Telekom Veszprém–NEKA 49-32 (27-17)

Telekom Veszprém–NEKA 49-32 (27-17)
 
Telekom Veszprém: Corrales, Cupara – Yahia 4, Maqueda 3, Nilsson 8, Ligetvári 4, Marguc 2, Strlek 6, Lukács 5, Blagotinsek 1, Mahé 7, Csányi 3, Dörnyei 2, Lékai 3, Sipos 1
 
NEKA: Palasics, Takács – Temesvári 3, Szeitl 1, Mikita 1, Krakovszki Zs. 2, Papp 3, Sisa 1, Krakovszki B., Tárnoki 1, Kiss 3, Dely 5, Fekete 2, Bendicsek 1, Draskovics, Kovács 9
 
Kiállítások: 10 perc ill. 4 perc
Hétméteresek: 2/1 ill. 4/4

Telekom Veszprém hosted NEKA on the last game of the year 2021.
The youngsters of Balatonboglár started the game, but Lékai scored first after a nice counter attack. The guests faced with a very hard defence from the beginning and there was soon 5-1 on the scoreboard, so NEKA called a timeout. Both team played quick handball, but Veszprém led by Lékai, ran away continously from its opponent (10. min 10-5). In the middle of the half there was still 5 goals the home advantage and Ilic made the changes in the middle positions. From Cupara’s nice saves came the easy Veszprém goals, mostly Strlek scored fastbreak goals. After 20 minutes play the crowd saw 31 goals, that shows well the intensity of the game (19-12). The first half was very exciting, both team showed nice moves and Mahé’s empty net goals increased to 10 goals the home advantage for the break.

The second half started with Lukács’s nice goal, in the goal Corrales replaced Cupara. Yahia missed his penalty, NEKA scored 3 goals in a row. NEKA was efficient from the wings and pivote position, while Veszprém was forcing the fastbreak goals. NEKA, used Dörnyei’s 2 minutes suspension, came back to 6 goals. Veszprém raised the tempo and built back the 10 goals difference (47. min 38-28). For the last 15 minutes Csányi came to the court for his first Hungarian League game and with nice goals made his debut memorable. For the end the difference was growing continously and Nilsson’s goal was the 45th Veszprém goal (45-30). On the last game of the year there were a lot of goals and Veszprém made an easy win.

László Sótonyi: − Congratulations to Veszprém for the well deserved victory! I would also like to congratulate to my players for their performance throughout the first half of the season. If I anyone would have told me we’ll be fifth on the table in December, I’d seriously doubt his professional capabilities. The game today was very important for us, we could see where we are against some of the best players in the world. We can learn a lot from these games, and our plans is to improve further in the Spring. I’m grateful for Veszprém for taking the game very seriously, as the result shows. 

Momir Ilic: − Respect to NEKA, and congratulations to my team! I knew it’s the last game of the year but I asked my players to take it very seriously, which they did. I’m happy that I could play the youngsters again and they did well. I’m really satisfied with today’s performance, and it is more or less true for the whole autumn we had. I would like to wish good rest for my players who are going home, and good luck for those who are going to play in the European Championship, I hope they all come back safe and healthy. I would also like to wish merry Christmas and happy new year to all our fans!

Gergő Kovács: − It was a well deserved victory for Veszprém. It was a fantastic experience to play against such a superstar players. We had good periods, we have to build on these moments in the future.

Dániel Csányi: − I am very happy to made my debut in the first team. Congratulation to NEKA on their good half season. We were concentrated until the end and we took the game seriously as our coach asked from us.