Aug 5, 2022 |
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Yesterday evening at the Anton Malatinský Stadium had a sad point in the form of a 0:2 result. It's a great pity, especially considering that the Poles didn't do much for a comfortable victory. They were of high quality, you can't deny that, and it was also visible on the field. They played in an organized manner, at a fast pace, but the Trnava team also had all of this yesterday, plus they had a healthy aggressiveness. However, the referee Pajac had no understanding for that one, who whistled too anxiously and judged even boys' fights in the middle of the field as fouls, which hindered the Spartans even more.
What Rakow surpassed the home team was clearly efficiency. They were in dangerous positions in and around the penalty area as many times as the opponent, but Spartak could not score a goal, while the Czestochowa team scored twice.
"When your opponent gives you a goal from the first shot, then it is very difficult, especially when he is of such quality. I don't even know how he ended it, it looked like he let it go. I actually dodged him. I wanted to go to the ground, as they teach us, to cover the bottom of the gate, and he just lifted it up and it jumped into the gate." goalkeeper Dominik Takáč said about Lopez's first goal. He was also preparing for the creative Spaniard to take a penalty kick, which happened just before the break. He caught the direction of the ball and seemed to cover the entire right side with his long arms, but the ball still found a place to end up in the goal. "He kicked it perfectly. Maybe if the lawn in the fifth was more wet, that it would pull me a little, maybe I would pull her out. It is a pity."
The home team wanted to reverse the result in the second half. There were substitutions of offensive players, it can be said that they had the upper hand and pushed more towards the end, but efficiency is not exactly what adorns the red and black this season. Stopper Lukáš Štetina was very close to the goal, who was able to get through with his head. "I was running towards the back post and honestly, I didn't believe that the goalkeeper would close it there, but he did. I think I hit it well, it was close to the post, but he managed to move there. It's a great pity, because at 2:1 we would have done better in the rematch."
A very good performance was given by Kristián Koštrna, who traditionally supported the offensive and supplied the players in the penalty area with centers. "When we get to the round of 16, we probably have to be more relaxed and concentrated in order to convert those chances. We get there quite a few times in every match, but we can't push the ball there, and that usually costs us the match and points."
The goal did not fall even after Boateng's good attack on the goalkeeper, when he almost pushed him to lose the ball in front of his own goal, and even after Iván's good handle inside the penalty area, which asked for an end and not another handle. The Trnava team takes a two-goal deficit in revenge. In such cases, there is only one possible scenario - to score a quick goal. "We will definitely go there with the aim of scoring goals and we will do our best to turn the game around. We mainly have to keep the zero at the back. It's a shame, because I think we didn't deserve to lose 0:2," said Martin Bukata after the match.
The Polish team showed its quality in Trnava. He had a difference player in his center, López, who finally scored both goals. However, it was not a dominant performance and he is not an opponent to play with. The Spartans also showed good individual performances, such as the young stopper Sebastián Kóša, who is getting back into shape.
An excellent performance was also given by the fans, who came in large numbers and did not turn their backs on the players even when they did not succeed. It's a shame that they weren't given at least one goal joy. Perhaps in a week in return.
And who knows, maybe a bit of luck will finally be on our side - a quick goal (albeit from offside, since the preliminary rounds are probably still unimportant games on VAR), a penalty and suddenly there will be something to play for...
