domenica 11 gennaio 2015

Honvéd jumps to 4 as Szolnok overpowers FTC

On the first competition day of the New Year there immediately was some shifting in the top 4 of the league. FTC’s great run in 2014 had taken them to 4th place ahead of the holidays, but they knew that the first day back in the office was going to be a tough one. Away at Szolnok the team of coaches Zsolt Varga and Gyorgy Gerendas awaited a reality check. Earlier in the week FTC had announced yet another great signing and addition to the squad, Marko Avramovic. The 28-year old Serb was part of the 2009 World Cup winning squad for his country and it shows the determination and ambition of FTC to be able to land a player with Avramovic’ record.
However, Avramovic was not available yet this weekend and maybe that was for the best else he might have turned around. 
Szolnok dominated the match from the start to finish and went up to an astonishing 11-0 lead until late in the 3rd quarter FTC finally found the back of the net. This was 1 of only 3 times the guests managed to beat Attila Decker who was on great form with an 82% saving record. The score finally settled at 18-3 and especially lefthander Márton Vámos and team captain Dániel Varga were on fire with 5 and 3 goals respectively.

Marko Avramovic.
Photo credit: Sandor Stuber / vlv.hu.
 


With FTC dropping points there was a chance for Honvéd to finally get to that much wanted 4th spot if they could get the win away at BVSC. During the 1st period of the game it did not look very positive for Honvéd though. BVSC looked energized, motivated, and determined to redeem themselves for the poor results so far. Sadly for the couple 100 home fans they only kept up this appearance for 1 period and, after leading 2-1 earlier, suddenly were on the losing side again by the end of the 2nd. BVSC’s half-time team talk did not have the needed impact either and Honvéd carried the 4-goal lead to the finish line with ease. FTC and Honvéd each collected 27 points now but Honvéd have a much better goal average. Next weekend both teams will clash with 4th place as the prize!

Another great match waiting for us in round 13 (January 17) is Szolnok against OSC. We have seen this match-up 3 times already this season (Hungarian Cup final and Champions League qualification round 3) with 1 draw and 2 Szolnok victories as results and OSC will want to take revenge keep pressure on the league leaders. 
This weekend’s match against UVSE was a nice warm up for the meeting of next week. The points never looked in danger with 12-5 at half time. Bence Bátori scored a game-high of 5 but it was powerful centre-back Erik Bundschuh who received the largest crowd reaction for his 2nd goal in the last second of the game to breach the 20-goal mark.

Photo credit: facebook\OSC.

Earlier in the day Eger had already started off their 2015 campaign with a victory over hosts KSI in the Komjádi pool in Budapest. Defensively the reigning champions were very solid and allowed KSI only 3 goals. However, offensively they were sloppy and inaccurate. Against KSI it did not lead to any real damage yet, but away at Brescia coming Wednesday in the Champions League the aim must improve a lot to keep the dream alive. Good news is the return of team captain Peter Bíros, who showed a great bit of skill in the 4th period for Eger’s 10th goal, and national team centre-forward Bálazs Hárai who was good for 2 goals. More photos of this game can be found here.


Photo credit: Nikolett Monoki/vlv.hu.

Round 12 results

Home
Visitors
Final Score
KSI
Eger
3-13
Káposvar
Szentes
13-12
BVSC
Honvéd
5-9
Szeged
DVSE
9-7
PVSK
Vasas
11-10
OSC
UVSE
20-10
Szolnok
FTC
18-3

League standings

Team
Games
Win
Draw
Loss
Points
GD
Szolnok
12
12
0
0
36
103
OSC
12
11
0
1
33
62
Eger
12
10
1
1
31
80
Honvéd
12
9
0
3
27
21
FTC
12
9
0
3
27
-12
Kaposvár
12
5
0
7
15
-5
Szeged
12
5
0
7
15
-14
BVSC
12
4
0
8
12
-14
Vasas
12
4
0
8
12
-18
DVSE
12
4
0
8
12
-45
PVSK
12
3
1
8
10
-27
UVSE
12
3
1
8
10
-36
KSI
12
2
1
9
7
-34
Szentes
12
1
0
11
3
-61

Top scorers

Name Player
Club
Games Played
Goals
Támás Gyárfás
Vasas
12
30
Bence Bátori
OSC
11
28
Dénes Varga
Szolnok
12
27
Mátyás Pászor
BVSC
12
27
Márton Szivós
Eger
12
26

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