“Adam Zrelak opens the scoring three minutes into the second half, converting from a corner with an assist from Bartosz Nowak to give Katowice a 1-0 lead on the night.”
Pivotal“Frantisek Kosa equalises for Žilina on 57 minutes, assisted by the booked Timotej Hranica, pulling it back to 1-1 and shifting the aggregate pressure back onto Katowice.”
Pivotal“Mateusz Wdowiak, introduced just four minutes earlier as a substitute, restores Katowice's lead with a goal assisted by Bartosz Nowak — his second assist of the night — and effectively ends Žilina's hopes of advancing on aggregate.”
Pivotal“Ilya Shkurin, another second-half substitute, converts within minutes of Wdowiak's goal to make it 3-1 on the night and 4-3 on aggregate, putting the tie beyond any doubt.”
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Katowice advanced to the next round of the Europa Conference League with a 3-1 win on the night and 4-3 on aggregate, but they had to work for it. The first half was largely uneventful — the 0-0 scoreline at half-time hinting at Katowice's caution given the aggregate situation — before Adam Zrelak broke the deadlock three minutes after the restart from a corner, assisted by Bartosz Nowak. Žilina hit back quickly through Frantisek Kosa on 57 minutes, threatening to shift the aggregate balance, and for a period the tie genuinely hung in the balance. The decisive moment came from the bench: manager's triple substitution on 75 minutes introduced Mateusz Wdowiak, Marcin Wasielewski, and Ilya Shkurin, and within seven minutes the tie was effectively over — Wdowiak converting on 79 minutes and Shkurin adding a clinical third on 82. Katowice's statistical dominance told the full story — 58% possession, 22 shots to Žilina's 10, and 68 dangerous attacks — but it was the quality of those late substitutions, not the volume of chances, that sealed the tie.
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Sebastian Milewski is on, and Kacper Lukasiak is off.
On Daniel Homet Ruiz, off Fabian Bzdyl.
Patrik Baleja comes on for Timotej Hranica.
assist: Bartosz Wolski
Goal! The score is now 3-1.
assist: Bartosz Nowak
Goal! Mateusz Wdowiak scores to make it 2-1, assisted by Bartosz Nowak.
Goal! The score is now 2-1.
Marcin Wasielewski comes on for Erik Jirka.
Mateusz Wdowiak comes on for Borja Galan Gonzalez.
Ilia Shkurin comes on for Adam Zrelak.
Tobias PaliscakYellow CardTobias Paliscak receives a yellow card.
Michal Fasko is on, and Frantisek Kosa is off.
Szymon Bartlewicz comes on for Eman Markovic.
Xavier Adang comes on for Miroslav Kacer.
Andrei Florea is on, and Patrik Ilko is off.
Szymon Bartlewicz comes on for Eman Markovic.
Corner awarded.
assist: Timotej Hranica
Goal! Frantisek Kosa scores to make it 1-1, assisted by Timotej Hranica.
Yellow card shown.
assist: Bartosz Nowak
Goal! Adam Zrelak scores to make it 1-0, assisted by Bartosz Nowak.
Corner awarded.
The first half ends with a score of 0-0.
Yellow card issued.
Corner awarded.
Corner awarded.
Corner awarded.
Corner awarded.
Corner awarded.
Yellow card.
Goal! The score is now 0-1.
Corner awarded.
Kick-off! The referee is Bence Csonka.
