Smooth victory on difficult terrain

Fighting football was played in Zlaté Moravce on difficult terrain during the incessant rain. The first excitement came in the 12th minute, when after a fast break Daniel passed to the onrushing Taiwa, Pintér kicked the ball in front of him in such a way that it flew in a big arc over his own goalkeeper and bounced off the post in front of the goal, from where Pintér kicked it to safety.

On the opposite side, after a direct kick and a bounced ball, Almeida tried with a long-range attempt, but he shot just wide. After a break from the right side, Ďubek got a good header from the center, but he missed the shot from close range. Mondek then failed to catch a good cross to the back post. After the subsequent break, Daniel looked for Ristovke, who was fouled on the edge of the penalty area, Mikovič aimed for the post from the subsequent direct kick, but Lukáč knocked the ball away.

After more than half an hour, it worked out for Spartak. The assistant referee probably didn't raise the offside flag for the first time when Taiwo pushed the ball past Savvidis. He put the goalkeeper first, then he could have scored in the open goal, but he stuck the ball, let the sliding stopper fly by, and only then scored. In a short time, Taiwo was able to increase the score, who was pushed into the break by Daniel, but the Trnava attacker, who also took down a defender, but in a clear chance, inexplicably preferred to ask for a penalty and received a card.

Right at the beginning of the second half, Štefánik showed himself with a nice individual action, who zigzagged from the car line to the penalty area, where he collided with Ristovski, who freed him and Štefánik himself did not hesitate in front of Lukáč. Shortly after, Štefánik turned into a scorer when he sent a low cross from the left side and Taiwo made it 3-0 in a slide. Spartak also had another chance. After Procházka's direct kick, Kóša headed in, Lukáč started and Savvidis did not have time to arrive. Procházka's next direct kick was extended this time by Ristovski, but Lukáč saved at the back post. After the break, Štefánik fired from the edge of the penalty area just wide, Ristovské's shot was blocked by a defender from a similar position. In the 76th minute, Ristovski got into the penalty area, stuck the ball and the defender tripped him. Ristovski himself placed the ball on the white spot, but overcame the goal. After Ali Baba's sharp pass, Procházka was free at the back post, but he did not hit the ball well and Karhan's shot was blocked by Lukáč.

REVIEWS AFTER THE MATCH

Ján Kocian (Z. Moravce): "We lost against a very well organized opponent. He beat us in all activities, he was blue on the ball, he played very well offensively. At the same time, the defense is one of the stronger sides, but today it was dismantled by Trnava. In the second half, we wanted to do something about the result, but the second goal reached us, Trnava was better in all aspects and it must be acknowledged. We lost 0-3 and our best player was the goalkeeper, which speaks volumes.

"Michal Gašparík (Trnava): "I'm glad that we won with such a nice result and way. In the first half, we did not succeed in making decent combinations and the match was open. Thank God that we had a good start in the second half, we scored two goals and the match was decided. We could also give the youngsters a chance. I'm sorry that we weren't hungry for more goals, we didn't give a penalty, but it's a nice result, it's not easy to play in Zlaté Moravce, the terrain was also difficult."