On Sunday, Loki started the final match of the year without the injured Alexandros Kyziridis, Botond Vajda, Christian Manrique and Dusan Lagator, who has been suspended due to his yellow cards. However, Debrecen fans were enthusiastic and came to Kecskemét to support the team. Among the starting XI were Alexander Mojzis, Hamzat Ojediran and Zsombor Bévárdi this time.

The pitch was in a really bad condition and the game started with the long-range attempt of Balázs Dzsudzsák in the 3^rd minute. At the beginning, it was the fight that dominated. It was not easy to play football on this kind of pitch, so DVSC played in a different style and organization.

In the 12^th minute, the home team had a big chance, Hamzat Ojediran had to block and Megyeri had to save the shots of Zeke and Horváth. It was quite difficult to build-up the attacks and Kecskemét was mainly dominating.

In the 24^th minute, following a corner-kick, Donát Bárány shot over the goal from 16 meters, then the ball sailed over the goal following Oleksandr Romanchuk’s attempt. Towards the end of the first half, the game became more balanced, moreover, in the 36^th minute, after Zsombor Bévárdi’s cross and Stefan Loncar’s header, we almost took the lead, but unfortunately, our midfielder missed the target. However, after a little scramble in the box, Márk Szécsi skillfully shot the ball from 11 meters under the crossbar during extra time (0-1). Thus, our team went on the break with an advantage.

The second half started with the attacks of Kecskemét, which were actually ineffective. There were no dangerous situations until the 60^th minute, when Zsombor Bévárdi curled the ball over the goal from 15 meters. Our team was fighting and we were organized in the duels as well.

For the endgame, Andrija Majdevac came on as a substitute (later Nimród Baranyai, János Ferenczi and Máté Tuboly also came off the bench). DVSC tried to save their advantage, however, Kecskemét increased the pressure and managed to equalize in the 80^th minute. At that time, Loki was playing with one man down as Alexander Mojzis got injured on the pitch, and after a cross from the left, Banó-Szabó shot the ball to the bottom left corner from 6 meters (1-1).

There were quite a few exciting situations in the final minutes as well but the score stayed the same, so the match ended in a draw.

According to the coach

István Szabó: The guys did their best. In the first half, we played better but we still conceded a goal. After the break, we played football with great enthusiasm but we made some substitutions. I feel that we deserved the draw, moreover, maybe we can say that we lost two points.

Srdjan Blagojevic: We could not see much football because of the circumstances but I’m happy as no one got injured. I asked my players to play in a simple way and it’s not that we are practicing during our training sessions. I hope that in the future the pitch will be in better condition in Kecskemét. I would like to praise my players because of their effort and energy. The result is realistic.

OTP Bank Liga, round 17.

Kecskemét-DVSC 1-1 (0-1).

Széktói Stadium. 2231 spectators. Referee: Zierkelbach.

Kecskemét: Varga B. – Kiss B. (Banó-Szabó, 75.), Szabó A., Szalai G., Belényesi, Zeke (Leoni, 61.) – Meskhi, Májer (Szűcs K., 87.), Zsótér – Horváth K., Pálinkás (Tóth B., 61.). Head coach: Szabó István.

DVSC: Megyeri – Romanchuk, Dreskovic, Mojzis (Baranyai, 81.) – Kusnyir, Loncar, Ojediran, Dzsudzsák (Tuboly, 85.), Bévárdi (Ferenczi, 85.) – Szécsi, Bárány (Majdevac, 72.). Head coach: Srdjan Blagojevic.

Goal: Banó-Szabó (80.), as well as Szécsi (45+1.).

Yellow card: Leoni (74.), as well as Szécsi (74.).