Three home goals on the night was not enough in the end
Videoton produced another good display of attacking football at the Sostoi stadium on Wednesday evening.
Champions League Qualifying round 2, 2nd leg VIDEOTON–STURM GRAZ 3–2 (agg. 3-4) Székesfehérvár, Sostoi Stadion. Att: 8,760 Goalscorers: Elek (27.), Sándor. (32.), Lipták (46.), Graz: Hölzl (28.), Feldhofer (39.) Videoton: Tujvel – Brachi, Lipták, Horváth G., H. Sánchez Nagy, Mitrovics, Sándor Gy. (Nikolics, 76.), Elek Á. (Polonkai, 65.), Gosztonyi (Walter, 79.) – Alves. | ||
It was a night of entertaining football at the Sostoi stadium in Szekesfehervar on Wednesday evening. The match produced five goals, with the home side claiming three of those. The first leg match in Klagenfurt a week earlier saw Sturm Graz emerge 2- 0 winners. Videoton knew that they would have to attack from the start, which is exactly what they did. Backed by a good home crowd of close to 9,000, of which 700 made the journey east from Austria, the red and blues began with a quick tempo. It was midfielder Akos Elek who broke the deadlock on 27 minutes after some good play from striker Alves, and his goal meant that Videoton were back in the tie. However, there was controversy a minute later when Hölzl pounced to put the ball in the back of Vidi keeper Tujvel's net. The assistant linesman had raised his flag on the far side for offside, but the referee over ruled his decision, despite plenty of protests from the home side.
Author: David Rechnitzer