MTK'S SECOND DRAW IN BARCELONA
— Dr. Henrik Fodor | 26/12/1922 —

MTK managed to achieve what no other team had managed to achieve in Barcelona. They did not lose to Barcelona in two matches.

The Spanish champion team significantly strengthened its team for the second day, but even then they could not cope with MTK's greater technique.

The Hungarian team only lacked speed again to decide the match in their favor. Barcelona is a terribly fast team and plays sensible combination football, with which they offset MTK's greater skill.

MTK played their second match with a decided tiredness.

The best part of the team was again the defense.

The two defenders played great, Plattkó defended fabulously. Nyúl played a little more tired than in the first match, Vágó, Kertész II. on the other hand were great. Schaffer was slow in the forward line, and the best was Opata — Orth on the left wing.

Opata was the best man in the forward line. Molnár also moved great, but was a bit weak. Senkey did not satisfy.

From Barcelona, ​​the defence was again the best, but above all Sametier was the best. Piera stood out in the forward line, who reminded us of the best Braun. The centre-half Blanco replaced Sancho brilliantly. Martinez Sadi was much better than his famous predecessor at Alcántara, while Grazia brilliantly controlled the attacks.

In the first half, MTK was the much better team, but in the second half they fell back a bit. At that time, Barcelona attacked a lot and dangerously, but the direct defense and Plattkó protected everything.

In front of 25.000 spectators, at the whistle of referee Boas, the teams lined up as follows:

MTK: Plattkó — Mandl, Kovács — Kertész II., Nyúl, Vágó — Senkey II., Molnár, Schaffer, Orth, Opata.

Barcelona: Bruguera — Planas, Martinez — Coralba, Blanco, Samitier — Piera, Celta, Grazia, Sadi Martinez, Sagi Barba.

MTK chooses, Barcelona starts, but the game immediately shifts to the Spanish goal. In the first minute, a Hungarian corner kick is awarded, which Nyúl heads over Buguera's goal. Plattkó saves a free kick, Vágó shoots sharply wide of the goal. In the 11th minute, Molnár's shot is saved by the goalkeeper. Schaffer's beautiful escape and shot is knocked out by Bruguera, who was running towards him. Orth then leads the attack, Schaffer takes the ball from him, his pass goes to Orth's feet, whose powerful shot goes in.

Then the goalkeeper saves Molnár's shot. Free kick against Barcelona. The goalkeeper saves Schaffer's bomb. He is fouled. Boas awards a free kick against MTK. Schaffer's sharp shot goes wide. From a beautiful combination between Orth and Schaffer, Schaffer breaks through, is blocked right in front of the goal, but the referee does not react. Orth leads the attack and, with Schaffer and then Senkey passing, he fires a huge shot at Barcelona's goal. His whistling ball goes over the bar.

The Spaniards then lead the first dangerous attack, so to speak, from which Martinez Sadi shoots high over the goal. Then Molnár shoots wide again. In the 35th minute, a corner kick against MTK, but Blanco heads it over the goal. Senkey and Schaffer shoot a nice attack wide of Molnár. In the 40th minute, the goalkeeper saves Molnár's header. The half ends with a corner kick against MTK, which Kovács saves.

The second half starts again with a corner kick against MTK, which Plattkó takes. In the 5th minute, Sadi Martinez breaks out beautifully, Plattkó cuts in front of him and takes the ball off his feet. Molnár shoots from the edge. This too, Orth's long shot is saved by the goalkeeper. The Hungarian goal is under pressure, Kertész II. is there. Martinez attacks again, but his ball goes wide. Kovács starts to run out of breath. Plattkó can only turn the beautiful attack of the Spanish left wing into a corner kick with two passes. The corner kick is shot towards the goal. Kertész II. rushes forward and his long shot narrowly misses the goal.

Orth's shot goes wide, then Schaffer hands it, which results in a dangerous attack. Schaffer escapes, but is tackled right in front of the goal. Opata runs down the field; his ball into the middle is spoiled by Schaffer. Another corner against MTK; Schaffer then shoots it wide. Piera with a beautiful breakthrough, scores a goal, but the referee does not validate it. (33 p.) Opata attacks dangerously again, then the combination of Schaffer, Orth, Molnár succeeds, which ends with Molnár's huge but unsuccessful shot. Piera's dangerous attack is also unsuccessful, then Grázia's powerful shot is saved by Plattkó. The match ends with an attack by Opata, Schaffer, Orth.

Boas refereed brilliantly. Today, Tuesday, the 26th, we travel to Madrid in the evening.