Substitutes Spark Debrecen to Season-Opening Victory
DEBRECEN, Hungary (Interstat) — Debrecen opened its NB I season with a 3-2 victory over Diosgyori VTK II on Sunday at Nagyerdei Stadion.
The match was decisively turned by second-half substitutes. Lamin Colley, who entered after halftime, scored and assisted on Szilárd Bokros’ goal within four minutes to erase a 2-1 deficit. Bokros’ 55th-minute strike proved to be the winner.
Diosgyori VTK II had taken a 2-1 lead into halftime with first-half goals from Flórián Cibla and Erik Kusnyír. Tamás Szűcs scored Debrecen’s other goal. The visitors’ Vyacheslav Kulbachuk received the game’s first yellow card in the 11th minute.
The result gave Debrecen a winning start in league play, while Diosgyori VTK II began its campaign with a loss.