Monday, August 3, 2015

OtpBankLiga Day 3 Overview

During the weekend day 2 of the OtpBankLiga took place, here's the complete set of results:

Ferencvaros won again and now has 3 points advantage on second place and harsh city rivals Ujpest and Honved. First half evenly played with chances on both sides, Bode's goal on a counterattack opened second half, followed by another deadly header from the same forward, making it 2-0, and virtually ending the contest. Vasas gave away huge spaces on the left wing resulting in a constant threat that materialized eventually in a defeat. Bode stands as top goalscorer with 3 hits.
Ujpest's opener vs Bekescsaba came from a badly defended corner, that gave Kalnoki-Kis the chance to make it 1-0, the second goal resulted from a precise header from Perovic that hit the back of the net falling close to the post. Lillak dominated second half hitting the woodwork on a freekick, in the end they kept the full booty and now sit in the high zones of the table.
Entertaining match between Honved and Debrecen in front of a decently packed Bozsik Stadium, at least for Hungarian standards. Home team took the lead with a well timed header from Zsidai in the wrong goal, 2-0 came from a screamer from outside the box signed Endre Botka. But Debrecen was still alive and found the 2-1 by the end of the half with Castillion ( 2 goals so far ), with another great swerving ball, Del Piero style. At the beginning of second half another stunning score came from a Holender's freekick ending in bottom left corner of the net leaving Loki 2 down once again. But Debrecen is hard to kill and took advantage of a Kemenes miscatch to make 3-2 with Balogh and eventually 3-3 with Tisza scoring from the 11 meters mark following a freekick. What a funny match!
In the middle table clash of between PuskasFC and Paksi, the home team gets the 3 points therefore stopping Paksi great start of season thanks to a goal from Pekar, that hit the net again after last week goal in Debrecen, from short distance.
Tie game between Haladas and MTK, down by 2 the Budapest side came back strong getting the equalizer at the 90th min, with Thiam tapping in a lose ball inside the box. Home team was all over the place in first half but sat back in the second half allowing MTK to make chances and converting them into a precious point.
Unbelievable ending in Diosgyor, Koman's almost missed penalty opened the way for the home team, but after wasting many chances to close the match, Diosgyor gave away a silly equilizer thanks to a bad pass from midfield. Shocked fans witnessed the 1-2 in recovery time, Videoton got the win and a breath of fresh air after.


Highlights

Haladas-MTK
PuskasFC-Paksi
Ujpest-Bekescsaba
Diosgyor-Videoton
Vasas-Ferencvaros
Honved-Debrecen



After Day3 Ferencvaros leads the group, followed by Ujpest and Honved, middle of the table packed with teams, newly promoted Vasas and Bekescabsa still pointless.




Next round to be played August the 8th and 9th, interesting games between MTK-Diosgyor and Videoton-Ferencvaros. Ujpest versus PuskasFC has a chance to reach the top of the table. Tough match for Honved in Paks.






Few words for last week eurocups: in Europa Champions League tie game for Vidi vs Bielorussian side BATE Borisov thanks to Vinicius late equalizer. The goal Videoton gave away might be crucial for the final outcome of the round, in Borisov it is gonna be very hard for the Hungarians and at this point hopes are very few.
In Europa League defeat for Debrecen, the final 2-3 vs Rosenborg it is an almost death sentence for Loki, forced to win at least 0-2 in Norway to go through.


Stay Tuned!