Machine-translated from Hungarian.
In the first leg of the Andersen League semi-final, we were unable to get off to a winning start, so we travelled to Dunaújváros on Saturday knowing that a win would give us a clean slate, whilst a defeat would leave us with an almost impossible task ahead.
Our opponents were well aware of this fact, and accordingly took to the ice with tremendous vigour, hungry for victory. Fortunately, we managed to hold off their attacks in the first period and, thanks to Márk Almási, even took the lead.
The equaliser came very early in the second half, as early as the 3rd minute (Right), and the Dunaújváros side once again fired off a barrage of shots on goal, but Martin Szeles stood his ground, and a few minutes before the break, Almási found the net again, meaning we went into the 15-minute break with the lead once more.
The final period began much like the previous one; Hamvai quickly equalised, but we managed to regain the lead before half-time thanks to a goal from Márk Nagy. There were no further goals until the closing stages, so the visitors called for a time-out two minutes before the final whistle, but they were unable to score the equaliser that would have taken the match into extra time; with two seconds remaining, Almási scored his third goal of the match, sealing the final result.
It was a very important win, and it’s particularly pleasing that we’ve now managed to convert 75 per cent of our numerical advantages – which we’d been failing to capitalise on so far this season – into goals! Come on, UNI GYŐR ETO!
Worm Angels vs UNI GYŐR ETO HC: 2 – 4 (AL87) Goalscorers: **#12 Almási (3) #18 Márk Nagy (UNI GYŐR ETO) **#18 Jobb, #30 Hamvai (WA)