Sep 1, 2022 |
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After yesterday's victory over Liptovský Mikuláš, Spartak returned to second place in the table. Although it hosted the last team in the current ranking, it was not an easy match at all and three points were decided by a single goal at the very end of the match.
"It was a tough 1-0 victory. Sometimes such victories taste better. I saw that the team was going for that goal. Of course, we are not satisfied with the first half either, but we went to the end, and that is a plus. Liptovský Mikuláš has nothing to be ashamed of. They have a well-organized game, but they also have a lot of injured players. If they have the whole squad together, I think that the team will not be eliminated." Martin Mikovič, who returned to the lineup after his suspension, paid a tribute to Lipták. Liptovský Mikuláš really made a nice impression in Trnava and did not close in front of the penalty area to defend the goalless situation. The players attacked high, used every opportunity to attack and matched the result bravely. In the end, higher quality was shown and Spartak's pressure resulted in a decisive goal.
Dominik Takáč kept a clean sheet after a long time, which according to Erik Daniel was a basic prerequisite on the way to three points. "Before the match, we told ourselves that we must not score a goal, because we know that we will always score one. That was confirmed for us and we are satisfied with the defense.
Against Skalica and against Liptovský Mikuláš, the Spartans showed unremarkable first halves. In the second, they saved at least a point in Záhora, this time they won all three. It looks like they either catch on right away, but when they don't, the run-up is slower. "Before, we had better first halves. I can't explain it in Skalica, but now I felt a little nervousness from the players. Everyone here probably expected that Liptovský Mikuláš would come and give them a high five. We had them analyzed and we knew that they work well in pressing and that the match could look like this. They played the same match until the 70th minute with Trenčín, with Dunajská, the same was with Ružomberok. We needed to run the opponent a bit when he was more tired to get there, which was confirmed. Basically, we were going to make him as tired as possible and try to push it there. We had chances. In the second half, we had 61 penalty situations and 21 shots. The halves are always different," explains Michal Gašparík, who also defended the players who are under fire from critics, mostly from people who don't even bother to come to the match. "Such victories can be turning points. We have the pressure of the people, we started the league badly, but we are second. We have the most goals after Slovan and I think that those players do not deserve so much criticism. Yes, we didn't have some games, but we lost one game in the league. We now face relatively tougher opponents, but this was perhaps a tougher match than what awaits us in Ružomberok or Trenčín. We play a little better with them."
Already on Sunday, the people of Trnava will present themselves in Ružomberok and the following week in Trenčín. In this double match, they would like to create the best possible position so that in the next home meeting against Slovan, the former will play against the latter.
