Aug 1, 2022 |
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Spartak does not manage to get the most out of the unconventional draw, when it plays the first four matches at home. After an unexpected loss with Banská Bystrica last week, he also stumbled yesterday against another newcomer, when Podbrezová grabbed a point. But this time it's a different match. While against Dukla you could see the game suffering, this time the dominance of the home team was clear on the pitch.
The first half must have entertained the audience. From the opening whistle, it was pressure football, a quick goal by Yusuf, after which the traditional "subordination" did not come, but on the contrary, the Spartans continued to pound Podbrezova. They also obviously enjoyed the match. After the loss of the ball, quick pressing and the visitors only got through the field line on short trips with a small number of players. More goals seemed to be a matter of time, but time passed and the score was still unchanged at half-time.
Even his start of the second half was fine, but after an hour of play, even the iron players understood that they were not that far from the point, even though the superiority of Spartak up until then meant that they won by a higher margin. As the guest coach Roman Skuhravý said, "During the first hour, there was nothing to lean on and bounce off of. However, the locals let us live."
This sentence accurately describes yesterday's match. The people of Trnava kept Podbrezová under water, but they always let her breathe for a while, and instead of drowning, the penalty came in the form of an accidental goal at the very end.
"We had so many chances in the first half that we have to convert, and if we had scored at least two or three, we would have played it." said Erik Daniel after the match, who started in the starting line-up for the first time after his arrival. He proved that, despite the fact that he did not train with the team, he could fulfill the high expectations. He was one of the best players on the field, he was full of movement on both sides of the field, he was able to assert himself individually and it seems that we can have a dangerous wing again. Cooperation with Koštern was sometimes as if they had been playing together since they were teenagers. Michal Gašparík admitted after the match that he had to substitute him because he had run out of strength.
In the end, everything could have turned out well if Boateng had converted his individual raid at the very end. Unfortunately, even its ending seemed to document the ending of the Trnava players. While in the two matches against Banská Bystrica and Podbrezová, the Spartans scored three goals from three shots on goal, the efficiency of attempts from Trnava boots is much lower.
And that can be a fundamental element in the fight for advancement through the 3rd preliminary round of the European Conference League. The favorite of the double match is the Polish team, but they will have to confirm it. Trnava are not laying down their arms, but in order to progress through Czestochowa, they have to start converting their chances. We all believe that it will be so and on Thursday the fans will leave the stadium in a better mood.
