League Play-Off

Sajógalgóc Stadion
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Béla Vida started the match with the kick off. Gábor Benedek received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. Balázs Bányai tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Szárliget's Roland Dala got a free kick in the 3rd minute. In the 8th minute, Gábor Benedek reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Balázs Bányai. The goal made the score 1-0. When Máté Kaszás came up free with the goalie in the 11th minute, the Sajógalgóc fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Máté Kaszás couldn't finish the play. The audience was convinced that Béla Vida's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Alfonz Dömötör was relentless in the 14th minute of the game. Roland Dala received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 15th minute. Alfonz Dömötör tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Balázs Bányai made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from István Szilágyi in the 17th minute of play. In the 18th minute, István Szilágyi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Alfonz Dömötör made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Béla Vida in the 20th minute of play. After 23 played minutes Szárliget got a freekick which was hit by Olivér Szalontai. In the 24th minute, Gábor Benedek reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Balázs Bányai. The goal made the score 2-0. In the 28th minute, Béla Vida ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Alfonz Dömötör was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1. Balázs Bányai took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gábor Benedek, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, Sajógalgóc's György Herceg got a free kick in the 34th minute. When the match clock showed 36 minutes, the score became 2-2 when Béla Vida sped through Sajógalgóc's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Alfonz Dömötör. Alfonz Dömötör stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Béla Vida's shot from short distance in the 43rd minute. When Roland Dala came up free with the goalie in the 44th minute, the Szárliget fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Roland Dala couldn't finish the play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by István Szilágyi during the 46th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to Sajógalgóc getting a freekick after 46 minutes play. István Szilágyi hit a great ball. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Gábor Benedek was the one to do the kick off. Szilveszter Újvári sent away a hard shot on goal in the 52nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 55th minute, Szilveszter Újvári hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a rather tough play, Szárliget's Szilveszter Újvári got a free kick in the 57th minute. 58 minutes into the match, Szárliget's goal looked a bit too open when Gábor Benedek came free, but Balázs Bányai reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, Sajógalgóc's Szabolcs Gere got a free kick in the 60th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Márk Kovács in the 64th minute of play forced Sajógalgóc's goalkeeper Alfonz Dömötör to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Béla Vida who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 67thth minute tested the skills of Alfonz Dömötör when he managed to save the team from getting behind. In the 70th minute, Roland Dala left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Szárliget fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-3. A collision led to Szárliget getting a freekick after 73 minutes play. Roland Dala hit a great ball. Balázs Bányai didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Gábor Benedek went, in the 74th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-3 was the resulting score. In the 78th minute Béla Vida shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alfonz Dömötör saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A hard shot 80 in the game by Béla Vida from a close distance when the talented Alfonz Dömötör managed to make a qualified save. Sajógalgóc's players were relieved. Alfonz Dömötör made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Béla Vida in the 87th minute of play. With a little luck, Sajógalgóc's Alfonz Dömötör got control of the ball when Roland Dala tried to sneak it across the goal line. Sajógalgóc's Lukács Dudics got a good chance for a goal in the 92nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Olivér Szalontai recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 96th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Szárliget were clearly unhappy with the draw, as they felt they had done enough to earn themselves a victory.