It’s been just over 650 days since Hungary’s Videoton FC were crowned 2014-15 champions of the Hungarian Nemzeti Bajnokság (National Championship) 1, the country’s highest division of professional soccer.
The title -- the second in the club’s history -- came in part due to 21 goals from then-27-year-old forward Nemanja Nikolic (a personal high at the time) as well as the steady link play of midfielder Arturo Alvarez, who also chipped in a pair goals that season.
Fast-forward to last Saturday, almost 22 months later, and the pair found themselves yet again playing difference-maker together on a cold March afternoon in a stadium 4,800 miles to the west.