The Slovaks did not win their first EURO match: Futsalists lost to favored Russia – Športky.sk

AMSTERDAM – Slovak futsal players lost in their first match at the European Championships in the Netherlands with the favored Russia high 1: 7. The debutant in this category will meet with Poland in the second match of the basic C-group on Tuesday, January 25.

From 20.30 CET, Croats and Poles will start in the next duel of the Ziggo Dom in Amsterdam. The national team coach Marián Berky’s sensationally opened the score when captain Peter Kozár became the author of the first goal of the Slovak Republic in EURO in the 3rd minute. The favored European champions from 1999 with two glued goals reversed the course in the first twenty minutes and in the second act they clearly performed. They scored Slovakia with five goals and prepared an unpleasant debacle for the start of the championship.

EURO 2022

Amsterdam
C-group:
Russia – Slovakia 7: 1 (2: 1)

Goals: 10., 23. and 30. Antoshkin, 11. and 35. Sokolov, 29. Robinho, 37. Milovanov – 3. Kozar, ZK: Antoshkin (RUS). Judges: Oshikov (Est.), Bugenko (Mold.), No spectators.

sets:
Mask: Putilov – Eder Lima, Robinho, Čiškala, Davydov – Antoškin, Milovanov, Abramov, Nijazov, Abramovič, Sokolov, Paulinho, Nando – Zamtaradze
SR: Oberman – Rick, Kozár, Doša, Drahovský – Serbin, Ševčík, Směřička, Zdráhal, Zaťovič, Čeřovský, Turek, Ostrák – Karpiak

The Russians started the onslaught, but the Slovak goalkeeper Oberman caught on with good interventions. The Slovaks opened the score in the 3rd minute from the first regular attack. Drahovský pushed Kozár to the right line and the captain of Slovakia hit exactly to the far post. He thus became the author of the historically first goal of Slovak futsal players at the final tournament of the European Championships.

As expected, the Russians pushed, the Slovaks resisted an active defense and were held by goalkeeper Oberman. He eliminated three dangerous Robinh missiles. However, the favorite used the pressure for two glued goals in the span of 23 seconds. At the end of the 10th minute, after a signal from the car, Antoshkin was precisely charged on the axle, who leveled with a placed shot to the pole. In a few seconds, Sokolov made a great push at Směřiček and did not give Oberman a chance with a hard shot. The Slovaks did not resign, Drahovský shot himself in two attempts, and Čeřovský and Zaťovič did not succeed in firing positions either. With 16 minutes played, Ševčík almost put the home team one ahead on a cross coming in from the right, but the shot went just wide. Immediately after the beautiful action, Rus Niyazov hit only a crossbar. In the end, Kozár was able to equalize Drahovský after the action, on the other hand, Ševčík perfectly prevented a certain goal.

The second half also began with a Russian onslaught and at the end of the 23rd minute, after a classic “hat” from the corner, Antoshkin beat Oberman with a hard bomb – 3: 1. The Slovaks tried, but their opponent controlled the course and in the 29th minute Robinho shot the goalkeeper of the Slovak Republic up close again. Another minute after Oberman’s needless error in the pass, Antoškin completed the hat-trick into an empty goal. In the final ten minutes, the Slovaks took a risk, pulled a high pressing and a game without a goalkeeper, but the Russians easily thwarted the opponent’s effort. And the high triumph was further embellished by the goals of Sokolov and Milovanov.

Votes after the match:

Marián Berky, coach of the Slovak Republic: “We had a good start to the match, we were aggressive in the fights and the defense worked. But we wanted to play more actively, which we did not succeed and the Russian team pushed us. Too bad this result, because we lost the first half by only one goal. The goal was scored positively, but we definitely wanted to present ourselves with something else. “

Peter Kozár, captain and author of goal SR: “I was happy with the goal, but I knew it was just the beginning of the match and it didn’t solve anything. It wanted to keep this condition for as long as possible and try to add more goals from the breaks, but we didn’t succeed. The Russians showed quality in the goal. “In the passes and at the end they also had the upper hand physically. I believe that in the fight with the Poles we will have more chances and we will be more effective. We will go for victory.”

another program of the Slovak Republic at EURO 2022 in the Netherlands:
25.1 .: Poland – Slovakia /20.30 Amsterdam (Ziggo Dome) /
29.1 .: Croatia – Slovakia /14.30 Groningen (MartiniPlaza) /

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