 78.) – Vajda (Szécsi, 59.), Dzsudzsák, Domingues (Bódi, 78.) – Bárány (Loncar, 85.). Head coach: Srdjan Blagojevic.

Goal: Papp K.(84.) as well as Dzsudzsák (3.).

Yellow card: Tóth B. (11.), Osváth (44.) as well as Domingues (20.), Lagator (28.), Vajda (36.).