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ETIHAD Arena
Spectators: 7880 (Terracing: 5911, Seating: 1812, VIP seats: 157) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Eduard Balážik made the kick off which started today's match. Stanislav Blažek made a fantastic save in the 4th minute, when Matúš Balážik sent off a good shot on target. The audience was convinced that Matúš Balážik's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Stanislav Blažek was relentless in the 4th minute of the game. Marek Požgaj received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 5th minute. Jeremias Giraldo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Stanislav Blažek made an important save on a dangerous shot by Matúš Balážik in the 11th minute. Marek Požgaj fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 21st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jeremias Giraldo having to interfere. In the 23rd minute Eduard Balážik shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Stanislav Blažek saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Matúš Balážik sent away a hard shot on goal in the 25th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When the match had been going on for 29 minutes, TATRAN Etihad HLOHOVEC's Matúš Balážik 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 Stanislav Blažek. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marek Požgaj in the 35th minute of play forced TATRAN Etihad HLOHOVEC's goalkeeper Jeremias Giraldo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 48th minute, Matúš Balážik managed to get in a good position for a shot. TATRAN Etihad HLOHOVEC's supporters rose to their feet, but Matúš Balážik was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Stanislav Blažek breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Marek Požgaj made a kick off. The supporters of TATRAN Etihad HLOHOVEC booed when Bracovce was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 58 match minutes in a wonderful position. Peter Sakáč didn't get a good kick on the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Peter Sakáč got free with Jeremias Giraldo in the 61st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 68th minute, Stanislav Janáč ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Stanislav Blažek was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-0. Matúš Balážik received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 73rd minute. Stanislav Blažek tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Eduard Balážik 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. 76 minutes into the game, TATRAN Etihad HLOHOVEC's Eduard Balážik nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Stanislav Blažek made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 4-0. When Eduard Balážik came up free with the goalie in the 82nd minute, the TATRAN Etihad HLOHOVEC fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Eduard Balážik couldn't finish the play. Jeremias Giraldo made a fantastic save in the 84th minute, when Marek Požgaj sent off a good shot on target. Matúš Balážik fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 89th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Stanislav Blažek having to interfere. 93 minutes into the match, Bracovce's goal looked a bit too open when Stanislav Janáč came free, but Stanislav Blažek reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 94th minute Matúš Horňák shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Stanislav Blažek saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. TATRAN Etihad HLOHOVEC fully deserved thier win.