yardımcı hakemler: josé miranda (esp), enrique andres samper (esp)
4. hakem: carlos delgado ferreiro (esp)
Žilina: martin dúbravka (gk), vladimír leitner, miroslav barčík (c) (dk. 90+2 stanislav angelovič), viktor pečovský, jozef piaček, róbert pich, momodou ceesay (dk. 70 jean deza), peter šulek, guima (dk. 58 tomáš majtán), ernest mabouka, ricardo nunes
yedekler: patrik le giang (gk), milan škriniar, serge akakpo, miroslav káčer
teknik direktör: frans adelaar (ned)
h. kiryat shmona: daniel amos (gk), shir tzedek, barak badash (dk. 77 ahmed abed), el'ad gabai, salah hasarma, bryan gerzicich, shimon abuhazira, darko tasevski (dk. 82 ravid gazal), adrian rochet (c), david solari (dk. 90+1 wael mresat), dušan matović
yedekler: itamar nitzan (gk), ben vahaba, adi elisha, lior levi
teknik direktör: gili landau (isr)
goller: (1-0) dk. 82 jozef piaček
sarı kartlar: dk. 44 ricardo nunes, dk. 88 jean deza (Žilina) dk. 33 darko tasevski, dk. 81 adrian rochet (c) (h. kiryat shmona)
piaček goal puts Žilina in charge published: tuesday 17 july 2012, 22.33cet mšk Žilina 1-0 hapoel kiryat shmona fc jozef piaček gave Žilina a lead to defend in the second leg, scoring a minute after team-mate ricardo nunes had a second-half penalty saved.
by tomáš Čunčík from štadión pod dubňom
jozef piaček headed in the only goal as mšk Žilina, group stage participants two seasons ago, condemned hapoel kiryat shmona fc to defeat in their first uefa champions league match.
it seemed the hosts' chance of establishing a lead to carry into next tuesday's second qualifying round second leg had lapsed when impressive kiryat shmona goalkeeper daniel amos saved ricardo nunes' 81st-minute penalty. piaček, however, redeemed his team-mate by directing in captain miroslav barčík's corner 60 seconds later.
amos frustrated the slovakian side on more than one occasion before he was eventually beaten, denying momodou ceesay early on from a tight angle and then piaček from nunes' centre. the same players combined again a minute later, piaček getting the slightest of touches to a cross only for the ball to strike the crossbar.
the visitors responded with shimon abhazira shooting wide in their first incursion into the Žilina penalty area, while after the break sali hassarmi struck the bar when it appeared easier to score following david solari's corner.
the grounded amos then somehow thwarted ceesay and, a quarter of an hour later from the penalty spot, nunes, but piaček made sure frans adelaar's men had something to work with going into the return leg next tuesday.