League

Pallet Town
Spectators: 8393 (Terracing: 6297, Seating: 1930, VIP seats: 166) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Marcel Smatana made the kick off which started today's match. Peter Žák showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vladislav Mikeš in the 8th minute of the match. Peter Žák made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marcel Smatana in the 9th minute of play. Róbert Gál recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 10th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. A collision led to Bajtava FC getting a freekick after 12 minutes play. Viliam Behúň hit a great ball. If Ľubomír Košina had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 17th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Róbert Gál in the 18th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Tibor Volner prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Igor Tinka sent away a hard shot on goal in the 19th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. When Vladislav Mikeš came up free with the goalie in the 21st minute, the Bajtava FC fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Vladislav Mikeš couldn't finish the play. Peter Žák showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vladislav Mikeš, who was totally free with the ball in the 22nd minute. Mojmír Kozár fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 24th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tibor Volner having to interfere. In the 26th minute, Ľubomír Košina got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Mojmír Kozár's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 28thth minute, Tibor Volner skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. After a defensive mix-up in Bajtava FC's zone, Róbert Gál stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Tibor Volner came out of the goal and Róbert Gál tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 31 minutes into the match, Bajtava FC's goal looked a bit too open when Ľubomír Košina came free, but Tibor Volner reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 35th minute, Mojmír Kozár got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Igor Tinka in the 41st minute of play forced Pikachu FK's goalkeeper Peter Žák to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Róbert Gál to make the kick off. In the 58th minute Martin Medveď shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tibor Volner saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Tibor Volner stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Mojmír Kozár's shot from short distance in the 60th minute. Peter Žák made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marcel Smatana in the 61st minute of play. Viliam Behúň hit a great freekick 65 minutes into the match. After 70 played minutes Pikachu FK got a freekick which was hit by Tomáš Ursíny. In the 71st minute, Tomáš Sciranko got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. If Róbert Gál had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 75th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a rather tough play, Bajtava FC's Viliam Behúň got a free kick in the 77th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mojmír Kozár in the 78th minute of play forced Bajtava FC's goalkeeper Tibor Volner to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Mojmír Kozár had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 82nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Ľubomír Košina had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 85th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Peter Žák was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Marcel Smatana showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-1 in the 90 minute of play. Gabriel Mak's late challenge caught a Pikachu FK's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Gabriel Mak helped the player get up and apologised. When the final whistle went the supporters of Bajtava FC were delighted that their team had defeated the much more dominant Pikachu FK side.