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Aréna ŠKH
Spectators: 9284 (Terracing: 6965, Seating: 2135, VIP seats: 184) After 3 minutes of play, ŠK Horelica's Matúš Závodský made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ladislav Vališ was left in no man's land by his defense there! The audience thought a goal was coming when Ibai Koldobika got free with Ladislav Vališ in the 7th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Ondrej Poliovka's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 9thth minute, Ladislav Vališ skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. MIK Focus ŽILINA's Ladislav Vališ proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 14th minute of the match, managed to save MIK Focus ŽILINA from getting a goal against them. Ibai Koldobika's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 16thth minute, Ladislav Vališ skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. The audience was convinced that Bengt-Arne Glad's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Marcelo Gagriel was relentless in the 18th minute of the game. A hard shot 20 in the game by Ibai Koldobika from a close distance when the talented Ladislav Vališ managed to make a qualified save. MIK Focus ŽILINA's players were relieved. Ladislav Vališ made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sabino Monsanto in the 23rd minute of play. In the 24th minute of the match ŠK Horelica got a corner. MIK Focus ŽILINA's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Matúš Závodský ran over to the corner to take the kick. After 25 played minutes ŠK Horelica got a freekick which was hit by Per Øvsthus. Richard Kňazovický received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 29th minute. Marcelo Gagriel tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The supporters of MIK Focus ŽILINA booed when ŠK Horelica was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 32 match minutes in a wonderful position. Sixto Igon didn't get a good kick on the ball. Marcelo Gagriel took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bengt-Arne Glad, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. MIK Focus ŽILINA's Ladislav Vališ played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ibai Koldobika in the 35th minute of play. Marcelo Gagriel took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Richard Kňazovický, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Stanislav Hudek recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 40th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 47th minute, Ondrej Poliovka ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ladislav Vališ was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Bengt-Arne Glad to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 58th minute Matúš Závodský shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ladislav Vališ saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 61st minute, Ibai Koldobika 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. After some fancy dribbling in the 66th minute, Jarne Vloeberghs managed to get in a good position for a shot. MIK Focus ŽILINA's supporters rose to their feet, but Jarne Vloeberghs was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Marcelo Gagriel breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. MIK Focus ŽILINA made a substitution. Jozef Figura replaced Richard Kňazovický. MIK Focus ŽILINA made a substitution. Sidnei Machado replaced Kristián Slávik. Ladislav Vališ showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dorel Istrate in the 69th minute of the match. Sidnei Machado fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 71st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marcelo Gagriel having to interfere. Marcelo Gagriel made a fantastic save in the 72nd minute, when Bengt-Arne Glad sent off a good shot on target. A collision led to ŠK Horelica getting a freekick after 73 minutes play. Matúš Závodský hit a great ball. The supporters of MIK Focus ŽILINA booed when ŠK Horelica was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 76 match minutes in a wonderful position. Matúš Závodský didn't get a good kick on the ball. ŠK Horelica made a substitution. Milosz Pysz replaced Per Øvsthus. The supporters of MIK Focus ŽILINA booed when ŠK Horelica was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 77 match minutes in a wonderful position. Matúš Závodský didn't get a good kick on the ball. If Ibai Koldobika had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 78th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jarne Vloeberghs in the 80th minute of play forced ŠK Horelica's goalkeeper Marcelo Gagriel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Marcelo Gagriel stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Jarne Vloeberghs's shot from short distance in the 81st minute. MIK Focus ŽILINA's Ladislav Vališ played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ibai Koldobika in the 82nd minute of play. 85 minutes had been played when some careless play by ŠK Horelica's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Stancho Basarov was slow to take the kick. During this time MIK Focus ŽILINA's players had a chance to rest. Jarne Vloeberghs scored 2-1 in the 86th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Marcelo Gagriel, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. ŠK Horelica's Sandrinho Andrade was substituted for Ibai Koldobika. Stanislav Hudek charged in rather forcefully in the 95th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Stanislav Hudek the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 95 played minutes ŠK Horelica got a freekick which was hit by Stanislav Hudek. After having played for 96 minutes, Bengt-Arne Glad managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. MIK Focus ŽILINA's supporters crossed their fingers, but Bengt-Arne Glad was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. ŠK Horelica had won after a very even match.