Dávid László scored the only goal of the game in the seventh minute as Tibor Farkas’ Budapest Honvéd defeated Spaniards Real Madrid in their opening group-stage match.

Right-back Gábor Buna played provider, breaking clear down the right wing before cutting the ball back from the bye-line for the arriving László to stroke the ball home. The remaining 23 minutes of the half saw Real dominate possession, but with Honvéd tactically astute in defence, Gábor Megyeri had no real saves to make and, indeed, it was the Kispest side who created the better chances.

The second half ran to a similar script, Madrid enjoying the lion’s share of possession but unable to carve out any clear-cut goalscoring opportunities, whilst at the other end the promisingly named Adrián Casillas also had little to do in the Real goal.

The Merengues’ big chance to equalise came four minutes from time when they were awarded a penalty kick, but Megyeri pulled off a fine save and Honvéd held on for the three points and a memorable victory.

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XII. Puskás-Suzuki Cup

Puskás pitch, Felcsút, 6 June 2019

Real Madrid 0–1 Budapest Honvéd (0–1)

Goalscorer: László (7.)

Booked: Németh D. (59.)

Real Madrid: Casillas – Martí, Calleja, Garzón, De la Vibora – Keita (Parrado, 47.), Rey (Fernández, 53.), Nakai, Jiménez – Salazar, Iglesias (Munoz, 47.).
Honvéd: Megyeri G. – Buna, Fazekas L., Horváth M., Sikorszki – Szabó A., Török K., Kovács D. (Csaba, 60.), Bocskay B. – László D. (Csányi Á., 53.), Molnár R. (Németh D., 53.)