Machine-translated from Hungarian.
In our final match of the year, we hosted DAB-ASP at home, where we were hoping to repeat our confident victory from the start of the season. Unfortunately, the day before the match, our team captain and assistant coach, Matyi Odnoga, was involved in a car accident; fortunately, he sustained only minor injuries, but his absence was certainly a blow to our team. We would like to take this opportunity to wish him a speedy recovery!
The first period was more of a ‘feeling-out’ phase, with both teams creating the odd clear-cut chance, but neither managed to convert any of them into a goal.
We managed to break this run right at the start of the second period, but unfortunately the visitors scored following a swift counter-attack, courtesy of Domokos. Fortunately, we didn’t have to wait too long for a response; just over four minutes later, Márk Nagy scored following a brilliant pass from Almási. Shortly before half-time, we managed to take the lead as well; Bence Makovics’ cross took a fortunate deflection off a defender, leaving Valenta with no chance of saving it.
It looked as though the final period – much like the first – would be more about missed chances than goals, but with five minutes to go, an unfortunate incident took place on the ice. Makovics collided with Stan at the boards in a fair challenge, sending both players to the ice, whereupon Botkaev, who was standing nearby, completely lost his temper and began punching Makovics in the head whilst he lay on the ice. This, of course, resulted in a 5-minute penalty plus a game misconduct, so it was certain that we would be able to play the remainder of the match with a man advantage. Despite this, we managed to make the finale more exciting than it needed to be; with a minute and a half to go, Marosi capitalised on a staggering defensive error to score the visitors’ equaliser. We were already mentally preparing for extra time, but Márk Nagy had other ideas and, with some brilliant moves in the final 30 seconds, beat the visitors’ goalkeeper twice to secure victory in the last match of the year!
The lads have had a brilliant year, showing exemplary fighting spirit in every match. Here’s to more of the same next year! Come on, UNI GYŐR ETO!
UNI GYŐR ETO HC vs DAB-ASP: 4 – 2 (AL44) Goalscorers: #18 Márk Nagy (3), #17 Bence Makovics (UNI GYŐR ETO) #25 Domokos, #13 Marosi (DAB)
Several photographers volunteered to help us with our work during the match; we have selected some of their best shots for our gallery: