The situation was simple, the task was not: on the last day of the group matches, in order to reach the final, our team had to beat the youngsters of Real Madrid, basically the team that came up with the most convincing performance of all the participants so far. The Royals, as during all their matches so far, produced extremely dominant football in the first ten minutes, Iker Gil's shot certainly required Ármin Pécsi's prowess in order not to go behind against the skilled Spaniards. After a quarter of an hour, we could applaud Domonkos Ásványi's self-sacrificing save at Babacar Diocou's opportunity, but the question was still  how long our team could withstand the pressure of the Madrid side. Unfortunately, after the drinks break, the goal of the whites came, a ball shot by Hugo de Llanos found its way into our goal in the 18th minute at the end of a nice combination (1–0).

Judging from the picture of the first half, it was clear that we could only achieve something with counter-attacks, but the powerful pressing of the away team made it difficult to get away from the grip and we should even have scored twice, as the draw still favoured Real due to their better goal difference. The second half also started with a chance for Real Madrid, but de Llanos could not double the number of his team's and his own goals as he shot too high from the edge of the goal area. Not long after, Alejandro Moya had a go at our goal from a free kick delivered from the side - not missing by much. In the 40th minute, Barnabás Kapus received a promising start at the offside line, but goalkeeper Rubén Montero managed to clear before him. The dynamic centre forward that had come on as a sub had another chance two minutes later, but the defenders managed to block the shot delivered from a sharp angle. In the dying minutes, Iker Gil also showed his prowess, but in vain did he receive a great ball from De Llanos, he fired right next to the left goalpost. With that, the substantive part of the match ended, so this success ensured the final for the Madrid side, where Dinamo Kiev would be awaiting them – our boys will play Flamengo for bronze on Monday afternoon.

PHOTOS!

XV. Puskás–Suzuki Cup, group A

Real Madrid CF–Puskás Akadémia 1–0 (1–0)

Goalscorer: de Llanos (18.)

Real Madrid: Montero (goalkeeper); Pera, Moya (Ramón, 48.), Espinola, Baixauli, Diocou (Mascaró, 47.), De Llanos, Fortuny (Hernández, 48.), Moreno, Serrano, Gil (Maya, 54.)

Puskás Akadémia: Pécsi (goalkeeper); Korodi (Retter, 55.), Ásványi, Major, Markgráf (Kundrák, 48.), Kern, Dusinszki, Vékony (L. Hegedüs, 55.), R. Vajda, Piscsur (Kapus, 31.), Svilar (Kun, 42.).