League

SLOVAKIA Stadium
Spectators: 10823 (Terracing: 8118, Seating: 2489, VIP seats: 216) Olof Wiberg made the kick off and thus started the match. 4 minutes into the game, V.K.DRINK Hermanovce's Daniel Mikla nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Simon Manex made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Igor Smrečko in the 8th minute of play forced Kukova United's goalkeeper Simon Manex to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Olof Wiberg scored 1-1 in the 10th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Doriva Reis, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The audience was convinced that Olof Wiberg's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Doriva Reis was relentless in the 15th minute of the game. After 18 minutes of play, Kukova United's Daniel Ftáčnik made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Doriva Reis was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 23rd minute, Matúš Kriššák hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Doriva Reis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Olof Wiberg in the 25th minute of play. In the 27th minute, Gabriel Urbanovský made a precise shot to the right of Simon Manex. Kukova United's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-2. In the 31st minute Olof Wiberg shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Doriva Reis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, Kukova United's Matúš Kriššák got a free kick in the 31st minute. If Martin Imrek had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 34th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Doriva Reis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Erik Malý in the 36th minute of the match. Doriva Reis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Daniel Ftáčnik, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 42nd minute of the match Kukova United got a corner. V.K.DRINK Hermanovce's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Olof Wiberg ran over to the corner to take the kick. Erik Malý was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Erik Malý in the 42nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Doriva Reis prevented the ball from getting in the gole. With a little luck, Kukova United's Simon Manex got control of the ball when Gabriel Urbanovský tried to sneak it across the goal line. The score stood at 2-2 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Daniel Mikla stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 52 minutes into the game, Olof Wiberg cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-3. Doriva Reis was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Erik Malý in the 54th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Doriva Reis prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 56th minute Daniel Mikla shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Simon Manex saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Igor Smrečko in the 59th minute of play forced Kukova United's goalkeeper Simon Manex to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 60 played minutes V.K.DRINK Hermanovce got a freekick which was hit by Peter Sylvestr. When V.K.DRINK Hermanovce's Daniel Mikla in the 62nd minute got a chance for a shot 62nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Kukova United's goalie prevented a goal. Simon Manex showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gabriel Urbanovský, who was totally free with the ball in the 64th minute. After some careless play in the Kukova United defense, Daniel Kolár kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Simon Manex. The Kukova United fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Simon Manex should have stopped the shot. Kukova United made a substitution. Tibor Pitoňák replaced Matúš Kriššák. After 81 played minutes V.K.DRINK Hermanovce got a freekick which was hit by Erik Króner. Simon Manex showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Igor Smrečko, who was totally free with the ball in the 83rd minute. 85 minutes into the match, V.K.DRINK Hermanovce's goal looked a bit too open when Pavol Halko came free, but Doriva Reis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Doriva Reis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Pavol Halko, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, V.K.DRINK Hermanovce's Daniel Kolár got a free kick in the 86th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Pavol Halko got free with Doriva Reis in the 88th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. When the match had gone on for 96 minutes, Pavol Halko put it in 3-5 from a short distance just to the right of Doriva Reis. The Kukova United players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.