Saturday, 31 July 2021, 4:30 pm local time (2:30 UTC), Odeva Stadium, Lipany, Slovakia, 1st match day of the Slovak Third League - East Group.
1. FK Svidník have luckily remained in the Slovak Third League, because Družstevník Plavnica did not enroll for the 2021-2022. The last two seasons were very weak indeed, as the club financial situation suffered a lot, and the situation turned from bad to worse, ending up in a relegation at the end of the 2020-2021 season, which was eventually overturned due to a lucky event, as specified.
As weak as it was, 1. FK Svidník still had a number of good players, able to play at the level of the Slovak Third League. Time for reconstruction has definitely arrived, but it would have been advisable that at least some of those players stayed. However, with very few exceptions, most of the these players moved to other teams, probably fed up with all the issues that the club had in the past two seasons.
New players indeed arrived, and a new manager, but there was no time for them to train properly, and the first competitive match was scheduled on 31 July. The opponents - Odeva Lipany - are one of the strongest teams in the group, among the favourites to claim the top spot and to promote to the Second Division.
The match was clearly won by Odeva Lipany, the score, 12-0, says everything.
Odeva Lipany (in green) crushed 1. FK Svidník 12-0 on Saturday. Source: Odeva Lipany Facebook page
However, a few more details are necessary. The first two goals were scored in the middle of the first half, by Štefan Kollár (1-0, 23') and Peter Vitovič (2-0, 29'), the second one by a penalty.
Goalkeeper Anton Dzupina almost saved the penalty executed by Peter Vitovič, but the score became 2-0. Source: Odeva Lipany Facebook page
The disaster began to take shape in the 38th minute, when goalkeeper Anton Dzupina made a foul in his own box and was sent off. A field player (Rafael Guman) had to be replaced by the substitute goalkeeper, Mário Mulík, who saved the penalty executed by the same Peter Vitovič (39'). However, with one man less, 1. FK Svidník were clearly dominated by Odeva Lipany, and Pavel Popovec made it 3-0 right before the break (44').
The situation got worse for the visitors in the second half, as Radoslav Kamenec (52') and Marcel Vysočan (64') made it 5-0. Then, in just four minutes, the score went to 8-0, as goals were flowing, by Lukáš Micherda (69'), Pavol Popovec (71') and Branislav Poremba (72' - from penalty). These consecutive goals came very hard for the young Svidník team. The last of them was scored from a penalty caused by another foul in the box, made by Timotej Čabala, who was also sent off, so the visitors had to play the last 18 minutes in just nine men!
In these conditions, it was easy to imagine that everyone in Lipany squad wanted to score, and four more goals were therefore added, scored by Pavol Popovec (78', hat-trick), Kristián Gul'áš (86'), Roman Kovalčík (88') and Vladimír Pyda (90'). The final whistle of the referee came as a relief for the visitors, otherwise the score could have reached even higher dimensions.
Lipany: Bartoš - Kamenec (Bujňák), Dlugoš, Popovec, Vitovič (Gul'áš 58'), Poremba, Kovalčík, Kollár (Micherda 66'), Pyda, Vysočan (Blaško 66'), Štroncer (Marchevka 58'). Manager: Pavol Vytykač.
Svidník: Dzupina - Košč (Haňak 69'), T. Čabala, Blanár, Makara, Guman (Mulík 39'), Shliakhov, Daňo (Janek 82'), Paňko, D. Čabala, Oravec. Manager: Alexander Tyč.
Referee: Radoslav Bobko.
Red cards: Dzupina 38', T. Čabala 72'.
It is interesting to note that no yellow cards were given, but two straight red cards!
For 1. FK Svidník, other difficult matches are just around the corner. One reason is that the Slovak rules regarding the schedule of matches make that the best teams (in the previous season) would play the weakest teams in the first rounds. So, 1. FK Svidník will face all the best classified teams (in the previous season) in the first match days. The first of these matches will be Wednesday, 4 August, at home, against the main favourites for promotion, 1. FC Tatran Prešov.
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