Futsal – EC: Slovakia – Croatia 5: 3 (result, today)
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Slovak futsal players advanced to the European Championships in the Netherlands in the quarterfinals. She secured the participation in the top eight with Saturday’s 5: 3 victory in Groningen over Croatia in the final match of the C-group.
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Marián Berky’s charges ranked second in the table with four points behind Russia, which dominated the group with a full 9 points.
The Slovaks converted into the elimination phase right from the first participation in the big tournament. In the quarterfinals, on Tuesday, February 1, they will compete with the winner of the D-group. It became Spain after a smooth triumph 8: 0 over Georgia.
C-group:
Slovakia – Croatia 5: 3 (2: 1)
Goals: 8. and 35. Směřička, 21. and 28. Drahovský (second from pen.), 20. Kozár – 15. Postružin, 36. Horvat, 38. Jelovčič. ŽK: Ševčík, Doša (both SR)
Judges: Ošímkov (EST) – Bugenko (Mol.), Manzione (ITA)
Reports:
Slovakia: Karpiak (Oberman) – Rick, Kozár, Doša, Drahovský – Serbin, Ševčík, Směřička, Zdráhal, Zaťovič, Brunovský, Čeřovský, Ostrák
Croatia: Luketin (Primič) – Jelovčič, Marinovič, Novak, Postružin – Kanjuh, Kustura, Duras, Jurlina, Čekol, Horvat, Sekulič
Russia – Poland 5: 1 (2: 1)
Favored Croats, who had enough of a tie to advance, could take the lead in the 7th. A moment later, Captain Kozár was skilfully on the opposite side of the board: the game on the free Smerička and he, even with the help of the pole, overcame Luketin – 10. The Croats were not frightened by the collected goal, they continued the active game and pushed forward. In the 12th, he held his team Drahov, who represented Karpi in front of the goal line after Ječ’s shot. The Croats equalized in the 15th minute, at the end of the quick action of the open defense was Postruin – 1: 1. However, sixteen seconds before the end of the first half, they shocked the opponent for a goal “in the locker room”. Drahovský caused Kozár with a long-running bow from the car and he hit the opposite pole from the first – 2: 1.
The Slovaks had a perfect entrance to the second 20-minute race. After the pass, Drahovský seized the ball, who used Doš’s shielding in front of Luketin and overcame the Croatian goalkeeper with a tough shot from a distance – 2: 1. The Balkans completely drove this goal out of balance, you can no longer return to the pressure game. On the contrary, he could have increased Směřička, but the Croatian goalkeeper did not overpower. In the 28th, whether Ševčík fouled in the penalty area Jelovč and Drahovský, transformed by a penalty, sent the Slovaks to a three-goal lead – 4: 1. The Croats had no claim to be equal, so in the 31st minute they decided to play without a goalkeeper. Postružin could reduce it, there was a lot against Drahovsky on the other side, to complete the hat-trick. Primič twice lost his joy. At 35. However, the Croatian goalkeeper lost the header fight with a meter, which brought the Slovaks closer to the progress – 51st Sparks of Croatian hope were drawn by Horvat and Jelovčič, but in the end the already sacrificing Slovaks settled and enjoyed the historical progress.
D-group:
Azerbaijan – Bosnia and Herzegovina 4: 2 (2: 1)
Georgia – Spain 0: 8 (0: 3)
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