In the photo, from left, Adrián Slávik (Banská Bystrica) and Andre Jay Green (Slovan) Source: TASR/Ján Krošlák BANSKÁ BYSTRICA – In the 9th round of the football Fortuna league ŠK Slovan Bratislava won 1:0 in Banská Bystrica over Dukla. The triumph of the guests was decided in the second half after a short stay on the pitch by Tigran Barsejgan. The reigning champion consolidated his leading position in the table, collecting 22 points. In the first half, the visitors had more of the ball, but the home team created more chances. Faško shot into the crossbar and Rymarenko also headed into the post. The master had opportunities after crosses, but Šaponjič in particular narrowly missed Hruška’s goal. In the second half, after more unused good opportunities from Dukla, Slovan opened the scoring with substitute Barsegghan, who took advantage of the “concoction” in the small area and sent the kicked ball uncompromisingly from the penalty area into the goal. In the end, the team from Banská Bystrica were unable to equalise, the guests kept the lead. Photo gallery (9) Source: TASR/Ján Krošlák Fortuna league – 9th round:
MFK Dukla Banská Bystrica – SK Slovan Bratislava 0:1 (0:0)
Goal: 65. Barseghjan. ŽK: Polievka, Rymarenko – Kucka, De Marco. Judges: Glova – Košecký, Vass, 5350 spectators. B. Bystrica: Hruška – Slávik, Uhrinčať, Willwéber, Záhumenský – Richtárech (77. Franko), B. Ľupták – Hanes (77. Kupčík), Faško, Rymarenko – Polievka Slovan: Trnovský (36. Chovan) – Pauschek, Križan, Voet, De Marco – D. Hrnčár (59. Barsejjan), Kucka (89. Mustafič), Kankava, Green – Šaponjič (89. Ramirez), Čavrič (59. Zmrhal) votes after the match:
Vladimír Weiss, coach of SK Slovan Bratislava:
“I’m glad that we won. We knew that Banská Bystrica would play well, fight and try to beat us, which is completely normal. I repeat for the hundredth time that the motivation of the opponent in the match against us is extra. We still have to, we have to , we have to. We won, I’m satisfied, but some performances were not good. There is a difference between players who play steadily and are at the base, compared to those who have recently arrived or are fighting for their place. From this point of view, the three points are valuable. I have to highlight also a good performance by Banská Bystrica, they have some smart footballers. Maybe they deserve a point today. However, if we don’t convert the chances we had, and we create chances for Dukla after gross individual mistakes, then it will be more difficult, but we have three points, so ok, let’s go home and get ready for Thursday.” Michal Ščasný, coach of MFK Dukla Banská Bystrica: “First of all, I congratulate coach Weiss and Slovan on the victory. We tried to score points today. Since the best team in Slovakia came to us, the motivation was greater in itself. We were active at the beginning going forward, we also wanted to be careful defensively, as Slovan has abnormal quality. We tried, we had some chances, but Slovan also created them. We have zero points, the opponent three points, so nothing can be done, we have to to continue. Now we have real battles to overcome. I wish Slovan the best of luck in the European Cup.” Liptovský Mikuláš maintains a goalless draw Skalice football players drew 0:0 in Saturday’s match of the 9th round of the Fortuna League at Liptovský Mikuláš in Poprad. The rookie is in eighth place in the table with 10 points, having scored in the third meeting in a row. The players of Liptovské Mikuláš belong to the last place and have not been able to win this season. Fortuna League – 9th round:
MFK Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš – MFK Skalica 0:0
ŽK: Blažek, Nagy (both Skalica). Judges: Kráľovič – Vorel, Kmec, 421 spectators. L. Mikuláš: Gröger – Totka, Bielák, Bedecs, Župa – Filinský, Káčerík (89. Gaži), Václavik – Laura (80. Staš), Jendrišek, Ďungel (73. Nečas) Skalica: Junas – Čögley, Blažek, Podhorin, Černek – Nagy (90. Mášik), Vlasko (46. Šebesta), M. Hollý – Mihálek (60. Potoma), Fábry (60. Baumgartner), Yao (78. Václav) votes after the match:
