Zlate Moravce Rout Lokomotiva Zvolen 4-0 in Second League
Zlate Moravce made it four straight wins at home when they dismantled Lokomotiva Zvolen 4-0 on Monday evening in the Second League. The hosts had not won since their victory over Trnava two weeks ago, and this performance shifted something visibly in their confidence. To be fair, Lokomotiva arrived in poor form — they had lost three of their last five and sat fifteenth on three points.
The opening goal came in the seventeenth minute when A. Pudil finished a move down the left flank. Lokomotiva looked disorganised in midfield, and Pudil simply made them pay for their hesitation. The second arrived before the break, a thirty-sixth minute strike from O. Lachowicz that caught the keeper off his line. By then the visitors had already conceded too much space in the final third.
And here's the thing — the second half began with a triple substitution from Lokomotiva, bringing on L. Dvorsky, A. Oravec and M. Bukata in the forty-sixth minute. The change made no difference. D. Duga scored immediately after coming on, and Lokomotiva's manager must have been watching his side unravel in real time. A yellow card for K. Qose in the forty-seventh minute did little to restore order.
The penalty in the fifty-fifth minute settled any lingering doubt. D. Adamkovic converted from the spot after Lokomotiva gifted the spot-kick with a clumsy challenge inside the area. M. Gono came on for the visitors in the fifty-eighth minute, but the result had been decided long before then. Lokomotiva had not won since their opening day victory and this night confirmed their struggles.
Both sides made further changes in the closing stages, with Zlate Moravce bringing on O. Lachowicz, L. Bortoli and T. Zahumensky in the sixty-ninth minute. D. Duga himself was replaced in the seventy-fifth, and the match settled into a comfortable rhythm for the hosts. L. Filipiak received a yellow card in the eighty-eighth minute as Lokomotiva's frustration showed.
Zlate Moravce moved up to eleventh place with fourteen points, while Lokomotiva dropped to sixteenth on three points after eight games. The gap between them is now significant — fourteen points separates the two sides, and Lokomotiva have yet to register a single victory this season.