Machine-translated from Hungarian.
Following our away win, we had the chance to secure our place in the next round against WORM ANGELS on Saturday evening in front of our home crowd. Last season, it was the Dunaújváros side that stopped us on our way to the final, so the lads had a score to settle.
Fortunately, we didn’t have to wait long for the first home goal: Benedek Madácsi unleashed a long-range strike in the 4th minute, leaving the opposition goalkeeper with no chance. (1-0) Although the sizeable crowd witnessed Győr’s overwhelming dominance, there were no further goals for over 10 minutes – and, surprisingly, the next one came from a visiting player: Hruby fired the puck into the bottom right corner from distance. (1-1) However, the response came just a few seconds later, with Madácsi scoring again from a nicely played pass back from behind the net. (2-1) Although we had plenty of chances, most of them went begging, so we went into the break with ‘just’ a one-goal lead.
The second period was a real goal fest, with the lads making it clear who would emerge victorious that evening: Ádám Kiss opened the scoring right at the start of the period, then Márk Koczkás managed to beat the goalkeeper midway through. (4–1) This was followed by two confident goals from Madácsi, with Tamás Farkas rounding off the scoring. (7–1) You couldn’t ask for a better period!
The teams mustered all their strength for the final period, and the game became more evenly matched, but we were still the ones to score the first goal of the period: our young player, Csata, who had only recently recovered from injury, Sebestyén, who had recently recovered from injury, found the net following a fine solo run. (8-1) The Angels managed to pull one back through Horváth, but we had the last word: our outstanding captain Madácsi Benedek once again fired in a thunderbolt, scoring his fifth goal of the match! (9–2)
Thanks to two brilliant matches, we’ve made it into the last four of the Andersen League play-offs; our opponent in the semi-final is still to be decided, but whoever it is, we must take to the pitch with the same determination.
Come on, UNI GYŐR ETO!
UNI GYŐR ETO HC vs WORM ANGELS: 9 – 2(AL158) Goalscorers: **#18 Benedek Madácsi (5), #20 Ádám Kiss, #6 Márk Koczkás, #21 Tamás Farkas, #10 Sebestyén Csata (UNI GYŐR ETO) #15 Hruby, #7 Horváth (WA)
We’ve put together a selection of the best photos from the match in our gallery:
Photo: Dr Krisztina Németh-Csigai
Fotó: Dr. Németh-Csigai Krisztina