Telekom Veszprém - FC Porto Sofarma 38:28

 

 

Telekom Veszprém: Sterbik, Cupara – Manaskov 1, Yahia 1, Moraes 2, Tönnesen 1, Gajic 5 (3), Nilsson 8, Marguc 1, Lauge 4, Strlek 2, Terzic, Blagotinsek 3, Nenadic 6, Lékai 1, Borozan 3

 

FC Porto Sofarma: Quintana, Bauer – Iturriza 6 (2), Blanco 3, Martins 2, Mbengue 4, Hernandez 2, Silva, Salina 2, Ribeiro, Fernandes, Borges 1, Branquinho 2, Areia 3 (2), Gomes 3, Magalhaes

 

Penalties: 3/3 and 5/4

Suspensions: 6 min. and 6 min.

 

 

Telekom Veszprém hosted FC Porto Sofarma in the Veszprém Aréna. Veszprém started the game, but the guest goalkeeper saved Lauge’s shot and then took the lead from a counter attack goal. At 2-0 Gajic scored the first Veszprém goal from penalty. Porto scored easy goals and they ran away to 5-2 in the 5. minute. With Lauge’s nice goal Veszprém came back to one goal (8. min 5-6). Blagotinsek got a 2 minutes suspension, but despite of that Nilsson scored a huge goal. Cupara made a big save and with Nilsson’ goal Veszprém took the lead (9-8). Porto tried to play 7 against 6, without a goalkeeper, but Veszprém punished the opponent with easy fastbreak goals. In the 17. minute the result was 12-8 after Blagotinsek’s goal. Gajic scored his third penalty with safe hand. Both team were better in offense and that was why a lot of goals were scored. Nenadic scored again after a brilliant move and distance was 4 goals again. Before the last home attack Davis took a timeout, but Veszprém could not realise it’s chance, so the result was 19-16 in the break.

 

The portuguese team started the second half and were scored fast 2-2 goals both side. Borozan came to court and scored nice goal. In the goal Sterbik changed Cupara and saved a penalty right away. Lékai led the team well, Moraes and Yahia also scored as a fresh power. Sterbik saved many shots, Veszprém led 26-20 in the 40. minute, so Porto took a timeout. The distance increased thanked to Sterbik huge saves and the nice offense plays. In the 47. minute the guests had to take their last timout, because Veszprém ran away (31-22). After Nenadic dream assist Nilsson scored and made the distance to 10 goals. Strlek scored after lovely goal from the air and was again 10 goals between the two teams. It did not changed, so Veszprém made a big victory with an outstanding performance

 

 

David Davis: I am very happy for this game and our victory, because we lost our previous two matches in the Champions League. We started good and I have faith in my team. Our supporters were with us from the beginning and I think the confidence returned to the team. It is nice to meet a coach whom I have played against before. I think Porto is a great team and I would like to wish good luck for them for the following games.

 

Dragan Gajic: We are happy, we played freed today. After a good season start, we were a bit down in the last days, but the good teams always come up. Porto is a good team, they played well. We prepared very well from their tactic, especially from the 7 against 6 plays. We have to enjoy this victory, but the show must go on.

 

 

Magnus Andersson: Congratulations to Veszprém for the victory! We are a little disappointed, because we can lose but not with this much goals. Veszprém is one of the best teams in the world and it is not easy to play against them. There are many young players in our team so we learned a lot from this game. We made many mistakes and our 7 against 6 game did not work very well today. I would like to congratulate again, for us the very important matches are coming next Wednesday and Saturday.

 

Djibril Mbengue: First of all I congratulate to Veszprém. We played really good in the first half, especially 7 against 6, but sometimes a bit passive. In the second half there were 10-15 minutes when we lost our spirit. We can learn a lot from this game for the upcoming important match on the next week.

 

 

 

Photo: Dávid Vörös