Challenge

Pardina
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Henrich Slany was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Gabriel Văduvescu showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-0 in the 4 minute of play. Zigmund Maliar's late challenge caught a Pardina's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Zigmund Maliar helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Pardina booed when Slovakia was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 7 match minutes in a wonderful position. Zigmund Maliar didn't get a good kick on the ball. 10 minutes into the game, Vít Biskup threw the ball into play from the sideline. Pardina's Martin Hritcu quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. A collision led to Slovakia getting a freekick after 10 minutes play. Pavol Koleno hit a great ball. After 12 minutes, Matei Mortu mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Pardina and the Slovakia players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Slovakia booed when Pardina was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 12 match minutes in a wonderful position. Matei Mortu didn't get a good kick on the ball. Pardina's attentive Matei Mortu managed to snatch the ball when Vít Biskup made a throw-in in the 14th minute of the game. 19 minutes into the match, Pardina's goal looked a bit too open when Metod Mlynar came free, but Mugur Tăbăcaru reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Henrich Slany took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Robert Stoica, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Slovakia's Henrich Slany proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 26th minute of the match, managed to save Slovakia from getting a goal against them. Metod Mlynar struck a weak shot in the 28th minute. Mugur Tăbăcaru didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Slovakia. Mugur Tăbăcaru made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Oliver Holub in the 29th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Pardina's Alex Ababei got a free kick in the 30th minute. Metod Mlynar scored 1-1 in the 33rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Mugur Tăbăcaru, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. If Robert Stoica had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 36th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 39 minutes into the match, Metod Mlynar notched a goal, 1-2, to the right of Pardina's Mugur Tăbăcaru. Mugur Tăbăcaru was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 44th minute, Oliver Holub ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Mugur Tăbăcaru was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-3. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-3.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Metod Mlynar stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute the ball was on its way in behind Slovakia's goalkeeper Henrich Slany, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Gabriel Văduvescu recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 54th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Henrich Slany didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Gabriel Văduvescu went, in the 56th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-3 was the resulting score. With a little luck, Pardina's Mugur Tăbăcaru got control of the ball when Metod Mlynar tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 61st minute, Alex Ababei hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The supporters of Pardina booed when Slovakia was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 67 match minutes in a wonderful position. Zigmund Maliar didn't get a good kick on the ball. Slovakia's Henrich Slany played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gabriel Văduvescu in the 68th minute of play. 70 minutes into the match, Slovakia's goal looked a bit too open when Gabriel Văduvescu came free, but Henrich Slany reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Matei Mortu made in the 72nd minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Calistrat Erbașu however managed to control. Pardina's Matei Mortu got his second yellow card of the match in the 77th minute. The referee ordered Matei Mortu off the ground. In the 78th match minute, Pardina was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Matei Mortu to maneuver through the defense. In the 82nd play minute Metod Mlynar came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Mugur Tăbăcaru. 2-4. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. Slovakia had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.