In retaliation 2. The preliminary round on the neutral playground in Szeged tied with Belarusian Neman Grodno 1: 1 and did not erase the shortage after loss 2: 3 in the first meeting at home.
Both goals were scored only in the extra time of the second half and were given to the alternating players. Neman sent Oleg Jevdokimov to the lead at 91 minutes, two minutes later Michal Domik equalized. The coaches of coach Roman Skuhravý needed to win in retaliation, but they had no time for the next intervention. The Košice people were in a balanced duo close to the goal also in the first half, when American legionnaire Zyen Jones hit the pole of the opponent’s goal.
Grodno will start in the 3rd round against the more successful confrontation between the Serbian Radnički 1923 Kragujevac and Kí Klaksvík from the Faroe Islands (retaliation in Klaksvík was played from 20:45, first match 0: 0). The first duels 3. The KL round is on the agenda of August 7, retaliation a week later on August 14.
The European Conference League – 2. The pre -round (retaliatory match):
Neman Grodno – FC Košice 1: 1 (0: 0)
Goals: 90.+1 jevdokimov – 90.+3 Domik
Referees: Altmann – Hartl, Katholnig (all Rak.), YC: Dimun, Kruzliak, Krivak, Gallovic, Cerepkai (all Kosice), without spectators
/It was played in Szeged (Hungarian), the first match 3: 2, Grodno advanced/
Essentials and alternation:
Grodno: Belov – Kucinskij (73 pavšjukovec), Fruit, Parchomenko, Šamurzajev – Kozlov, Nazarenko (79 Jekimi) – Pantja, Savickij (69 cows), Sučkov (79 Jevdokimi) – Pushajak (73 Zubovič)
Košice: Šípoš – Magda, Kruzliak, Krivak, Jakubko – Zsigmund (81 Domik), Gallovic, Dimun (63. Sovic) – Kakay (46 Madleňák), Perišič (57.
Košice started retaliation with the imperative of victory and tried to play actively from the opening whistle. The first more dangerous action showed in the 7th minutewhen he got on the left side of the 16th after a long pass to the ball Magda, but the goalkeeper Belov managed his attempt. After less than a quarter of an hour, the Belarusian team threatened to the first time, but after the pass from Network, Savickij did not reach the ball in front of Šipoš.
Košice goalkeeper then had to rack the ball behind his own 16 minutes after the defect in the defensive, on the other side of Kakay on the center from the left side he headed unusually only in the hands of Belov. The yellow cards were given to Dimun and Kružliak in the fast succession and their team could go to the lead in the first half. After Dimun’s center, however, Jones headed from seven meters only to the left pole.
After the first half, the goal was still pushed to the next round of Neman and the coach Skuhravý sent in an effort to change the story of the double match immediately after the break into the game of fresh Madleňák and Miljanič. Croat could show up in the offensive already 53 minutes after a promising combination on the left side, but eventually did not get to the end and another of his featuring the opportunity a moment later the defense blocked the corner kick.
Kosice had a territorial superiority, pushed forward, but lacked the idea and more accurate final phase. Miljanič did not even succeed in 83 minutes after the center of Magda from the right side, and it seemed that the exact header of Jevdokimova in the extra time to the Košice network definitely sealed the procedure. Hope, a moment later, Domik’s hit at 93 minutes, but his team didn’t get to the next chance.
