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Púchov stadion
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Peter Zeman got the match started through his kick off. In the 5th minute, Ivan Figura ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Štefan Šandal was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Štefan Šandal didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Gabriel Hanuščak went, in the 13th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. 16 minutes into the game, Gabriel Hanuščak cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-4. Štefan Šandal was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 28th minute, MŠK Púchov's Peter Zeman ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Dezider Cvečka. Dezider Cvečka yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-4. In the 34th match minute, MŠK Púchov was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ferdinand Klein to maneuver through the defense. After 35 played minutes, AJAX PREDATORS's Samuel Marcinko shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Štefan Šandal came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in AJAX PREDATORS reached it. In the 35th minute, Samuel Marcinko hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Filip Halák took the ball and in the 37 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Štefan Šandal. Štefan Šandal dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-5. Gabriel Hanuščak blasted a shot towards the goal in the 40th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Štefan Šandal having to make a save. After some fancy dribbling in the 44th minute, Gabriel Hanuščak managed to get in a good position for a shot. AJAX PREDATORS's supporters rose to their feet, but Gabriel Hanuščak was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Štefan Šandal breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 46th minute, Filip Halák hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The MŠK Púchov players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. AJAX PREDATORS were winning 1-6.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Gabriel Hanuščak stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The crowd rose to their feet as AJAX PREDATORS's Ivan Figura slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Štefan Šandal. That made the score 1-7 after 51 minutes of play. Štefan Šandal made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ivan Figura in the 61st minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Gabriel Hanuščak got free with Štefan Šandal in the 62nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 64 minutes into the match, MŠK Púchov's goal looked a bit too open when Ivan Figura came free, but Štefan Šandal reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 64th minute, Viktor Faško hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 65th match minute, AJAX PREDATORS was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gabriel Chorvát to maneuver through the defense. Štefan Šandal made a fantastic save in the 69th minute, when Gabriel Hanuščak sent off a good shot on target. In the 70th minute Filip Halák shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Štefan Šandal saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 73rd minute of the game. One of MŠK Púchov:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of AJAX PREDATORS:s goal. When the match had been going on for 75 minutes, AJAX PREDATORS's Samuel Marcinko got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Štefan Šandal. The audience thought a goal was coming when Filip Halák got free with Štefan Šandal in the 80th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 82 minutes into the match, MŠK Púchov's goalkeeper Štefan Šandal had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Gabriel Hanuščak. Dezider Cvečka showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lukáš Štovčík, who was totally free with the ball in the 84th minute. In the 85th minute Filip Halák shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Štefan Šandal saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When the match had gone on for 87 minutes, Gabriel Hanuščak took a quick shot and it went in 1-10 without a chance for Štefan Šandal to make any attempt to save it. If Gabriel Hanuščak had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 91st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 97th minute, Ivan Figura hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. AJAX PREDATORS played a much better game than MŠK Púchov and deserved their victory. The MŠK Púchov players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.