SZLENG 5 - 0 FejetlenCsirke (377924482)

50000 fans braved the pouring rain at Majréna. Gian Carlo Bassini was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Norbert Riggenmann and Joan Yuste. The derby had been the talk of Budapest all week and fans of both teams could be seen throughout the stadium. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for SZLENG. The following players took the field: Gulyás - Szalai, Smojver, Borin - Harsányi, Légrády, Imppu, Kű, Zsebők - Kluck, Nyíl.

FejetlenCsirke had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Starters: Spurný - L'Abbate, Verdejo, Gelei - Bodolai, Amport, Kammer, Gyarmati, Palagyi - Boceta, Marczinkó.

The muddy pitch made the game a gritty affair, which seemed to suit I. Szalai just fine. 18 minutes into the match, FejetlenCsirke nearly took the lead, as O. L'Abbate broke through on the right. M. Gulyás made the save, however. FejetlenCsirke's A. Marczinkó had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 19 minutes having been played. A. Lukács was the replacement. SZLENG had to make a substitution after 23 minutes. T. Harsányi limped off the field and was replaced by I. Király. A. Palagyi made a nice dash down the wing after 24 minutes, but was unable to get the cross into the box. A goal kick was awarded. SZLENG broke through on the left 26 minutes into the game, with T. Nyíl firing in from an acute angle to give the home side a 1 - 0 lead. S. Smojver could have increased the lead after 35 minutes, but his shot hit the post after a nice combination in the middle of the park. C. Zsebők did not have a good day today, often losing his footing on the muddy pitch. Halftime score was 1 - 0. Neither team was controlling the possession at this point in the match, with the stats showing a 50:50 split.

Cheers filled the stadium as T. Nyíl broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 2 - 0 to SZLENG. Although the whole team were struggling to impress, FejetlenCsirke's A. Palagyi was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 47 minutes. Z. Hösch was given a chance to change things around. The bench was restless, and with 47 minutes passed FejetlenCsirke's coach gave P. Jalsovszky the opportunity the player had been hoping for. Z. Kammer reluctantly left the field. In the lead, SZLENG adjusted their style of play with 48 minutes gone. The SZLENG coach was visibly pleased with the score so far, but still ordered a few tactical changes 48 minutes into the game. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave Z. Hösch from FejetlenCsirke a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 50 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in SZLENG's I. Szalai increasing the lead to 3 - 0. SZLENG's K. Légrády increased the lead to 4 - 0, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 57 minutes. By now, the players in SZLENG felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. SZLENG increased the lead as G. Kluck struck to make the score 5 - 0 after an attack from the left left him unmarked in front of the keeper. SZLENG enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 54 percent of possession.

SZLENG's best player was I. Szalai. I. Király on the other hand, had a terrible day. FejetlenCsirke's top performer was clearly A. Amport. On the other hand, P. Jalsovszky's play was disheartening. The match ends 5 - 0.