Ten-man Fradi rescue late draw at home to Plzen

2025. szeptember. 26., 01:58 |

Robbie Keane's Ferencváros played nearly an hour with one player fewer, but still managed to secure a point in their opening Europa League fixture at home to Viktoria Plzen, courtesy of a 93-minute equaliser.from Aleksandar Pesic.

More than 16,000 fans were present in the Groupama Arena to see the Czech visitors take the lead with a goal from Rafiu Durosinmi in the 16th minute. Matters got worse for the home team when they were reduced to ten men for the final minutes of the first half and the entire second half due to 38th-minute dismissal of Cebrails Makreckis.

Ferencváros posed little threat to the Czech goal, but still managed to salvage a point at home with a header from substitute Aleksandar Pesic in the final seconds. Ferencváros will visit Belgian club Genk next in the second round of Europa League league phase next Thursday.

FERENCVÁROSI TC 1–1 VIKTORIA PLZEN (HT: 0–1)
FTC: Dibusz – Gartenmann (L. Joseph, 74), Raemaekers, I. Cissé – Makreckis, Tóth A. (A. Pesics, 84), Ötvös (J. Levi, 84), N. Keita (Kanikovszki, 46), O'Dowda – Gruber (Cadu, 46), Varga B. Head coach: Robbie Keane
PLZEN: Jedlicka – Paluska, Dweh, Jemelka – Memic, Cerv, Souaré, Doszki – Ladra (Visinsky, 70) – Durosinmi (Zeljkovic, 86), Vydra (Adu, 77). Head coach: Miroslav Koubek
Goalscorers: FTC: Pesic (94), PLZ: Durosinmi (16)
Red card: Makreckis (38)