FTC Women seal Champions League spot
Ferencváros Women came from a goal down to win the third and decisive leg of their UEFA Women's Champions League play-off series with MTK, a 2-1 victory on Thursday ensuring they will represent Hungary in European women's football's premier club competition next season.
Ferencváros had won the first leg of this play-off series 3-2 a fortnight earlier but MTK ensured there'd be a third and deciding match by defeating the Green Eagles 2-1 last week.
This decider was held at Ferencváros' home of the Sándor Kocsis Sports Centre in Budapest but MTK didn't let away-team status deter them, at least initially, as Loretta Németh gave the visitors a sixth-minute lead, the Hungary international capitalising on Ágnes Nagy's intervention after Lilla Nagy's crossfield ball and slotting the ball into the net. Fradi had a 16th-minute equaliser ruled out for offside but finally restored parity just after the half-hour mark when Viktória Szabó headed in a corner.
Things were to get even better for the hosts before half-time when a melée ensued from another corner and the ball bounced off MTK defender Edina Szabó-Fáradi into her own team's goal to put Ferencváros 2-1 up. Chances were at a premium in a more cautious second half and without any clear openings created, the scoreline remained the same, Ferencváros therefore securing a 2-1 win in this best-of-3 contest and the right to represent Hungary in next season's UEFA Women's Champions League competition.
FTC-Telekom 2–1 MTK HUNGÁRIA FC (HT: 2–1)
FTC-Telekom (surnames first): Barti Luca – Mosdóczi Evelin, Melisa Hasanbegovic, Inna Zlidnis, Szabó Viktória – Papp Luca (Nagy Viktória, 23.), Marija Aleksic (Róth Rebeka, 30.), Pusztai Sára (Németh Diána, 78.), Fenyvesi Evelin – Kocsán Petra, Diószegi Fanni (Czellér Dorottya, 78.).
MTK Hungária FC: Szőcs Réka – Nagy Lilla (Méry Rita, 78.), Turányi Lilla, Demeter Réka, Pinczi Anita – Farádi-Szabó Edina (Tóth Barbara, 78.), Csányi Diána, Nagy Ágnes (Stefán Bernadett, 46.) – Pápai Emőke (Mayer Zsófia, 64.), Magyarics Zoé, Németh Loretta.