League Play-Off

Lillian Arena
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Marek Patráš took the kick off in the first half of the match. The supporters of White Lion booed when Bodovce FK was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 3 match minutes in a wonderful position. Marek Patráš didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 3rd minute, Marek Patráš fired away a free kick at the goal, but hit it at the wrong angle and it went over the crossbar. After a rather tough play, White Lion's Róbert Demjanovič got a free kick in the 6th minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Peder Jelm in the 11th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Ivan Fogaš saved Bodovce FK from getting behind. Ladislav Rottmaier fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 14th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dušan Belko having to interfere. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Jozef Domanický in the 17th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Ivan Fogaš saved Bodovce FK from getting behind. In the 30th minute the ball was on its way in behind Bodovce FK's goalkeeper Ivan Fogaš, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marián Fabula in the 31st minute of play forced White Lion's goalkeeper Dušan Belko to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Through an outstanding action, after 33 minutes, Ivan Fogaš successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Dušan Belko showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marek Patráš, who was totally free with the ball in the 40th minute. In the 42nd minute of the match Bodovce FK got a corner. White Lion's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Peter Rapoš ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Marián Fabula got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Dušan Belko quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Peter Rapoš kicked well hit freekick during the 45th minute of the match. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 46th minute of the game. One of Bodovce FK:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of White Lion:s goal. Anders Holm placed the ball on the penalty spot and got himself ready to shoot. Post out!

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Ján Vajda made a kick off. Ivan Fogaš took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ján Vajda, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 58 minutes into the game, Jozef Domanický cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-0. Ivan Fogaš was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 63rd minute, Justo Tarazona hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The crowd rose to their feet as Marián Fabula kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Dušan Belko. That made the score 2-1 in the 65 minute of play. Ivan Fogaš showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Róbert Demjanovič, who was totally free with the ball in the 68th minute. In the 69th match minute, Bodovce FK was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tomáš Čišovský to maneuver through the defense. In the 71stth minute of the game Ján Vajda who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Bodovce FK's Ivan Fogaš was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. White Lion's Dušan Belko played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ladislav Rottmaier in the 72nd minute of play. When the match clock showed 73 minutes, the score became 3-1 when Jozef Domanický sped through Bodovce FK's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Ivan Fogaš. White Lion's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Anders Holm in the 80th minute. White Lion's Anders Holm was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Ivan Fogaš in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. When Tomáš Čišovský came up free with the goalie in the 83rd minute, the Bodovce FK 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 Tomáš Čišovský couldn't finish the play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Ján Vajda in the 88th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Ivan Fogaš prevented the ball from getting in the gole. The audience was convinced that Jozef Domanický's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ivan Fogaš was relentless in the 93rd minute of the game. For all the effort they put into the match, the Bodovce FK players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for White Lion.