The Honvéd played against Mezőkövesd in a historic match
He played his 3000th league game in the top flight at the Kispest club.
In the Saturday evening match of the 10th round of the OTP Bank League, the host team Mezőkövesd visited Bp. Honvéd, which was in the non-elimination position before the round, and which is participating in its 3000th NB I meeting, this milestone is third after Újpest and Ferencváros achieved as a club.
Less than two minutes had passed, and Attila Kuttor’s team had already taken the lead, Drazic pounced on a bad pass from Circkovic and shot into Szappanos’ net.
In the 11th minute, the visitors had another big chance, Besirovic went to the left side, then pushed the ball inside, pulled his shot back to the short bottom, but Szappanos made a great save with his foot.
After a quarter of an hour, Bocskai made a pass to Samperio, who took down the ball inside the penalty area, beat his defender, and then shot the equalizer into the net.
In the 24th minute, Bocskai again arched behind the defenders, where he was not present, and after a takedown, he already gave the Kispestians the advantage.
The scoring did not end even here, in the 36th minute, when Gábor Molnár passed from the left side, Drazic got ahead of Cirkovic, the ball bounced from the striker’s head to his thigh, then hit Szappanos’ hand and the right goal post and went into the net.
The second half also passed at a good pace, but the teams invested noticeably more energy in making their defense stand on firmer feet, so the gates were in danger less often.
Szappanos had quite a bit of work to do when he got to the goal, first Babunski pushed a long-range attempt into the corner, then Drazic headed it after the corner kick, and the goalkeeper was cheered by the home crowd.
The Honvéd pressed harder in the last minutes, but there was no shot, and the score was 2-2.
OTP Bank League 10th round
Bp. Honvéd-Mezőkövesd 2-2
goal: Samperio (16th), Ennin (24th) or Drazic (2nd, 36th)
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