Jozef Kostelník, coach of L. Mikuláš: “I think that we played a very good match, especially in the second half. We were able to put the opponent under pressure, close in front of the penalty area. We created several chances, there was also a crossbar, but we are not lucky.” Juraj Jarábek, coach of Skalice: “I think the spectators didn’t like the football. It was nervous from both sides, but I saw the home team put more effort into the match. I can only praise the goalkeeper and the back four from our team. We were lucky to get a point.” Dunajská Streda takes three points The football players of FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda defeated MFK Zemplín Michalovce 1:0 in the 9th round of the Fortuna League on Saturday. Montenegrin striker Nikola Krstovič decided the home team’s victory in the 83rd minute. Dunajská Streda achieved a triumph after three matches, in which they lost twice and drew once. Michalovce are waiting for a successful third duel, during this miniseries they also lost twice and drew once. Fortuna League – 9th round:
FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda – MFK Zemplín Michalovce 1:0 (0:0)
Goal: 83. Krstovic. ŽK: Krstovič, Szánthó – Jánošík, Jeřábek, Vaško. Judges: Gemzický – Zemko, Kuba, 4383 spectators D. Wednesday: Petráš – Pinto (58. Blackman), Brunetti, Muhamedbegovič, Andzouana (74. Ciganiks) – Veselovský, Kalmár (58. Nebyla), Káčer – Szánthó, Krstovič (87 . Dimun), Ramadan (74. Nicolaescu) Michalovce: Száraz – Kotula, Jeřábek, Ranko, Garcia – Kanu (73. Šimamura), Vaško, Slebodník (58. Peňa, 73. Petrik) – Marcin, Adler, Jánošík (88. Žofčák) votes after the match:
Adrian Guľa, coach of D. Stredy: “I congratulate the team on the victory and thank the fans for standing by us, even though it was a mediocre performance. The team learns to win such matches. From my point of view, it is a valuable victory. The opponent was well prepared . The victory is all the more precious to me because my father celebrated his 75th birthday today, he was at the stadium and the boys gave him a nice victory. We fought, we managed to score a goal. Thank you to the fans once again, we’re moving on.” Norbert Hrnčár, Michaloviec coach: “We came well prepared, we made the home team uncomfortable, we should have left with at least a point. I don’t want to comment on controversial situations, I have to look at them first. We were compact, fast, we created scoring chances and we had them convert. I would like to send some gentlemen to look at the lads in the cabin, how disappointed they are. Of course congratulations to the home team on the win. For me it was valuable that we played evenly with a team that belongs to the top of the league. The performance was pleasing, but it was to be with a better effect. I would also ask a question, when will VAR be used in every match? It should be everywhere, in every match.” Trenčín continues to fail FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce-Vráble footballers won their first victory in the new season of the Fortuna League. In Saturday’s match of the 9th round, they beat AS Trenčín 1:0 on their own turf. Just before the end of the first half, Denis Duga scored the only goal of the match with a header from Karol Mondek’s cross. Zlatý Moravci is in penultimate 11th place with 7 points, Trenčín lost the second meeting in a row and is in 7th position. Fortuna League – 9th round:
FC ViOn Zlate Moravce-Vráble – AS Trencin 1:0 (1:0)
Goal: 45. Duga. ŽK: Brenkus – Madu. Judged by: Smolák. Roszbeck, Štofik, 1023 viewers. Z. Moravce: Lukáč – Bednár (66. Brenkus), Pintér, Šuvalija – Almeida, Múdry, Duga, Suľa – Mondek, Ďubek (57. Niarchos), Pinte (90.+3 Horák) Trenčín: Kukučka – Mičuda (71. Kmeť), Pires, Stojsavljevič, Madu – Rabiu (62. Bainovič), Lavrinčík, Gajdoš (80. Hollý) – Demitra, Witan (62. Letenay), Soares (80. Kupusovič) votes after the match:
Libor Fašiang, assistant to coach Z. Moraviec: “Today, this match is easier for us to evaluate. We are pleased that we did not concede a goal for the second time. We scored in the last minute of the first half and that was the deciding factor. We needed the victory like salt. We played good matches already with Ružomberok or in Žilina, but we didn’t get a victory. Today, after the change of sides, we already looked at the overall situation. We conceded goals in every match, so we had to do something defensively. We are glad that we lost twice at the back zero.” Marián Zimen, coach of Trenčín: “We wanted to give a completely different answer to the match we played at home on Wednesday. We knew that the opponent had quality in standard situations. We got a goal in the locker room, which shouldn’t happen. It decided everything a quick throw-in where we couldn’t cover the centering player or the shooter. Photo gallery for the article Number of photos: 9 Author: © Video list: TASR/Ján Krošlák Source: TASR