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Hungarian Futsal Cup: Rába ETO and Astra Selector the best! – VIDEO
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Rába ETO of Győr survived a spirited display from opponents Haladás to retain the Hungarian Futsal Cup in Veszprém last weekend. Astra Selector defeated Agenta Girls Szekszárd 2-0 to secure their fifth successive Hungarian Futsal Cup last weekend.
Haladás raced into 2-0 and 3-1 first-half leads but were pegged back by Rába who took a 4-3 advantage into the half-time break. The second half was far more cagey but Hungary’s premier club team over the last few years maintained their one-goal superiority thanks to a 1-1 draw in the second half to ensure the match ended in a 5-4 success and a retention of their title.
Ákos Harnish, Rába ETO forward:
“I can’t remember any time in my career when my team has been two-nil down within forty seconds against any opponent and that we’ve had to request a timeout after a minute. The final started with a slap to our face but in the end the two goals conceded proved to be good not only for the match but for us too, because we had to sort ourselves out quickly and by half-time we had turned the situation around. It wasn’t that we were ‘still in the dressing room’ or that we weren’t taking the match seriously but more that we should compliment Haladás on scoring two goals so quickly. In the second half we perhaps became a little too confident, therefore we weren’t able to decide the outcome of the match earlier and then at the end the team from Szombathely really pushed for the equaliser.
Big congratulations should go to Haladás because they battled magnificently. They’ve had good enough players in the past and a great squad at domestic level but not long ago they recruited József Turzó and he has moulded his team exceptionally well so that it was clear they knew how they wanted to play. This final here showed how the Cup final is always a special match and form on paper can go out the window in a one-off contest. While in the league it’s very difficult for us to mess it up, in the Cup a lapse for one moment is enough a to leave a team needing to recover from two goals down, so that’s why I prefer the knockout format of cup competition”.
Rába ETO – Hungarian Futsal CUP