League Play-Off

Slavnica
Spectators: 37 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Ivan Dobrovolný started the match with the kick off. 3 minutes into the match, Pavol Weber had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Juraj Treska. Timoradza's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Pavol Weber was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. After some fancy dribbling in the 7th minute, Pavol Weber managed to get in a good position for a shot. Slavnica FK's supporters rose to their feet, but Pavol Weber was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Juraj Treska breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 9th minute, Slavnica FK's František Ančic ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Juraj Treska. Juraj Treska yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-0. Juraj Treska showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ivan Dobrovolný, who was totally free with the ball in the 14th minute. After a defensive mix-up in Timoradza's zone, Ivan Dobrovolný stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Juraj Treska came out of the goal and Ivan Dobrovolný tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The audience was convinced that Tomáš Šechný's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Juraj Treska was relentless in the 23rd minute of the game. In the 25th match minute, Timoradza was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Vojtech Varjan to maneuver through the defense. 29 minutes into the match, Timoradza's goal looked a bit too open when Ivan Dobrovolný came free, but Juraj Treska reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jozef Kováč charged in rather forcefully in the 30th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Jozef Kováč the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Juraj Treska showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ivan Dobrovolný, who was totally free with the ball in the 34th minute. Stanislav Karhan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jozef Kováč in the 36th minute of play. After 38 played minutes Slavnica FK got a freekick which was hit by Marek Ondrejček. It was beautiful to see Timoradza's Filip Parobek in action when he in the 40th minute dribbled his way through a couple of opponents and the fired away a shot from almost standing still. First the ball seemed to get in, but turned out to be on the outside of the net. A great chance! Timoradza's Juraj Treska proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 44th minute of the match, managed to save Timoradza from getting a goal against them.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Jozef Kováč to make the kick off. After a defensive mix-up in Timoradza's zone, František Ančic stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Juraj Treska came out of the goal and František Ančic tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ivan Dobrovolný in the 61st minute of play forced Timoradza's goalkeeper Juraj Treska to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a defensive mix-up in Timoradza's zone, Pavol Weber stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Juraj Treska came out of the goal and Pavol Weber tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. A collision led to Timoradza getting a freekick after 65 minutes play. Vojtech Varjan hit a great ball. Ivan Dobrovolný fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 67th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Juraj Treska having to interfere. Miroslav Hološko's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Stanislav Karhan read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 70th minute of play. After some careless play in the Timoradza defense, Ivan Dobrovolný kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Juraj Treska. The Timoradza fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Juraj Treska should have stopped the shot. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Ivan Dobrovolný in the 81st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Juraj Treska prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Juraj Treska stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Ivan Dobrovolný's shot from short distance in the 86th minute. Juraj Treska showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ivan Dobrovolný in the 89th minute of the match. Juraj Treska made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ivan Dobrovolný in the 94th minute of play. If Pavol Weber had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 96th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 97 minutes into the game, Slavnica FK's Ivan Dobrovolný nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Juraj Treska made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 6-0. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Slavnica FK had played much better football throughout.