Our 36-time Hungarian champion men's soccer team has qualified for the main draw of a major international cup competition for the seventh time in a row. In the 2025/26 UEFA Europa League season, we took on Czech side Viktoria Plzen at home in the first round of the main draw.

Head coach Robbie Keane put his trust in the starting lineup of Dibusz - Gartenmann, Cissé, Raemaekers - Makreckis, Keita, Ötvös, Tóth, O'Dowda - Gruber, Varga for the match.

First half

Our team, wearing green and white striped jerseys, kicked off the match. In the first minute, Doski passed to Memic on the left, who was in a great position but missed the shot. In the ninth minute, Memic tried again with a shot, but Dibusz made a confident save. In the 15th minute, the visitors took the lead: Durosinmi shot into the top right corner from 16 meters (0-1).

In the 32nd minute, Keita found himself in a shooting position and tried a left-footed shot from 18 meters, but the ball went wide. In the 37th minute, we were reduced to ten men: Makreckis received his second yellow card, leaving us with ten men. Nothing else happened in the first half, and we went into the break one goal down.

Second half

Robbie Keane tried to shake up his team with two substitutions during the break: Cadu and Kanikovszki came on, replacing Gruber and Keita. In the 51st minute, Vydra shot from distance, but Dibusz saved. In the 54th minute, Raemaekers' header was cleared for a corner by Plzen. Three minutes later, Dweh tried his luck from distance, but failed to find our goal.

In the 66th minute, we came close to equalizing: Kanikovszki shot from distance, Ötvös got his foot on it, and the ball then flew just over the goal. In the 74th minute, Robbie Keane replaced Lenny Joseph, and Gartenmann left the field. In the 79th minute, Adu found himself in a good position inside our penalty area, but his shot ended up in the side netting. In the 84th minute, Robbie Keane made a double substitution: Levi came on for Ötvös and Pesics replaced Tóth. In the 89th minute, after a pass from Levi, Raemaekers slipped the ball to Varga. Our striker headed towards the goal, but Jedlicka was able to save it. In the final minutes, we went all out to equalize. Our efforts were rewarded: Pesics headed the ball into the opponent's goal in the 94th minute (1-1)! With 10 men, we equalized and saved a point against Plzen!