End of hope! Slovakia also lost a theoretical chance, Kazakhstan completed the sensation
ASTANA – The Slovak football representatives lost their chance to advance to the B-division of the League of Nations.
On Thursday afternoon, it was decided by Kazakhstan’s 2:1 victory over Belarus in Astana. The home team already has 13 points and won the 3rd group of the C-division in advance.
The second Slovakia, which had seven points less before the final two matches, played against Azerbaijan on Thursday at 8:45 p.m. in Trnava.
The beginning of the match was balanced and at the beginning they were more dangerous and after the 20th the guests led 4:1 on a shot. However, the home players were the first to get on the score sheet. In the 24th break, Jan Vorogovský did not succeed after a quick break, but five minutes later, Michail Gabyšev opened the net, using the first one.
After that, the guests could not get in front of the goal for a long time, but at the end of the half they managed to equalize thanks to a header by Pavle Savický. The Kazakhs turned on higher gears in the second act and for a long time it was only one goal. The Belarusians resisted until the 79th minute, when after a defensive error, the captain of the home team Bakhtijor Zajnutdinov prevailed and decided to advance. In the end, the goalkeeper Igor Šackij made an excellent save and did not allow Ivan Bachar to remove it.
3rd group C-division LN – Astana:
Kazakhstan – Belarus 2:1 (1:1)
Goals: 29. Gabyšev, 79. Zajnutdinov – 45+3. Savitsky. Referee: Fesnic (Romania), ŽK: Zajnutdinov, Tagybergen, Darabajev, Astanov – Pečenin, Bachar, ČK: 90.+4 Tagybergen after the second ŽK.
Kazakhstan: Šacki – Gabyshev (68. Kairov), Malij, Maročkin, Alip, Vorogovskij – Orazov (75. Astanov), Tagybergen, Darabayev, Zajnutdinov (87. Kuat) – Ajmbetov (87. Zhumachanov)
Belarus: Chatkevich – Poljakov, Švetsov, Yudenkov, Pechenin – Šauchenko (84. Malkevich), Klimovič (61. Lisakovič), Jablonsky, Ebong – Bogomolsky (61. Bachar), Savitsky (76. Gromyko)
table:
1. Kazakhstan 5 4 1 0 8:3 13*
2. SLOVAKIA 4 2 0 2 3:3 6
3. Azerbaijan 4 1 1 2 2:3 4
4. Belarus 5 0 2 3 2:6 2
* – approach
- the author: © List
- Source: TASR