League Play-Off

Bielovce
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Bielovce's Emil Starší started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Ivo Príkazský scored 0-1 in the 6th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Róbert Šafranka, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After having played for 11 minutes, Tibor Ďuračka managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. FC Dirty Dogs's supporters crossed their fingers, but Tibor Ďuračka was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. If Ivo Tomas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 15th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ivo Príkazský in the 17th minute of play forced Bielovce's goalkeeper Róbert Šafranka to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a defensive mix-up in Bielovce's zone, Tibor Ďuračka stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Róbert Šafranka came out of the goal and Tibor Ďuračka tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Emil Starší fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 32nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Erik Mak having to interfere. In the 33rd match minute, FC Dirty Dogs was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ivan Kvietok to maneuver through the defense. In the 34th minute Emil Starší shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Erik Mak saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 38th minute, Gregor Matič hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ivo Tomas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 40th minute. Erik Mak tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 42 minutes of play, Bielovce's Ivo Tomas made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Erik Mak was left in no man's land by his defense there! After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

Erik Mak made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Emil Starší in the 52nd minute of play. After 54 minutes of play, Bielovce's Ivo Tomas made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Erik Mak was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Ivo Tomas in the 57th minute of play forced FC Dirty Dogs's goalkeeper Erik Mak to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a defensive mix-up in FC Dirty Dogs's zone, Emil Starší stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Erik Mak came out of the goal and Emil Starší tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Erik Mak took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ivo Tomas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some fancy dribbling in the 66th minute, Ivo Príkazský managed to get in a good position for a shot. FC Dirty Dogs's supporters rose to their feet, but Ivo Príkazský was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Róbert Šafranka breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Emil Starší in the 68th minute of play forced FC Dirty Dogs's goalkeeper Erik Mak to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. FC Dirty Dogs's Erik Mak played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Emil Starší in the 72nd minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Emil Starší in the 85th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Erik Mak saved FC Dirty Dogs from getting behind. The audience was convinced that Emil Starší's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Erik Mak was relentless in the 85th minute of the game. Emil Starší received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 90th minute. Erik Mak tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Bielovce's Róbert Šafranka proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 97th minute of the match, managed to save Bielovce from getting a goal against them. Bielovce's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.