League Play-Off

Santiago Bernabeu
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Imre Sinka got the match started through his kick off. Endre Juhász's late challenge caught a Muhi TC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Endre Juhász helped the player get up and apologised. In the 6th minute, Endre Juhász hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 11th minute Máté Holzhauser shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Endre Borbély saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Muhi TC getting a freekick after 13 minutes play. Ervin Fülöp hit a great ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Ervin Fülöp in the 15th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Endre Borbély saved Nyíradony VVTK from getting behind. Gábor Simon's late challenge caught a Nyíradony VVTK's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Gábor Simon helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Muhi TC's Gábor Simon got a free kick in the 19th minute. Muhi TC's Róbert Pucheli proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 26th minute of the match, managed to save Muhi TC from getting a goal against them. 28 minutes into the match, Nyíradony VVTK's goal looked a bit too open when Gábor Simon came free, but Endre Borbély reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 33 minutes into the match, Attila Szikora had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Róbert Pucheli. Muhi TC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Attila Szikora was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. Nyíradony VVTK's Imre Sinka got a good chance for a goal in the 37th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Imre Sinka received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 39th minute. Róbert Pucheli tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ákos Lakatos hit a great freekick 46 minutes into the match. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Máté Holzhauser to strike the kick off in the second half. 56 minutes into the match, Muhi TC's goal looked a bit too open when Attila Szikora came free, but Róbert Pucheli reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With a little luck, Nyíradony VVTK's Endre Borbély got control of the ball when Gábor Simon tried to sneak it across the goal line. When Attila Szikora came up free with the goalie in the 68th minute, the Nyíradony VVTK 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 Attila Szikora couldn't finish the play. Róbert Pucheli made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Attila Szikora in the 69th minute of play. Endre Borbély didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from László Veres went, in the 71st minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. If Imre Sinka had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 74th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a defensive mix-up in Muhi TC's zone, Imre Sinka stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Róbert Pucheli came out of the goal and Imre Sinka tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. When the match clock showed 82 minutes, the score became 2-2 when Zalán Salamon sped through Muhi TC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Róbert Pucheli. After a defensive mix-up in Muhi TC's zone, Attila Szikora stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Róbert Pucheli came out of the goal and Attila Szikora tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Máté Holzhauser got free with Endre Borbély in the 86th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Róbert Pucheli came out of the goal in the 88th minute to try and stop a shot by Nyíradony VVTK's Attila Szikora. But to his dismay, Attila Szikora quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-2. In the 91st minute the ball was on its way in behind Nyíradony VVTK's goalkeeper Endre Borbély, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Nyíradony VVTK's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.