Grundfos Tatabánya: Bartucz, Deményi – Pásztor, Sipos, Borzas 1, Ilyés, Balogh 4 (2), Szász, Győri 2, Holpert 1 (1), Dénes, Davidovic, Ancsin 1, Komogorov 3, Hornyák 2, Vranjes 2

 

Telekom Veszprém: Cupara – Manaskov 2, Yahia 3, Moraes, Gajic 5 (3), Nilsson 1, Paczkowski 2, Marguc 1, Lauge 3, Strlek 4, Terzic, Nenadic 3, Mackovsek, Lékai, Borozan 2

 

Penalties: 5/3 and 4/3

Suspensions: 6 min. and 12 min.

 

Telekom Veszprém travelled to Tatabánya to play in the fifth qualification round, where the stakes were to get into the Final4 of the Hungarian Cup. The game started with a minute of silence in honor of Sándor Kaló, former player of Tatabánya and former coach of Veszprém. The match kicked off balanced, first Tatabánya scored, then Veszprém. Cupara had many saves around the 5th minute, while on the scoreboard, 1:2 stood. The teams played with many mistakes, mostly six-meter violations and turnovers were frequent in this period of the game. In the 10th minute, the standing was 2:4. By the 18th minute, the events took a speedy turn. Veszprém took a two-goals lead with two stolen balls, 4:6. Veszprém had a three-goals lead in 22nd minute, which grew to five very quickly, 5:10. In the end of the first half, Strlek had many clear chances and he did not miss. Veszprém leads in the break 9:14.
 
The second half started with a home goal, while Lékai stepped on court. Tatabánya could get closer to Veszprém, when Gajic missed his first penalty in the 25th minute, 11:14. Paczkowski was already getting his second suspension in the 41st minute. Veszprém held the lead by the 48th minute as well, while the referees were giving suspensions left and right. With the goal of Gasper Marguc, the difference grew to six goals, 15:21 in the 50th minute. Vladan Matic called a timeout at 15:22 Veszprém lead in the 53rd minute. Two minutes later, the game was decided, as Tatabánya could not work down their eight goals deficit, if anything, the difference even grew by the end. Veszprém won, and qualified to the top 4 teams of the Hungarian Cup. Final result: Tatabánya – Veszprém 16:26

 

David Davis: It always hard to play here, the opponent is tough, and has a tall defensive wall. The result does not show exactly what happened on the court. Cupara was outstanding in the net, and the defense did well also.
 
Vladimir Cupara: It was a hard game for us today, but fortunately we were great in defense and offense as well. We did our job right, and I am happy for the victory.
 

Vladan Matic: Congratulations to Veszprém for the well-deserved win, and good luck to them in the Hungarian Cup. Our defense was not bad, we only conceded 26 goals from Veszprém. Győri was injured in the second half, and unfortunately, we do not have as many players as Veszprém to rotate the team. We tried to improvise, but it could not work against Veszprém. When we finally got into shooting chances Cupara saved everything.
 
Adrián Sipos: Congratulations to Veszprém. I think our was finally set up. If we have conceded fewer fastbreak goals, the result could have been closer. We can rely on our defense, and we have to play with less mistakes in offense.

 

 

Photo: Dávid Vörös