The joy of the players of FK Železiarne Podbrezová Source: SITA/Martin Medňanský ŽILINA – The football players of FK Železiarne Podbrezová won Friday’s opening match of the 9th round of the Fortuna League at the field of MŠK Žilina 1:0. Substitute Andy Masaryk decided the result in added time. The home team finished the game from the 25th minute without the suspended stopper and captain Tomáš Nemčík, who saw a red card after consulting the referee with the VAR system. Podbrezová is still the only team in the season without a loss. With four wins and five draws, it is in second place in the incomplete table, two points ahead of Trnava, which has Sunday’s match in Ružomberok to spare. Žilina failed for the second time in a row with a newcomer 0:1, on Tuesday they lost by this ratio in Skalica. She has five points less than Podbrezová and is currently in fifth place. Fortuna League – 9th round: MŠK Žilina – FK Železiarne Podbrezová 0:1 (0:0)
Goal: 90.+2 Masaryk. ŽK: Ludha, Kuzma, Paraj, Ďatko, Bartoš, Bariš, Breznaník (all Podbrezová), ČK: 25. Nemčík (Žilina). Judges: Dohál – Jekkel, Hrmo, 1369 spectators. Žilina: Belko – Rusnák, Leitner, Nemčík, Bari – Myslovič, Kopas, Gidi (81. Stojčevski) – Kaprálik (74. Iľko), Jambor (88. Galčík), Ďuriš Podbrezová: Ludha – Bartoš, Bakala, Grešák – Vasiľ, Paraj (73. Bariš), Grendel (64. Kukoľ), Ďatko – Cobnan (88. Masaryk), Kuzma, Pavúk (46. Breznaník) votes after the match (source: Nova Sport 1): Jaroslav Hynek, Žilina coach: “They were happy we are in for a good game, we will give it our all. Unfortunately, the red card affected the proceedings and we played most of the duel in ten. Except for one opportunity, which the opponent converted, we did not make any mistakes. We created the chances that we should have converted. Before conceding a goal, we had a great opportunity, it was a no-go, a shame.” Roman Skuhravý, coach of Podbrezova: “I consider it a lucky victory. I’m satisfied with the way we played until the elimination, then the sterility came. We appreciate that we won here, but in the second half we played very slowly. I saw a little bit in the players frustration that we can’t do it. We lacked patience, then you make mistakes. The opponent threatened with counterattacks, if we scored 0-1 from Galčík, we wouldn’t be surprised.” Author: © List of VIDEOS: Voyo Source: TASR