Shocking away win for 1. FK Svidník, 2-0 at Vranov

MFK Vranov nad Topl'ou - 1. FK Svidník 0-2 (0-0)

Špilár 66', Ivanecký 87'.

Saturday, 2 April 2022, 3:30 pm local time (1:30 pm UTC), Mestský futbalový štadion, Vranov nad Topl'ou, Slovakia, 19th round of the Slovak Third League - East (3. Liga - Východ).

The two teams and the referees before the start of the game. Source: vranovske.sk

Who could have thought that last classified 1. FK Svidník would be able to gather points away at MFK Vranov nad Topl'ou, one of the strongest teams in the pool?  Probably only their manager, Vladislav Palša, who conceived a very courageous tactics, similar to those seen in other matches, like the one against Tatran Prešov, when Svidník were thoroughly defeated.

The home side, in black, missed many opportunities. Svidník goalkeeper, Milan Vinclér (in orange), was one of the heroes of the match. Source: vranovske.sk

However, this was not the case this time. MFK Vranov started the match rather confidently that they would get an easy win, and missed carelessly some of their good chances to take the lead. The opposition of the visitors grew stronger as they realized that they might get a good result, if they defended well, and the interventions made by their goalkeeper, Milan Vinclér, helped the team of Svidník to remain in the game.

In the second half, the pressure of the home side increased, and one of the shots hit the side post, then went out, luckily for Svidník. The visitors continued to give an excellent reply, both defensively and offensively, and eventually they did break the deadlock. It was in fact a series of two very similar attacks. In the first one, Hirka crossed from the right side, and Špilár's shot from inside the box was saved by the goalkeeper Gurega. Less than a minute afterwards, Sova crossed from the right side, this time at the level of the ground, and Špilár had the time to prepare his shot, and he did not miss the target: 0-1 (66').

1. FK Svidník's captain and assistant manager, Oliver Špilár (centre-left, running away from the defenders) scored the first goal of the game. Source: vranovske.sk

MFK Vranov felt the shock quite acutely, and started to launch attack after attack, but the visitors managed to absorb some of the pressure. Whenever needed, goalkeeper Milan Vinclér was there to save other shots, and even the posts and the crossbar did their job, for Svidník. Ever larger spaces were left in the Vranov defense, and the visitors were quick in taking advantage. In one of their fast breaks, Jozef Sova succeeded to get through on the right side again, and perfectly assisted Dávid Ivanecký on the far side of the box: 0-2 (87').

Fierce battles for the ball took place inside the visitors' box. Source: vranovske.sk

Even if they were two goals down, the Vranov boys tried until the end to break the opposite defense, and had two more excellent opportunities, denied mainly by Milan Vinclér, unbeatable. It was one of those days when the goal never comes. It did come however for Svidník, which obtain a very valuable win, the first one away from home this season, the first one in the field, three points which are very important in the fight to avoid the bottom position in which they are still.

Vranov: Gurega - Straka, Marcinko, Kulich, Verčimák, Milenky, Košuda, Hreha (Varga 87'), Veliký, Burcák, Szabó (Babjačok 82'). Manager: Roman Lazúr.

Svidník: Vinclér - Ducár, D. Čabala, Tatar, Makara - Ardishvili (Sova 46'), Pavlović, Ivanecký (Haňak 90') - Hirka, Špilár, Guman (Gajdoš 90'+2'). Manager: Vladislav Palša.

Referee: Radoslav Bobko.

Yellow cards: Pavlović 43', Makara 52', Ducár 76', Vinclér 90'.

For 1. FK Svidník, the next two matches might be very important and they have good chances to get out of the last place in the table. On Sunday, they will play at home against Mladost Kalša, a team which lost all the games in the second half of the season. On Wednesday, they will play away at Pokrok-SEZ Krompachy, a match from the first half of the season, that had to be postponed, due to the pandemic. It is one of their direct rivals in the lower part of the table.

In the upper part of the table, Tatran Prešov and FK Spišská Nová Ves are still level and the fight for promotion seems to be reduced to just these two teams.

Full results, table and fixtures: 

Round 18 (26-27 March 2022)

 

OŠK Rudňany – ŠK Odeva Lipany 0-4

FK Pokrok SEZ Krompachy – MFK Vranov nad Topľou 2-3

MFK Slovan Giraltovce – MŠK Tesla Stropkov 0-1

MFK Snina – FK Poprad 2-1

MŠK Spišské Podhradie – FK Spišská Nová Ves 0-4

OFK-SIM Raslavice – 1. FC Tatran Prešov 1-3

1. FK Svidník – Slávia TU Košice 0-1

FK Sobrance-Sobranecko – TJ Mladosť Kalša 4-0

 

Round 19 (2-3 April 2022)

 

1. FC Tatran Prešov – ŠK Odeva Lipany 1-0

Slávia TU Košice – OFK-SIM Raslavice 2-0

MFK Vranov nad Topľou – 1. FK Svidník 0-2

FK Spišská Nová Ves – MFK Slovan Giraltovce 1-0

FK Poprad – MŠK Spišské Podhradie 2-0

MFK Snina – OŠK Rudňany 4-0

MŠK Tesla Stropkov – FK Sobrance-Sobranecko 5-1

TJ Mladosť Kalša – FK Pokrok SEZ Krompachy 1-2

 

Table

 

1	1. FC Tatran Prešov	19	16	0	3	66-16	48	Promotion to 2. Liga
2	FK Spišská Nová Ves	19	15	3	1	53-11	48
3	ŠK Odeva Lipany	19	12	5	2	58-15	41
4	Slávia TU Košice	19	12	5	2	48-16	41
5	MŠK Tesla Stropkov	19	12	2	5	44-16	38
6	MFK Snina	19	12	2	5	42-21	38
7	FK Poprad	19	10	3	6	33-22	33
8	MFK Vranov nad Topl’ou	19	9	4	6	40-28	31
9	MFK Slovan Giraltovce	19	6	3	10	20-30	21	Relegation to 4. Liga
10	TJ Mladosť Kalša	19	6	3	10	34-52	21	Relegation to 4. Liga
11	FK Sobrance-Sobranecko	19	5	3	11	25-36	18	Relegation to 4. Liga
12	OFK-SIM Raslavice	19	4	3	12	18-43	15	Relegation to 4. Liga
13	OŠK Rudňany	19	4	1	14	27-55	13	Relegation to 4. Liga
14	FK Pokrok SEZ Krompachy	18	3	1	14	17-55	10	Relegation to 4. Liga
15	MŠK Spišské Podhradie	19	2	3	14	10-63	9	Relegation to 4. Liga
16	1. FK Svidník	18	2	1	15	11-67	7	Relegation to 5. Liga

 

In case that two or more teams are equal on points, the main ranking criteria are the results of the head-to-head matches.

 

Round 20 (9-10 April 2022)

 

MFK Slovan Giraltovce – FK Poprad

OŠK Rudňany – 1. FC Tatran Prešov

ŠK Odeva Lipany – Slávia TU Košice

FK Pokrok SEZ Krompachy – MŠK Tesla Stropkov

1. FK Svidník – TJ Mladosť Kalša

OFK-SIM Raslavice – MFK Vranov nad Topľou

MŠK Spišské Podhradie – MFK Snina

FK Sobrance-Sobranecko – FK Spišská Nová Ves

 

Round 13 – postponed match (13 April 2022)

 

FK Pokrok SEZ Krompachy – 1. FK Svidník