Ferencvárosi TC – Telekom Veszprém 26:27

 

 

Ferencvárosi TC: Mijatovic, Zernovic – Holdosi 1, Schuch 2, Szakály 8 (3), Oláh 1, Ónodi 1, Imre, Ancsin, Bali, Andelic 2, Prainer 8, Tóth, Lukács 1, Burony 2, Kovacsics

 

Telekom Veszprém: Sterbik, Mikler – Ilic, Tonnesen 2, Nilsson 2, Marguc 3, Strlek 8 (2), Terzic, Blagotinsek 1, Nenadic 4 (3), Mahé 4, Szuharev, Mackovsek 3, Lékai

 

Penalties: 4/3 and 5/4

Suspensions: 6 min. and 4 min.

 

 

Telekom Veszprém stepped on the court against Ferencvárosi TC in the Gyula Elek Arena in order to win its 18th game in a row. The first goals of the game were delivered by Prainer and Mackovsek. “Építők” took the lead first time in the 7th minute (4:5) thanks to Mahé and then the lead was increased by Blagotinsek. But Szakály and Prainer could equalize for the 10th minute. After that Szakály scored twice but his goals were answered by Mahé and Nenadic (13th min.: 8:8). Andelic’s goal resulted a 10:8 lead for the home team in the 16th minute. 5 minutes later, the score board showed 12:12 following the goal of Tonnesen, then Mikler saved and Strlek took back the lead. Mikler performed another saves keeping the lead for the team from Bakony and Nenadic scored from penalty in the 27th minute (13:15). There was not any goal in the remaining minutes of the first half so the teams went to the locker room at 13:15 lead for Veszprém.

 

The first goal of the second half was scored by Mahé, however it was answered soon. In the 34th minute, Marguc helped to Telekom to reach the 3-goal lead at first time in the game. In the 39th minute, Veszprém were still leading by two, however Szakály scored multiple goals in that period. 2 minutes later the result was a draw. But Strlek and Nilsson built back a 2-goal lead quickly. In the 47th minute the “Építők” was leading by 3 again after the goal of Marguc. 10 minutes before the end the lead of the guest team was only minimal after the penalty of Szakály (24:25). The fans had to wait more than 5 minutes for the next goal that was scored by Tonnesen. Then Mackovsek scored to the empty net following the double 2 minute suspension of Tonnesen and Andelic. 2 minutes before the end, the Hungarian record champion was still leading by 2 (25:27). In the last minute Strebik and Zernovic could have a save and Ónodi scored the last goal. The 26:27 final result meant the victory of Telekom Veszprém.

 

 

David Davis: We did not prepare well for this game. We had only this game in this week and I thought the players could get more free time and a calmer week. It is clear that it did not work because we did not have a good day. We did not prepare well and this is my fault. Next week we will have important matches and the players’ heads are already there. I think it is normal. But like this, this game was very complicated for us today. Ferencváros played very well and we had a lot of problems.

 

Borut Mackovsek: The intensity of the game was high from the beginning. The young players of Ferencváros got the chance from their coach and played very well. We were not ourselves: we made a lot of mistakes and missed a lot of shots. We cannot afford it, we must play much better than this.

 

Attila Horváth: Congratulations to the Veszprém but to my team as well. We had a huge fight and based on the picture of the game we would deserve the draw. We played against Tatabánya, Szeged and Veszprém in a row and we came out well, learned a lot and had a great performances without pressure. Today in the last ten minutes, there was a stake and the youngsters catch well the opportunity for the victory. We failed, missed open shots that are not affordable against an opponent like this. But we brought the maximum in defense, the performance of the goalkeepers was very good and were fast and brave in offense.

 

Timuzsin Schuch: It was great being on the courttoday, I felt myself very well. We played a good game. Congratulations to Veszprém on the victory. I hope they will win all of their matches after that. But our team deserves the congratulations too because we played fantastic. It is rare to see Veszprém sweating like this against a small team. It shows that we did everything on the court. If our youngsters will continue like this then they will have serious opportunities. I wish them to keep working in such a humble way and bring this kind of performance against those opponents too that are on similar level like us.

 

 

Photos: Dávid Vörös