Friendly League

Old Grove Stadium
Spectators: 48 (Terracing: 37, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Dávid Strelec got the match started through his kick off. Zisis Vourlis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kent Sjöö, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Adam Hrdina made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Wit Zapolski in the 6th minute of play. In the 8th match minute, AFK Petržalka was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Peter Hlinka to maneuver through the defense. AFK Petržalka's Eduard Ješo quite brazenly broke a throw-in by 柯川翔, made in the 11th minute of the game. Adam Hrdina took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Wit Zapolski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, Πυργετός Fc's Anthimos Kousouridis got a free kick in the 14th minute. In the 15th minute Kent Sjöö shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zisis Vourlis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Eduard Ješo kicked well hit freekick during the 18th minute of the match. Wit Zapolski might have been able to make a better finish in the 21st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Adam Hrdina. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Wit Zapolski ran back to his position shaking his head. Adam Hrdina made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Wit Zapolski in the 21st minute of play. In the 25thth minute of the game Dávid Strelec who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Πυργετός Fc's Zisis Vourlis was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After a defensive mix-up in AFK Petržalka's zone, Wit Zapolski stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Adam Hrdina came out of the goal and Wit Zapolski tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 33rd minute, Wit Zapolski left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Πυργετός Fc fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. 36 minutes into the match, AFK Petržalka's goal looked a bit too open when Wit Zapolski came free, but Adam Hrdina reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Πυργετός Fc's Valer Trifu was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Adam Hrdina in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. 39 minutes into the match, AFK Petržalka's goal looked a bit too open when Wit Zapolski came free, but Adam Hrdina reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Wit Zapolski stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Zisis Vourlis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kent Sjöö in the 53rd minute of the match. Matúš Beňo charged in rather forcefully in the 55th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Matúš Beňo the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Πυργετός Fc made a substitution. Timos Vrachnos replaced Wit Zapolski. In a very dangerous position, a player in AFK Petržalka fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 54th minute. Penalty! AFK Petržalka:s Adam Hrdina showed great skill when he stopped Valer Trifu:s penalty. In the 58th minute Πυργετός Fc were awarded a corner. Valer Trifu went to the cornerflag to take it. After taking down the ball on Πυργετός Fc's corner Valer Trifu fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Adam Hrdina quite easily take care of the ball. Through an outstanding action, after 61 minutes, Adam Hrdina successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. The throw-in from 柯川翔 in the 66th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by AFK Petržalka's Eduard Ješo. An unexpectedly hard shot by Timos Vrachnos in the 74th minute of play forced AFK Petržalka's goalkeeper Adam Hrdina to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 76th minute, Timos Vrachnos 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. With a little luck, AFK Petržalka's Adam Hrdina got control of the ball when Anthimos Kousouridis tried to sneak it across the goal line. When the match had gone on for 79 minutes, Timos Vrachnos took a quick shot and it went in 2-2 without a chance for Adam Hrdina to make any attempt to save it. When Timos Vrachnos came up free with the goalie in the 82nd minute, the Πυργετός 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 Timos Vrachnos couldn't finish the play. In the 88th minute, Timos Vrachnos 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. Neither set of supporters seemed pleased with the draw, but both teams had played equally well today.