The two head coaches evaluated the MOL Fehérvár FC - ZTE FC match

Michael Boris and Ricardo Moniz gave their assessment to the journalists after the match.
 

Michael Boris:

Everybody was very disappointed, I think you could see it in the faces after the final whistle. We knew that ZTE would defend from the front and attack us high up. In the first half we had some good chances from that and scored a nice goal, but in the second half we made it difficult for ourselves. We couldn't get rid of the pressure, we couldn't connect 5-6 good passes, we couldn't control them enough. In the end, three of their players were more aggressive, they wanted the goal more than we wanted to defend the set-piece. In terms of points collected, we are still behind the target we set at the beginning of the season. We are working every day, we are trying to make changes, for example, today we played with a back four system. There are players who have not yet settled in, some who are not yet in the right fitness level and some who are not performing well enough. We will be looking for players who can win games for Vidi.

Ricardo Moniz:

We knew we had a very difficult task ahead of us. In the first half we didn't really play well together, we didn't get into the top lines. We made three substitutions at the break, Meshack, Diego and Szendrei - who didn't start because of his previous injury - came on and we immediately played more creatively and freely. Maybe I can say that we dominated the game. Fehérvár often caught the counter-attacks well, and because we attacked high up, we sometimes opened up space, which happens with this kind of approach to the game. Defensively, we may not always be on top, but I would say that football is played to score goals, and we try to make the young talents understand that 99 percent is not enough. At the end of the game, 17-year-old Klausz came on, Demjén went forward and it paid off. That's why we celebrated as if we had won, because it's a very important mental experience for young people, that they can go forward until the last minute against a strong team. We will continue to have faith in the young Hungarians!

Author: David Rechnitzer

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