ten-man slovan get the better of sheriff published: tuesday 29 july 2014, 23.59cet šk slovan bratislava 2-1 fc sheriff
karol mészáros's late goal proved decisive as slovan claimed a first-leg lead despite going down to ten men.
šk slovan bratislava overcame the 61st-minute dismissal of richard lásik in securing a narrow uefa champions league third qualifying round first-leg victory against fc sheriff.
karol mészáros's late strike gave slovan a lead to take into the return in moldova next week following ricardinho's leveller for the visitors with 16 minutes remaining. lásik's foul on radu gînsari led to him seeing red and a penalty that cadu had saved by dušan perniš, slovan captain igor žofčák having put the slovakian title holders ahead with a spot kick of his own.
žofčák converted following a handball by elkin blanco. slovan had survived a scare in the 16th minute when ismail isa fired wide of the empty net from an angle after perniš had failed to clear.
the dismissal of lásik and the subsequent penalty award should have given the tiraspol outfit the advantage, but perniš had other ideas. sheriff exploited their numerical superiority ten minutes later when ricardinho equalised from close range after a right-wing cross by ginsari.
as sheriff piled on the pressure, mészáros landed the decisive blow for the ten men with a first-time effort after a chipped pass by marko milinković.
yardımcı hakemler: sandro pozzi (sui), jean-yves wicht (sui)
4. hakem: sébastien pache (sui)
slovan bratislava: dušan perniš (gk), branislav Ňinaj, erik Čikoš, pavel fořt (dk. 80 lester peltier), erik grendel, igor žofčák (c) (dk. 58 karol mészáros), marko milinković, tomáš jablonský, seydouba soumah (dk. 65 juraj halenár), dávid hudák, richard lásik
yedekler: martin poláček (gk), róbert matejka, michal sipľak, matej jakúbek
teknik direktör: františek straka (cze)
sheriff: matías degra (gk), thiago galvão (dk. 56 radu gînsari), benjamin balima, marcel metoua, joãozinho, fred benson, cadu, elkin blanco, ismail isa (dk. 84 juninho potiguar), andrei mureşan, luvannor henrique (c) (dk. 72 ricardinho)
yedekler: serghei paşcenco (gk), leonel olimpio, ernandes, ligger moreira
teknik direktör: veaceslav rusnac (mda)
goller: (1-0) dk. 42 [penaltıdan] igor žofčák (c) (1-1) dk. 74 ricardinho (2-1) dk. 85 karol mészáros
sarı kartlar: dk. 90+1 dušan perniš (gk) (slovan bratislava) dk. 41 elkin blanco, dk. 80 radu gînsari, dk. 88 juninho potiguar (sheriff)
kırmızı kartlar: dk. 61 richard lásik (slovan bratislava)
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