Chadtca saw off Kysuce Nove Meste 3-1 in the Round of 64 of the Cup on Tuesday evening. The visitors had been waiting for this kind of game — a derby with no love lost, even if the result was never really in doubt. And here's the thing: the home side started brightly enough, but you could see from the first twenty minutes where this was heading.
Kysuce Nove Meste struck first, a goal in the seventh minute that had the home crowd on its feet. To be fair, they'd looked dangerous in the opening exchanges, pressing high and finding space between the lines. But that lead lasted barely forty minutes before the visitors showed they'd been watching the tape too.
Chadtca equalised just before half-time, a goal in the forty-fifth minute that changed the tempo entirely. By then the home side had been dragged out of position, chasing shadows while their opponents moved with purpose. The visitors had not won since their last defeat, but this felt different — like they'd finally clicked into gear.
After the break Chadtca took control, scoring in the sixty-fourth minute to put them ahead. A third goal in the first minute of stoppage time sealed it, a goal in the ninetieth-plus-one that gave them nothing left to lose. Things came to a head when the home side tried to respond, but the visitors were out of sight by then.
Form has been harsh on both sides this season. Kysuce Nove Meste had beaten Zavazna-Portuba 2-0 in their last outing, but also suffered a 6-1 hammering at the hands of Povazska-Bistritsa. Chadtca, meanwhile, had dismantled Kysuchan Korny 7-0 before drawing with Vitkovice — a side that had themselves lost 3-0 to Povazska-Bistritsa a few days earlier.