Following yesterday's impressive victory over Genk, it became certain that our U17 side would face Real Madrid with no less at stake than first place in Group B of the Puskás-Suzuki Cup. The Spaniards went into the match as six-time winners, while we had won the tournament five times. Our team dominated the first half: in the 10th minute Ferenc Joó's long-range shot struck the post. Five minutes later our youth international Péter Milicz fired over from a free kick. Soon after the restart (matches at the Puskás-Suzuki Cup are played over two 30-minute halves), we took the lead when, after a cross, Sergio Ramírez Ruiz got in front of Erik Kovács but unfortunately diverted the ball into his own net. Although Real Madrid increased the pressure afterwards, they did not create any clear-cut chances; in fact Erik Kovács had a big opportunity at the other end after a counter-attack late on. With the victory, Márton Bogdánfi's players reached the Puskás-Suzuki Cup final, and Budapest Honvéd are guaranteed a medal as the only Hungarian team to do so. Defending champions Real Madrid can now only play Sporting for fifth place, while the other Hungarian side, PAFC from Felcsút, face Genk for seventh.
Real Madrid CF–Budapest Honvéd FC 0–1 (0–0)
Goal: Sergio Ramírez Ruiz (32. – own goal).
Referee: Katona
Real Madrid:
Sanchez – Casado Lopez, Municio Afan, Ramirez Ruiz, Palomo Cidon, Mora Gonzalez, Sales Olmo, Lopez Dominguez, Mesa Piqueras, Arrebola Pozuelo, Navarro Sanchez.
Substitutes: Espinosa, Vacas Diaz, Corcoba Martinez, Quevedo, Perez Munoz
Budapest Honvéd:
Liziczay – Rankó, Balázs, Horváth, Milicz, Schön, Kis, Ujváry, Kecskés, Russnák, Joó.
Substitutes: Kovács, Miták, Somogyi, Meskó, Nyers
Márton Bogdánfi: “A Hungarian youth athlete could hardly wish for anything greater than beating Real Madrid. Until now I did not know what that feels like either, but it is indescribable! Our transitions were good, we stayed compact at the back and covered for one another. We deserved to reach the final!”
On Monday, from 19:00, we face Juventus in the final.
Puskás–Suzuki Cup
Group A
Juventus (Italian)–Puskás Akadémia 1–0 (1–0)
Goal: Amadio (29.)
Final group standings: 1. Juventus 6 points, 2. Panathinaikos (Greece) 5, 3. Sporting CP (Portugal) 4, 4. Puskás Akadémia 1
Group B
Real Madrid (Spain)–Budapest Honvéd 0–1 (0–0)
Goal: Ramírez Ruíz (32. – own goal).
Genk (Belgium)–Slavia Praha (Czech Republic) 1–3 (0–0)
Goals: Henry (32. – own goal), Rajnoha (34., 54. – both penalties), for Genk Ouazzami (46.)
Final group standings: 1. Budapest Honvéd 6 points (3–2), 2. Slavia Praha 6 (4–4), 3. Real Madrid 4, 4. Genk 1
Monday's programme
14:00: 7th-place match, Puskás Akadémia–Genk
15:45: 5th-place match, Sporting CP–Real Madrid
17:15: third-place match, Panathinaikos–Slavia Praha
19:00: final, Budapest Honvéd–Juventus
Match highlights:
