Šamotín came to Bytča on Friday evening and left with three points from the Second League. The visitors won 2:1 at the away end in Regular Season round seven, a result that keeps them in touch with the top while Bytča drift further from safety.
The opening half belonged to fouls rather than football. K. Falcao picked up two yellow cards inside the first nine minutes, and R. Petrus followed with a pair of his own by the eighteenth. Then came the moment that changed everything: A. Tkac turned his own goal in the forty-first minute, giving Šamotín a lead they would not surrender.
By then Šamotín were comfortable enough to control the tempo. D. Hundak added a second in the fifty-ninth, and substitutions flowed on both sides — M. Hrmo, S. Varga, T. Congrady, D. Pavuk, C. Luna, R. Petrus, and V. Bajtos all entered the action. Bytča got a consolation through V. Bajtos in the eighty-fifth, but the damage was done.
Šamotín now sit second with eighteen points after seven games, one defeat behind them. Bytča remain sixteenth with just three points from a win and six losses. The gap between them is widening, and for the hosts the season is slipping away.