The footballers of the reigning Fortuna League champion ŠK Slovan Bratislava won in the 1st round of the 2021/2022 season over MFK Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš 4: 1. The match played at the NTC in Poprad was the first in the highest football competition for the local Lipták family.
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Photo: TASR, Milan Kapusta
The goalkeeper of Liptovský Mikuláš Matěj Luksch intervenes in front of the Slavist David Strelec.
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MFK Tatran Liptovsky Mikulas – SK Slovan Bratislava 1: 4 (0: 1)
Goals: 68. Pinte – 23. D. Krčík (own), 72. Odd, 78. Abena, 90 + 1. Ratao. Judges: Prešinský – Ádám, Galo, ŽK: Bartoš – Rabiu, 1000 spectators.
MFK Tatran Liptovsky Mikulas: Luksch – A. Krčík, D. Krčík, Hranáč, Flak – Staš, Gerát (90. Kim) – Laura (63. Švec), Bartoš, Káčerík (79. Andrič) – Pinte
ŠK Slovan Bratislava: Šulla – Pauschek, Kashia, Abena, De Marco – Mustafič (46. Čavrič) – Hrnčár (74. Weiss), Lichý (83. Kankava), Rabiu, Strelec (74. Ratao) – Henty (86. Zmrhal)
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The beginning of the match brought interesting events and several shooting attempts. The defenses on both sides blocked several shots. In the 10th minute, the home team’s Luksch managed to try Hrnčár, on the other hand, Šulla managed a difficult situation after a corner kick by Liptákov.
The goal of Rabia, against which Luksch promptly hit, did not bring a goal yet. With 23 minutes played, Hrnčár nearly put the visitors another one up as he broke through in the middle and fired from just outside the box, but his shot passed just over the bar.
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The Liptovs tried to balance, but in the end they lacked cold-bloodedness and accuracy. With 34 minutes played Mustafič blocking a pass from the left and scored with a shot from the left, but the ball went wide.
In the 51st minute, the captain of Lipták’s Bartoš got to the shot from the penalty area, but his ground attempt did not frighten Šulla. Subsequently, however, the initiative was taken over by the Slavs, but the end of Sagittarius from the 61st minute lacked accuracy.
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The home team received their first league goal in the 68th minute, when Adam Krčík scored to the penalty area and Pinte ran the ball into Šull’s goal. However, the odd score was changed by Odd in three minutes, who got in front of the goalkeeper Luksch and adjusted it close to 1: 2.
The guests took the lead 78 minutes into the match, after a right-side attack resulted in Abena scoring to make it 1 – 3. It was 1 – 3 at the break. The final form of the result was given by Ratao at the set time, when he overcame Luksch at close range – 1: 4.
Marek Petruš, coach of MFK Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš:
“I congratulate the coach of the guests on the well-deserved victory of his team, because he was better, he had more goal chances. I was satisfied with the 70 minutes during which our team worked conscientiously.
I am sorry for the final 20 minutes during which we were punished for our mistakes. I think that if we eliminate the shortcomings in the defense, then we can be of benefit to the Fortuna League. “
Vladimír Weiss, coach of ŠK Slovan Bratislava: “Of course, we are happy to take three points, because the first match on the rookie’s pitch is always unpleasant. This has been confirmed.
We played what we had to. We also needed to save the strength of the players who played in Wednesday’s cup match. The players from the bench also got a chance, but in Slovan they are not players from the bench, but in competition.
Some have played a very good match, some have not, but this is normal when you have a bigger game outage. The result 4: 1 with the opponent, who tried very hard, is good. I warned the players to be careful of a possible mistake, and this happened with the equalizing goal at 1: 1.
Then we added in the offensive phase and scored three goals. It’s a good victory for us at the beginning, but we can also play better. “
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Ružomberok entered the season with a draw
MFK Ružomberok footballers drew with Senica without goals.
MFK Ruzomberok – FK Senica 0: 0
ŽK: Madleňák – Šumbera, Egert, Mašulovič. Decisions: Kružliak – Pozor, Štofík, 424 spectators.
Ruzomberok: Krajčírik – Fabiš, J. Maslo, Luka, Madleňák – Zsigmund (88. Dopater) – Gerec (70. Kubík), Takáč (59. Brenkus), Kochan, Selecký (70. Tancík) – Regáli
Senica: Ravas – Svoboda, Pavlík, Gáč, Šimčák – Goslin (78. Buchel), Egert (70. Halabrín) – Hezoučký (55. Niarchos), Duda (55. Mašulovič), Šumbera – Sukisa
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The opening act did not attract anything. The home team had the ball more often on their feet, but without a single chance, two inaccurate heads flew next to the goal after the corner kicks (Madleňák and J. Maslo).
The first forty-five minutes didn’t even offer a shot between the poles. Until the break, the meeting took place mostly between the sixteen, with inaccuracies in the final phase.
In the second half, the people of Ružomberok went for three points with more effort, they started to move more, but they lacked the idea to outwit the back lines of the opponent. A free kick just outside of the visitors’ penalty area after 61 minutes could have resulted in another goal, but Brenkus got a hand out and tipped the ball over the bar.
A cross coming in on the right hand side left Regáli alone in front of the goal after 66 minutes but his shot was woeful. Brenkus made a superb strike after 74 minutes with a shot straight in front of the goal after a long ball through the middle, but one of the visitors’ defenders got a foot in at the last second and warded it off for a corner. On the other hand, four minutes later, on the border of “small lime”, the Senický Šumbera found himself in the goal position, but the home team blocked his end.
At the set time, Regáli sent a promotional shot and at the very end Sukisa checked the home goalkeeper Krajčírik with a pungent projectile.
Peter Struhár, coach of MFK Ružomberok: “We are unhappy that we did not break the opponent who played in an organized way. We developed pressure, we had to hold the ball, but we were not addressed when it came to shots.
We did not use standard situations. I have to say that the guys left everything on the field. We missed the quality of the centered balls a bit, the better distribution in the penalty area and the final pass, so that we could get to the end. Although the players pushed themselves in extreme verticals, there was no effect in terms of chances. “
Pavel Šustr, coach of FK Senica: “We knew we had a tough match ahead of us, that it would not be easy.
Given that we are just putting the team together, while it was not yet clear who would be able to board after the bus ride to Ružomberok, I must say that our performance in terms of defense and diligence was fine and in terms of football, we have larger reserves.
However, we did not let the opponent in any one hundred percent chance. Of course, after standard situations, they still threatened. To sum it up, the point from Ružomberok is very valuable. “
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