League

Kalnica
Spectators: 7807 (Terracing: 5991, Seating: 1772, VIP seats: 44) Judas Priest's Matej Breštenský 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. After some careless play in the Judas Priest defense, Marián Horňák kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Michal Špilár. The Judas Priest fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Michal Špilár should have stopped the shot. After 12 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Dechtice! Ivan Kniha received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 17th minute. Jozef Salák tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ivan Kniha sent away a hard shot on goal in the 21st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Stanislav Andrejkovič charged in rather forcefully in the 24th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Stanislav Andrejkovič the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Stanislav Andrejkovič hit a great freekick 24 minutes into the match. Judas Priest's Michal Špilár played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marek Pencák in the 26th minute of play. If Matej Breštenský had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 27th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 29th minute Stanislav Andrejkovič shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jozef Salák saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Matej Breštenský received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 32nd minute. Jozef Salák tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Miloš Karvaš kicked well hit freekick during the 33rd minute of the match. Michal Špilár showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marek Pencák, who was totally free with the ball in the 35th minute. Filip Bartovič received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 39th minute. Jozef Salák tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Jozef Salák showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Matej Breštenský in the 43rd minute of the match. The supporters of Judas Priest booed when Dechtice was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 43 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tibor Masaryk didn't get a good kick on the ball. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Marek Pencák was the one to do the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marián Horňák in the 51st minute of play forced Judas Priest's goalkeeper Michal Špilár to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Michal Špilár showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marek Pencák, who was totally free with the ball in the 58th minute. In the 60th minute, Peter Fajta hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 61st minute of the match Stanislav Andrejkovič shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Jozef Salák showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Miloš Maška during the 62nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Miloš Maška kicked well hit freekick during the 62nd minute of the match. Miroslav Viršik didn't quite understand what happened when in the 64 minute of the game managed to get a great opportunity for a goal and then missed the goal by a feet. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ivan Kniha in the 70th minute of play forced Dechtice's goalkeeper Jozef Salák to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ivan Kniha sent away a hard shot on goal in the 75th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a rather tough play, Dechtice's Marián Horňák got a free kick in the 82nd minute. After 86 minutes of play, Judas Priest's Ivan Kniha made it 3-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jozef Salák was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 89th minute the ball was on its way in behind Dechtice's goalkeeper Jozef Salák, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marek Pencák in the 91st minute of play forced Judas Priest's goalkeeper Michal Špilár to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Judas Priest had played much better football throughout.