Friendly single goal defeat against ZTE

On Wednesday at 13:00 we played Zalaegerszeg behind closed gates at the MOL Arena Sósto. In the first match of the new year, Imre Szabics chose Kovácsik - Nego, Lüftner, Musliu, Hangya - Alef, Kovács I. - Evandro, Nikolic, Csoboth - Zivzivadze to start, while ZTE's bench included Dániel Zsóri and Ádám Halmai, who are on loan from Vidi.

Zimonyi of Zalaegerszeg had the first chance of the match, but the striker from the visiting team missed the goal from close range after a left-wing cross. 11 minutes later, Spoljaric's powerful shot from the centre was saved by Kovácsik. In the 21st minute, Evandro's pass was headed wide by Zivzivadze from 16 metres. After four minutes Zimonyi was in position again, but he missed the goal from a set-piece, and in the 27th minute Zivzivadze won a ball in the opponent's area, and headed the ball towards Demjén, who was held by the ZTE defenders, and missed the chance. After that, there was no real danger in the first half, and at the break ZTE substituted all their players, with Imre Szabics making no changes.

Zalaegerszeg took the lead in the 13th minute of the second half, Szabolcs Szalay converted Grezda's right-wing cross from the middle of the penalty area (0-1). After the goal, only Kovácsik, Nikolic and Musliu remained in the starting line-up, while Kojnok, Dinnyés, Heister, Szendrei, Makarenko, Funsho, Dárdai and Petryak replaced the substitutes. After the changes, we were the better side, but there was no big threat to Patrik Demjén's goal, and his substitute Bence Köcse. Three minutes before the end of normal time, Heister's 18-metre shot bounced off a blue-and-white full-back for a corner kick, but unfortunately there was no danger. The last chance of the game was Nikolic' header, but Köcce did not have to save it and Zalaegerszeg won by one goal.