The Cup final opposed Ujpesti Dosza and Videoton (Szekesfehérvár). It was an interesting clash between declining capital and ascending provincials, but the big boys prevailed 2-0.
The captain of Ujpesti Dosza Laszlo Nagy shows the trophy to adoring fans.
It was too bad Videoton lost – if not for anything else, at least to have such an exotic player as their goalkeeper Disztl running wild with the trophy around the stadium. But it was one more evidence of the sad truth: Videoton established itself among the best Hungarian teams, coming very close to success, yet unable to conquer the peak. Second best at best.
On the surface, one can shrug – what was new? Who else, but Ujpesti Dosza. They failed in the championship, but compensated with the Cup. But under that the picture was very different – nothing was left from arguably the last great Hungarian team (Kolar was the last survivor of it). The current squad was quite pedestrian and not different from provincial teams. In a single match the boys were still able to muster enough strength and outplay fairly equal squads, but the long run was not up to them . Experience, rather then class, was the driving force. And there was something strange: one automatically think that Ujpesti Dosza was constant winner – that was true for championships, but they won the Cup only 3 times so far. They were lagging behind provincial Raba ETO, which had 4 Cups, and even won their first Cup after Raba ETO already had 3 – in 1969. So the trophy was actually very desirable, especially when Ujpesti Dosza won it for the last time in 1975. Now they got their hands on it again, making it their 4th Cup victory. Well done.