Hungarian Football League: Ferencváros is the champion, Vidi, Debrecen and Honvéd clinch EL places

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Debrecen defeated Paks 4-1 to secure 3rd place in the 2018/19 OTP Bank Liga and with it, a place in the Europa League qualifying rounds in July. Joining them will be Honvéd, whose 4-1 victory over city rivals MTK saw them leapfrog Újpest into fourth place and condemned MTK to second division football next season.
Arguably the biggest match in the final round of the season saw two of the big Budapest clubs meet at the Új Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion, hosts MTK needing to win and hope other results also went their way, and visitors Honvéd requiring a victory – and hoping that either Debrecen or Újpest might slip up – in order to secure European football next season.
MTK 1–4 Honvéd (HT: 1–1)
Filip Holender – one of the revelations of the season and level with Davide Lanzafame at the top of the scoring charts – gave Attila Supka’s side a 20th minute lead, firing low past László Horváth after being sent clear by Dániel Gazdag. MTK were level within a minute though, László Lencse getting the break of the ball inside the box, and, finding himself in front of Dávid Gróf, fired high into the net, the match finely poised as the teams went in 1-1 at the break.
Gróf did well to claw a fine long-range István Bognár effort away for a corner just after the restart, but the complexion of the match would change in the 47th minute, MTK’s captain József Kanta being sent off for a second yellow card.
Within minutes, Honvéd were ahead again, Djordje Kamber volleying home from a Toni Kukoč corner. Danilo squandered a chance to make it three before Kamber cleared a Ulysse Diallo effort off the line, but any hope MTK had of salvaging something from the match evaporated when Lencse fired a penalty over the bar after 63 minutes. Substitute David N’Gog made sure of the result, tucking home after being set up by Mohamed Mezghrani in the 75th minute, and then converting a pass from Bence Banó-Szabó in injury time to complete the scoring.

Goalscorers: MTK: Lencse (21’); HON: Holender (20’), Kamber (53’), N’Gog (76’, 90+1’)
MTK: Horváth L. – Balogh B., Gengeliczki, Pintér – Katona, Kanta, Vogyicska, Bognár I. (Banahene, 61’), Vass P. (Torghelle, 77’) – Diallo, Lencse (Gera, 71’)
Honvéd: Gróf – Kamber, Lovric, Kálnoki Kis – Mezghrani (Banó-Szabó, 78’), Gazdag, Nagy G., Ben-Hatira (Heffler, 46’), Kukoč – Danilo (N’Gog, 66’), Holender
Debrecen 4–1 Paks (3–1)
Debrecen came into the final round of matches knowing their fate was in their own hands: defeat Paks, and European football next season was theirs. Márk Szécsi sent them on their way, the striker firing home in the 18th minute after being teed-up by János Ferenczi. Loki doubled their lead five minutes later through an Ádám Bódi free-kick, and although Benjámin Cseke quickly reduced the deficit, Szécsi restored the home-side’s two goal lead in the 33rd minute. A penalty from Dániel Tőzsér completed the rout in the 57th minute as Debrecen ensured there was no slip-up, as they qualified or the Europa League qualifiers for the first time in three seasons.
Goalscorers: DEB: Szécsi (19’, 33’), Bódi (23’), Tőzsér (52’, pen); PAK: Cseke (30’)
Debrecen: Kosicky – Bényei, Szatmári, Pávkovics, Ferenczi – Bódi, Tőzsér, Haris, Varga K. (Jovanovic, 66’) – Szécsi (Takács, 84’), Zsóri (Damásdi, 46’) Paks: Nagy G. – Kővári, Lenzsér, Fejes, Szabó J. – Windecker (Kesztyűs, 76’) – Könyves, Papp (Egerszegi, 69’), Cseke, Bartha (Remili, 69’) – Simon A.









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