U21 League

Meliata
Spectators: 153 (Terracing: 115, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Marián Mrázko started the match with the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vladimir Zajac in the 3rd minute of play forced UFC Pivnica's goalkeeper Michal Kostolányi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gabriel Vlček received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 7th minute. Matej Kolesár tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Marián Mrázko's late challenge caught a UFC Pivnica's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Marián Mrázko helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Krivé hnáty getting a freekick after 10 minutes play. Marián Mrázko hit a great ball. After 11 minutes, Vladimir Zajac mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Krivé hnáty and the UFC Pivnica players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 12th match minute, Krivé hnáty was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Vladimir Zajac to maneuver through the defense. József Slivka kicked well hit freekick during the 18th minute of the match. In the 19th minute, Gabriel Vlček ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Matej Kolesár was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. After 23 played minutes Krivé hnáty got a freekick which was hit by József Slivka. Matej Kolesár made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gabriel Vlček in the 27th minute of play. Michal Kostolányi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marián Mrázko in the 28th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Krivé hnáty's Vladimir Zajac got a free kick in the 30th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dávid Krúpa in the 33rd minute of play forced UFC Pivnica's goalkeeper Michal Kostolányi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 43rd match minute, Krivé hnáty was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Maluleke Piwko to maneuver through the defense. In the 47th minute, Oliver Šepeľa ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Michal Kostolányi was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Gabriel Vlček made a kick off. Marián Mrázko who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 59thth minute tested the skills of Michal Kostolányi when he managed to save the team from getting behind. The audience was convinced that Marián Mrázko's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Michal Kostolányi was relentless in the 65th minute of the game. In the 66th minute, József Slivka hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When UFC Pivnica's Gabriel Vlček in the 67th minute got a chance for a shot 67th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Krivé hnáty's goalie prevented a goal. The audience thought a goal was coming when Marián Mrázko got free with Michal Kostolányi in the 79th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Gabriel Vlček's late challenge caught a Krivé hnáty's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Gabriel Vlček helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to UFC Pivnica getting a freekick after 80 minutes play. Gabriel Vlček hit a great ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Vladimir Zajac got free with Michal Kostolányi in the 82nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vladimir Zajac in the 87th minute of play forced UFC Pivnica's goalkeeper Michal Kostolányi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Krivé hnáty getting a freekick after 87 minutes play. Maluleke Piwko hit a great ball. In the 92nd match minute, Krivé hnáty was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Maluleke Piwko to maneuver through the defense. When Matej Vlček came up free with the goalie in the 93rd minute, the UFC Pivnica 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 Matej Vlček couldn't finish the play. In the 95th minute of the match, Marián Mrázko tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Michal Kostolányi saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line.