Fortuna League: FK Železiarne Podbrezová – AS Trenčín 2:0 – ŠPORT.SK

today 20:09 | The footballers of FK Železiarne Podbrezová are the only ones in the Fortuna League to remain unbeaten. On Saturday, they beat AS Trenčín 2:0 in the match of the 11th round at home. In the interim table, before Sunday’s match between Trnava and Slovan, they reached second place, losing only two points to the leader and reigning champion from Bratislava. FK Železiarne Podbrezová – AS Trenčín 2:0 (2:0) Goals: 7. Paraj, 33. Kuzma. Judges: Dzivjak – Štofik, Roszbeck, ŽK: Paraj, Pavúk – Soares, Pires, Bainović, 1722 spectators Podbrezová squads: Ludha – Kukoľ (71. Bariš), M. Bartoš, Godál, Grešák – Paraj, Bakaľa – Cobnan (69. Grendel), Ďatko (90+2 Šikula), Vasiľ (46. Pavúk) – Kuzma (90+2 Horvát) Trenčín: Vozinha – Mičuda (46. Demitra), Stojsavljevič, Pires, Kozlovsky – D. Hollý (61. Letenay) , Lavrinčík (83. Kupusović), Gajdoš (46. Ibrahim) – Kmeť, Bainović, Soares (83. Witan) The home team took the lead in the seventh minute. When Kuzma’s shot was blocked by Paraj, he found his way in the penalty area and fired a superb shot under the crossbar . From two good situations, the team from Trenčín failed to equalize and conceded again. After Kuzma’s shot hit the post, Kukoľ’s cross from the right side of the penalty area was finally taken to the left, where Kuzma worked well and increased the score to 2:0. Before the break, referee Dzivjak did not judge Godál’s tackle on Hollé in the penalty area as illegal. In the second half, the chances decreased and the situation did not change. Voices of the coaches: Roman Skuhravý, Podbrezova’s coach: “The halves were different, but we were the cause of that. I appreciate the victory because we are entering a phase where the expectations and mental pressure on the players are abnormal. We have to learn to live and play with all of this . We managed the first half well until the 35th minute, I don’t want to say 2:0, because the match could have been decided. And then two things happen, either you play it skillfully, pass the opponent, or you are hectic, you go for longer passes and you want to solve everything quickly. And that’s what happened to us. Trenčín have a great dynamic, but we didn’t let them have any clear chances, which is the key to success at this stage, that is, the team is hardworking. I appreciate this victory, it’s important for us and valuable.” Marián Zimen, coach of Trenčín: “We played two different halves. The first one didn’t work out for us, we conceded the first goal, when our intention didn’t work out, we had the ball in possession, they were setting up the attack. We tried to match the opponent in fights and aggressiveness, but we did not make as much progress in these activities as we imagine. Finally, we conceded the second goal and the half ended 2:0 for Podbrezová. In the second half, we tried to play our way of playing, to create chances. We were more dominant in certain parts of the game, but we lack more composure and confidence to handle certain situations better. So we leave Podbrezová without a point empty. I congratulate the home team on their victory.”