League

Baghdad Arena
Spectators: 7974 (Terracing: 5982, Seating: 1834, VIP seats: 158) Miroslav Rezeš started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Samo Kaňuk stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Miroslav Rezeš's shot from short distance in the 5th minute. Jozef Zelený sent away a hard shot on goal in the 13th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. After having played for 16 minutes, Miroslav Rezeš managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Baghdad Bruins's supporters crossed their fingers, but Miroslav Rezeš was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After a rather tough play, JUNIORKA SLOVANA's Tomáš Schurger got a free kick in the 17th minute. In the 22nd minute, Gabriel Hrčka ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ivan Kukan was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. After some careless play in the Baghdad Bruins defense, Tomáš Schurger kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ivan Kukan. The Baghdad Bruins fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ivan Kukan should have stopped the shot. JUNIORKA SLOVANA's Samo Kaňuk proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 32nd minute of the match, managed to save JUNIORKA SLOVANA from getting a goal against them. JUNIORKA SLOVANA's Samo Kaňuk played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Miroslav Rezeš in the 35th minute of play. 36 minutes into the match, Baghdad Bruins's Zdeno Korach sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Samo Kaňuk narrowly saved just below the crossbar. A collision led to JUNIORKA SLOVANA getting a freekick after 37 minutes play. Rastislav Jarošík hit a great ball. In the 39th match minute, Baghdad Bruins was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Viktor Chovanec to maneuver through the defense. After some fancy dribbling in the 47th minute, Zdeno Korach managed to get in a good position for a shot. Baghdad Bruins's supporters rose to their feet, but Zdeno Korach was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Samo Kaňuk breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Jozef Zelený to make the kick off. Jozef Zelený sent away a hard shot on goal in the 55th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Jozef Zelený sent away a hard shot on goal in the 57th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After having played for 59 minutes, Gabriel Hrčka managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. JUNIORKA SLOVANA's supporters crossed their fingers, but Gabriel Hrčka was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. If Zdeno Korach had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 62nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Vincent Izák took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 65th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Samo Kaňuk. JUNIORKA SLOVANA's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Samo Kaňuk showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Miroslav Rezeš, who was totally free with the ball in the 66th minute. In the 70th minute of the match JUNIORKA SLOVANA got a corner. Baghdad Bruins's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Pavol Figura ran over to the corner to take the kick. A well done corner resulted in Tomáš Schurger drilling the ball in to score 0-3 behind Baghdad Bruins's goalkeeper. Samo Kaňuk showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zdeno Korach, who was totally free with the ball in the 74th minute. Gabriel Hrčka fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 90th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ivan Kukan having to interfere. In the 93rd minute Miroslav Rezeš shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Samo Kaňuk saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line.