Slovan Liberec secured a 2:0 victory over Horní Heršpice in the opening round of the 1. Liga for women on August 16. The hosts took control early and never looked back, moving to three points from two games while their opponents remain winless after three outings.
D. Skalova opened the scoring in the seventeenth minute, catching the defence unbalanced. By then Slovan had already dictated the tempo, and the goal felt inevitable rather than lucky. The visitors struggled to find rhythm after losing their shape.
Both sides made changes at the break, with J. Novotna and M. Hlavacova coming on for Slovan. To be fair, the adjustment was about tightening the midfield rather than chasing the game. Horní Heršpice brought on V. Kovalikova in the sixty-fifth minute looking for something different.
T. Ruslerova picked up a yellow card in the sixty-second minute, a moment that shifted the physical balance. And here's the thing — the card came after a pattern of cheap fouls that left Slovan free to breathe. K. Marcinkova replaced Ruslerova shortly after to help manage the midfield.
M. Ferencova doubled the lead in the seventy-sixth minute, finishing a move that had been building since the restart. The goal arrived alongside two further substitutions from Slovan, A. Subrtova and N. Krejcirova, as they went to see out the result. Horní Heršpice then made three changes in the eightieth minute, bringing on R. Hlouchova, S. French and A. Malatova.
The result leaves Slovan Liberec in fourth place with three points from two matches, while Horní Heršpice sit eighth having lost all three of their games. It was a clean sheet and three points that will make life awkward for the visitors as they look for a breakthrough.