The highlight of the 12th round of the Hungarian League was the encounter between Szolnok and Miskolc. The big rivals didn’t disappoint their fans. After a hard-fought battle, Szolnok edged out Miskolc in flood of goals – 16:15.
Ferencvaros and OSC had no hard tasks in the 12th round. Ferencvaros blew away Debrecen 16:7, while OSC was better than Honved (17:5).
Eger beat BVSC 12:7 in the derby of the round in Group B.
Hungarian League 2019/20, Day 12
Group A
Ferencvaros-Debrecen 16:7 (6:2, 4:2, 5:1, 1:2)
Ferencvaros: Varga 5, Jaksic 5, Mezei 2, Sedlmayer 1, Younger 1, Varkonyi 1, Constantin-Bicari 1.
Debrecen: G. Kovacs 2, Vancsik 2, Fekete 1, Smitula 1, M. Macsi 1.
Szolnok – Miskolc 16:15 (4:3, 3:2, 5:6, 4:4)
Szolnok: Batori 4, Dory 2, Varnai 2, Szatmari 2, Subotic 2, Jansik 1, Angyal 1, Szeghalmi 1, Pijetlovic 1.
Miskolc: Vadovics 4, Misic 4, Stojanovic 3, Lorincz 2, A. Nagy 2.
Tatabanya-UVSE 8:11 (3:3, 0:4, 3:3, 2:1)
Tatabanya: Garancsy 2, B. Kalanovics 2, Kereszturi2, K. Takacs 1,A. Szentesi 1,
UVSE: Ven. Vigvari 4, Korbacs 3, Korenyi 1, Seeler 1, B. Vamosi 1, E. Molnar 1.
PVSK – Szeged 15:11 (2:2, 6:4, 3:1, 4:4)
PVSK: Chilko 5, Csaba 3, Gal 2, Csacsovszky 1, Horvath 1, Kolozsi 1, Gaszt 1, Rakonjac 1.
Szeged: Boros 3, Bogdanovic 3, Farkas 2, Kiss 1, Somlai 1, Foskolos 1.
Szolnok defeated Miskolc and cemented 2nd place in Group A two rounds before the end of the current phase of the competition. After 14th round, the teams ranked 1st – 4th in each group will continue the league in the group for places 1st- 8th. The other clubs will play in the group for the classification 9th – 16th place.
Miskolc scored the first two goals in the match, but Szolnok went ahead thanks to Szeghalmi’s goal in the last second of the first period – 4:3. From that point, the hosts were leading for most of the time, but Miskolc followed them and leveled the score several times (5:5, 7:7, 8:8, 9:9). Szolnok entered the last period with a 12:11 advantage. The home team opened the final quarter with four goals in a row and jumped to a 16:11 lead with three minutes to go. But, Miskolc didn’t give up and reduced the gap to one. Just 31 seconds from the end, Ognjen Stojanovic scored for 15:16. However, Szolnok managed to keep the win.
Ferencvaros Led by Denes Varga and Nikola Jaksic (each scored five goals), demolished Debrecen 16:7.
UVSE was the only visiting team that recorded a win on Day 12 in Group A. UVSE defeated last-placed Tatabanya 11:8 and saved a chance to reach the 4th place before the 14th round. UVSE is still in 5th place with a point fewer than 4th-placed PVSK, which defeated Szeged today (15:11).
1 Ferencvaros 12 – 36
2 Szolnok 12 – 33
3 Miskolc 12 – 25
4 PVSK 12 – 17
5 UVSE 12 – 16
6 Debrecen 11 – 6
7 Szeged 12 – 6
8 Tatabanya 11 – 0
Group B
Eger-BVSC 12:7 (5:3, 2:2, 2:0, 3:2)
Eger: Gyarfas 3, Hosnyanszky 2, Baksa 2, S. Rasovic 2 , Murisic 2, Santa 1.
BVSC Zuglo: Pasztor 4, Csapo, Lajko 1, Agh 1.
Honved – OSC 5:17 (0:3, 2:6, 1:5, 2:3)
Honved: Fulop 2, Szivos 1, Molnar 1, Kevi Bendeguz 1.
OSC Ujbuda: Prlainovic 5, Erdelyi 2, Harai 2, G. Kovacs 2, Seman 2, Randjelovic 2, Manhercz 1, Dr. Brguljan 1.
Szentes – Vasas 6:8 (1:3, 1:2, 2:2, 2:1)
Szentes: M. Nagy 2, Basara 2, Somogyi 1, Pellei 1.
Vasas: Torok 3, Selley 2, B. Takacs 1, Simon 1, Bobis 1.
AVUS – Kaposvari 13:11 (2:3, 3:3, 4:1, 4:4)
AVUS: Ekler 3, Szabo 2, Szoke 2, Jovanovic 2, Takacs 1, Marintz 1, Polovic 1, Turnai 1.
Kaposvari: Aksentijevic 5, Dobos 2, Paunovic 2, Vindisch 1, Juhasz-Szelei 1.
Eger defeated BVSC in the big match of the day in Group B. Deep into the third period, BVSC, the visiting team, trailed only by a goal (5:6). But, after that, Eger kept BVSC goalless for more than 10 minutes. The hosts did an excellent job in the attack, they earned a 10:5 lead early in the fourth period and maintained a 5-goal advantage until the final buzzer.
The group-leader OSC demolished Honved 17:5 with five goals from Andrija Prlainovic.
Vasas defeated Szentes 8:6 and collected three points that might be very important in the group for the places 9th – 16th. Vasas will play in that group for sure, while Szentes still have a very slim chance to climb to 4th place before the 14th round.
1 OSC 12 – 36
2 Eger 12 – 31
3 Honved 12 – 18
4 BVSC 12 -18
5 Szentes 12 – 13
6 Vasas 12 – 11
7 AVUS 12 – 7
8 Kaposvar 12 – 7
