Marin Jurina entered the field only in the 83rd minute, but the Bosnian-Croatian legionnaire still decided the champion between Zalaegerszeg and MTK Budapest, so the guests left the ZTE Arena with three points.
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Robert Polievka came up against Bence Gundel-Takács, but the goalkeeper of ZTE FC brilliantly saved the 10-time Slovakian top scorer’s close shot. It is unfortunate that we saw the first scene reminiscent of football in the 45th minute in the Zalaegerszeg-MTK Budapest champions. So the 2024-2025 season in the top flight has started, not exactly with a match attracting an audience.
In any case, it turned out that Bence Gundel-Takács, who was signed in the summer from the NB II Budafok, can probably be the strength of Zalaegerszeg, because after the aforementioned Polievka situation, in the extra time of the first half, he also saved the home team from a goal with a close header by Krisztián Németh.
The standard did not change much in the second half either, many inaccurate passes annoyed the fans, and the players played football rather slowly. Nemanja Antonov tried to force a penalty from the referee in the 67th minute, but it would have been better if he had chosen to pass the ball. It is a fact that the 19-year-old player of Zalaegerszeg, Dénes Csanád, who was signed in the summer, pulled the Serbian defender back – even outside the penalty area – but he only fell when the home player had already let go of the shirt.
It says everything about the quality of the match that after the break it was this present that could be highlighted the most, so the 2,867 spectators who sat in the stands of the ZTE Arena deserve all the respect. In the first half, the previously praised Bence Gundel-Takács brought heartache to the domestic spectators when he rolled the ball incorrectly in the 84th minute, and not even from his own goal. MTK striker Marin Jurina shot immediately, but missed the empty goal. .
The Bosnian-Croatian forward, who entered the field in the 83rd minute, in the 92nd minute improved and even decided the match. Zoltán Stieber lifted from the left side into the middle, and Jurina headed into the lower right corner from seven meters. (0-1)
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