MOL Hungarian Cup: Fradi crash out to 3rd-tier minnows

2022. október. 21., 18:38 |

Ten early afternoon matches were played on the second day of the 4th round of the MOL Hungarian Cup with the undoubted surprise of the round caused by third division Iváncsa, who defeated holders Ferencváros 3-2 after extra time,

Iváncsa KSE 3-2 Ferencvárosi TC (HT: 1-2)

Iváncsa: Varga Á.– Aradi, Barta, Cseszneki, Horváth B.,– Kercsó, Kovács S., Nyilas B., Petrezselyem, – Suszter, Vellejos

Ferencváros: Bogdán – Botka, S. Mmaee, Thelander, Knoester – Besic, Laidouni, Zachariassen, Mercier – A. Traoré, R.Mmaee,

Goalscorers: IVN: Suszter ( 7), Aradi (55), Kercsó (96); FTC: Zachariassen (4), R. Mmaee (19)

Stanyslav Cherchesov's MOL Hungarian Cup holders, who lead the OTP Bank Liga and their Europa League group, eased into a two-goal lead at the beginning of the match, but were pegged back before the hour mark and then incredibly fell behind to Bence Kercsó's goal early in extra time. Iváncsa then held on to claim a famous victory which takes the third-tier club into the last 16 of the competition.

There, they will be joined by the likes of Vasas, Honvéd and MTK with the draw for the last 16 turning out like this:

Vasas v Budapest Honvéd
Monor v Paksi FC
Békéscsaba v ZTE FC
Iváncsa KSE v Budafoki MTE
MTK Budapest v Mezőkövesd Zsóry FC
ESMTK v Kisvárda Master Good
ETO FC Győr v DVSC
Puskás Akadémia v Újpest FC