Daniel Botka

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164 Edition

The Ujpest Post

17 Sep 2029
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad17 Sep 2029

A fracture rules Daniel Botka out for 19 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Ujpest will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Player ratings17 Sep 2029

Both of them Krisztofer Horváth's — 9.39

2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 9.39, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.

Squad17 Sep 2029

Tiago Gonçalves in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Ujpest this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings17 Sep 2029

Nobody could get near Aljoša Matko

Successful dribbles: 22. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad17 Sep 2029

Words at Ujpest training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Péter Szappanos is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Match15 Sep 2029

Krisztofer Horváth the difference as Ujpest beat Debrecen

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Krisztofer Horváth. 2‑1 against Debrecen, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

Squad17 Sep 2029

Gleofilo reaches 200 appearances

200 games in the shirt. Nobody sets out to build a record like that; it happens to a certain kind of player at a certain kind of club, and this town knows what it has.

The dugout17 Sep 2029

The manager makes an example of Artem Favorov

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

The dugout17 Sep 2029

The manager’s verdict

“I am not going to get carried away and I will not let them either. It was a good day. There will be harder ones.” Adam Szalai kept it short after the 2‑1 win, which is what managers do when they are happy.

In brief

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163 Edition

The Ujpest Post

10 Sep 2029
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad10 Sep 2029

A fracture rules Daniel Botka out for 26 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Ujpest will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Match8 Sep 2029

No mercy from Ujpest

Haladas will want this one forgotten quickly: 4‑1, every duel lost, and a long ride home. Ujpest were ruthless in the way good sides are ruthless.

Player ratings10 Sep 2029

Aljoša Matko scores twice — 8.64

Two goals and a mark of 8.64 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.

Player ratings10 Sep 2029

Máté Sajbán, 33, rolls back the years — 7.82

There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 7.82 at 33, and nobody on the pitch was better.

Player ratings10 Sep 2029

Dominik Kaczvinszki pops up at the right end — 7.31

7.31, 1 on the scoresheet, and the specific comedy of a back-four player celebrating like somebody who does this every week. He does not, and that is exactly why the ground reacted the way it did.

Market10 Sep 2029

Only the photograph left for Szabolcs Szalai

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Szabolcs Szalai will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Ujpest the goodbyes have quietly begun.

Squad10 Sep 2029

Tempers go at Ujpest

Tiago Gonçalves was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad10 Sep 2029

A row about effort at Ujpest

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Péter Szappanos was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Squad10 Sep 2029

Márk Dékei stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Márk Dékei and Ujpest agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

In brief

162 Edition

The Ujpest Post

3 Sep 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad3 Sep 2029

Daniel Botka breaks a bone — 33 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 33 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Market3 Sep 2029

Krisztofer Horváth hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Ujpest can pretend not to have heard.

Match1 Sep 2029

Ujpest let it slip despite Krisztofer Horváth

Krisztofer Horváth had done his part in building a 3-goal cushion. What happened after that was collective, and MTK Budapest were allowed back into a match that had been finished with.

Player ratings3 Sep 2029

A brace, and Krisztofer Horváth takes the afternoon — 9.32

There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Krisztofer Horváth provided it, and the 9.32 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.

Boardroom3 Sep 2029

Ujpest close the window on a squad of their own making

16 in and 14 out, and no more changes for months. The manager has what he has, the supporters have their opinion of it, and the table will have the last word.

Transfer targets3 Sep 2029

Tommaso Ebone will not be coming to Ujpest

Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at Frosinone is saying, and nobody at Ujpest is enjoying the guessing.

Squad3 Sep 2029

Krisztofer Horváth in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Ujpest this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad3 Sep 2029

Words at Ujpest training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Tiago Gonçalves is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Transfer targets3 Sep 2029

HNK Rijeka tell Ujpest: Vito Kovač is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

In brief

161 Edition

The Ujpest Post

27 Aug 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad27 Aug 2029

40 days out for Daniel Botka after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Ujpest will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

Squad27 Aug 2029

Tempers go at Ujpest

Krisztofer Horváth was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad27 Aug 2029

A row about effort at Ujpest

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Tiago Gonçalves was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Transfer targets27 Aug 2029

Ujpest rebuffed over Adrian Malovec

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Arezzo have kept their man, and Ujpest go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Match25 Aug 2029

Gleofilo sends Ujpest past Bekescsaba

It finished 2‑1, and it was Gleofilo’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Ujpest.

Match25 Aug 2029

The drought breaks for Ujpest

5 without a win is the sort of run that changes how a town talks about its club, and Bekescsaba were the afternoon it stopped. Nothing is fixed by one result and everything feels different by one.

Player ratings27 Aug 2029

Gleofilo was on a different afternoon to everybody else

8.38. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.

Player ratings27 Aug 2029

One of those days for Aljoša Matko

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.15, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

The dugout27 Aug 2029

No hiding place for Gleofilo

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Gleofilo, and the manager let it.

In brief

160 Edition

The Ujpest Post

20 Aug 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad20 Aug 2029

Daniel Botka breaks a bone — 48 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 48 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

The dugout20 Aug 2029

Gleofilo says Ujpest went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Match18 Aug 2029

The wait goes on for Ujpest

5 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.

Player ratings20 Aug 2029

A defender's goal wins it for Ujpest — 7.95

1 for Bence Gergényi, marked 7.95, and a centre-half's name in the part of the report he normally only reaches by mistake. He will not be allowed to forget it in the dressing room for a month.

Transfer targets20 Aug 2029

Anestis Mythou will not be coming to Ujpest

Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at PAOK is saying, and nobody at Ujpest is enjoying the guessing.

Squad20 Aug 2029

Words exchanged at Ujpest

Krisztofer Horváth and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Squad20 Aug 2029

A row about effort at Ujpest

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Tiago Gonçalves was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Player ratings20 Aug 2029

Ninety minutes of Krisztofer Horváth at his very best

Marked 8.62. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Ujpest.

Squad20 Aug 2029

A muscle injury and 14 days out for Balazs Orban

The most common injury in the game and the most rushed back from. Ujpest will quote 14 days and will be careful with it, because the second one is always worse than the first.

In brief

159 Edition

The Ujpest Post

13 Aug 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

Player ratings13 Aug 2029

Aljoša Matko runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 42. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad13 Aug 2029

Daniel Botka breaks a bone — 56 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 56 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Market13 Aug 2029

Only the photograph left for Szabolcs Szalai

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Szabolcs Szalai will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Ujpest the goodbyes have quietly begun.

Transfer targets13 Aug 2029

Axel Afonso due for a Ujpest medical

Everything agreed with Modena, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.

Match11 Aug 2029

4 matches without a win for Ujpest

The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Ujpest are no longer polite ones.

Squad13 Aug 2029

A falling-out at Ujpest

Krisztofer Horváth and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad13 Aug 2029

Tiago Gonçalves falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Transfer targets13 Aug 2029

Dinamo Zagreb tell Ujpest: Goran Pjaca is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

Match11 Aug 2029

Krisztofer Horváth’s goal not enough for Ujpest

Krisztofer Horváth scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑2 to Puskas Akademia, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.

In brief

  • The dugout Péter Szappanos gets it from the manager
  • Player ratings Gleofilo ran the middle of the pitch — 7.10
  • The dugout The view from the dugout