The Zlate Moravce Herald
Squad19 Oct 2037
A knee injury of the worst kind for Milan Pekarik
41 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Zlate Moravce lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Squad19 Oct 2037
A one-man rearguard from Patrik Richter
There were 9 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Player ratings19 Oct 2037
A brace, and Alasana Yirajang takes the afternoon — 8.49
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Alasana Yirajang provided it, and the 8.49 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Squad19 Oct 2037
Matej Duda keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Zlate Moravce may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Match17 Oct 2037
The wait goes on for Zlate Moravce
4 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Squad19 Oct 2037
Patrik Richter in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Zlate Moravce this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings19 Oct 2037
Martin Skriniar in the eights
A performance of 8.22 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Match17 Oct 2037
Honours even between Zlate Moravce and MFK Skalica
2‑2, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
Player ratings19 Oct 2037
The chances came and went for Alessandro Dezio
10 shots, and a count that reads like a good afternoon until you check the other column. Strikers survive weeks like this on the understanding that the chances keep arriving; the day they stop is the day it becomes a problem.
In brief
- Player ratings Dawda Darboe runs at them all day
- Boardroom Zlate Moravce keep producing them
- The terraces The press cannot get enough of Alasana Yirajang