MOL-Pick Szeged - Telekom Veszprém 24:36

 

 

MOL-Pick Szeged: Mikler, Alilovic – Kallman 1, Bodó 4, Canellas 1, Henigman, Radivojevic 5 (2), Gaber, Sostaric, Bánhidi 4, Kasparek 3, Bajus, Stranovsky, Bombac 1, Rosta, Mackovsek 5

 

Telekom Veszprém: Corrales, Cupara – Moraes 1, Tonnesen 3, Nilsson 7, Markussen 2, Marguc 6, Strlek 5, Blagotinsek, Shishkarev, Nenadic 8 (2), Mahé, Lukács, Khalil, Maqueda 2, Lékai 2

 

Penalties: 3/2 and 2/2

Suspensions: 8 min. and 6 min.

 

Telekom Veszprém faced MOL-Pick Szeged for the first time this season in the K&H League. Szeged started the game and Corrales showed a huge save right away, then Strlek scored the first goal of the game. The first few minutes brought balanced performance, with Veszprém leading, however Szeged equalized and took the lead in the 9th minute, 4:3. By the 14th minute, the home team grew a three goals lead, they were up 7:4. In the 20th minute, Strlek made a sensational turnover and equalized, then Cupara saved a clean chance, making it 9:10; in not even six minutes, Telekom turned the game around. Veszprém guarded the lead in the last minutes of the first half, and had a 14:16 advantage for the break.
 
The second half was kikcked off with a Nenadic rocket, and a suspension for Szeged, then Cupara saved a clear chance from Mackovsek, and Nenadic scored again growing the advantage to four goals, 14:18. In the 38th minute, the home team’s head coach had to call a timeout, with Veszprém leading by six goals. The timeout did not help, Veszprém continued dominating and gained a 17:25 lead by the 44th minute. The standing was 20:30 in the 50th minute. The Hungarian record champion took the two points from Szeged, well-deserved. The final result of the derby: Szeged – Veszprém 24:36
 

David Davis: I did not think before that we can win with such a margin. The games against Szeged are always important, for the Club, for the Supporters, and for the team as well. Both teams were somewhere else mentally. Not only the derby was going through the heads, the Final4 is in front of us. Our players are really strong mentally. We played how we planned, do not anyone think that it is easy to win with more than 3-4 goals here in Szeged.
 
Máté Lékai: Everything worked today, especially in the second half. I would not dare to dream that we can win in Szeged with this many goals. I am happy that we show such a good form, because we have a Final4 ahead of us. We had some players missing, regardless we managed to show a great performance, and I can only speak of the team in superlatives. It is always a good feeling to beat Szeged.
 

Juan Carlos Pastor: Everyone expected a different match. Congratulations to Veszprém, they won easily, and we had no chance to win at all, especially with the second half performance. We saw two different halves. We started well in the first half, but we made many mistakes in defense and offense as well. Our opponent managed to defended well and they were better in goal as well. We are far away from our from we showed in March. We will analyze this game and start everything from the start. It hard to win when you concede 36 goals. We have to get back to the dirt and work harder. Good luck to Veszprém in the Final4.
 
Richárd Bodó: Congratulations to Veszprém. We did not play a kind of game we wanted and practiced for. In the second half we were caught in a landslide and there was no turning back, we lost the fire and did not fight at all. The break comes in good time for us, because this first half of the season was a complete rollercoaster.