Šamocin moved further clear at the top of the Second League with a 3:1 victory over Lokomotíva Zvolen on Saturday. The result extends their remarkable start to the campaign — nine wins from ten matches — while Zvolen remain rooted to bottom place with just three points from ten games. By then, the gulf between the two sides was already familiar to anyone following the division.
Šamocin made their intentions clear from the opening exchanges. B. Petrak broke the deadlock in the fifth minute, and O. Ihejirika doubled the lead before the half-hour mark. S. Useni added a third shortly after the interval to put the visitors in no-man's land. The hosts dallied on the ball with purpose, moving between the lines with a rhythm Zvolen could not disrupt.
For all the early pressure, Lokomotíva Zvolen pulled one back in the fifty-fifth minute. The goal offered a sliver of hope before Šamocin held their nerve. M. Gono and A. Avetisyan picked up yellow cards in quick succession, while Ihejirika joined them on the board shortly after. The discipline of the home side held firm through the pressure.
Šamocin made three changes in the seventy-first minute, bringing on M. Weber alongside Petrak and Useni. V. Bajtos and L. Bubuteishvili followed at the eightieth, with T. Husarcik added as a late option. Zvolen had no substitutions to make — the match had been decided long before the final whistle.
Šamocin now sit nine points clear of second place with a game in hand. Zvolen's record of zero wins and seven defeats leaves them in a fight for survival before the season has truly begun. The hosts have one foot in the next phase of their campaign; the visitors are still searching for their first victory.
