Csillagok 2 - 3 Liliom

Dark skies made the crowd of 31809 at Gárdonyi Park a little nervous, but the rain held off. Bernt Rise was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Benjamin Job-Hanke and Jens Parum. They fielded: Szépvölgyi - Jasnos, Koronczi, Géczy - Szemenyei, Árva, Cambón, Arató, Hankó - Ráthonyi, Boquet.

The following players took the field: Dudášik - Lippai, Pintér, Kormány - Török, Biros, Kövesfalvi, Fülöp, Matók - Párzsa, Stuck.

3-5-2 was the choice of the day for both coaches. Csillagok were mostly trying to use their world class skill at attacking on the flanks. Liliom were relying on their brilliant ability to counter-attack. After 3 minutes, Liliom's Kristóf Biros made his way through the middle and nonchalantly placed the ball out of the keeper's reach, putting the visitors up 0 - 1. It's plain to see that Anacondo Cambón was unsure what to do as the match got started. His assigned role was to man-mark Unknown Player , but the intended target was not playing! With 12 minutes played, Alex Kövesfalvi of Liliom fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. Some fine movement on the left led to a Liliom goal after 14 minutes, making it 0 - 2. Géza Lippai was noted down as the scorer. The home side worked their way through the middle and almost got one back when Lajos Árva tried to sneak the ball past the keeper. Ľubomír Dudášik was too alert for that! With 31 minutes played, a quick exchange of passes on the left wing freed Noel Fülöp of Liliom to slip through the defence and score another goal for the visitors. That made the score 0 - 3. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 3. Possession in this half belonged to Liliom, who controlled the ball 57 percent of the time.

Csillagok didn't give in and with 50 minutes played Máté Géczy was able to make the score 1 - 3 after an attack on the right. A defender managed to keep the ball from crossing the goal-line after a curling shot coming in from the right from Levente Stuck after 55 minutes, and prevented Liliom from going up another goal. After the ball was lifted in from the left, Géza Lippai was on his own in the home side's penalty area and should have scored after 66 minutes, but missed, probably due to lack of concentration. Liliom's Noel Fülöp hurt his back 67 minutes into the match, and had to be convinced by the medical team that it was safer not to continue the match. This gave Márkó Kótai a chance to take to the field instead. Csillagok's Victorien Boquet got the home crowd going when he finished off a left wing charge, reducing the away team's lead to 2 - 3. As the match nears its end, the referee has deemed it appropriate to add 2 minutes as stoppage time. The match ends 2 - 3. Liliom enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 54 percent of possession.

Victorien Boquet performed admirably for Csillagok. István Arató on the other hand, had a terrible day. Liliom's top performer was clearly Kristóf Biros. Ľubomír Dudášik turned in a dismal performance, however.