Article by Daniel Grigore – published on Friday, 08 August 2025, 09:53 / Updated on Friday, August 2025 09:53
Spartak Trnava was defeated in Baniein the first leg of the preliminary round of Conference League, score 0-3. Even though their favorites were outclassed by the University of Craiova, the supporters who moved to the south of Romania wanted to applaud them at the end of the game, an aspect appreciated by coach Michal Scassny.
The Slovaks did not start the game in Bănie, they had a few big opportunities, but in the second half there were “cannon” on the transitions of Mirel Rădoi's students, who scored 3 times and became great favorites in the play-off.
Despite the result, the approximately 100 Slovak supporters moved to Romania, many of them wearing red-black shirts, felt to applaud the players and repeatedly chant the name of the team.
It was a reaction appreciated by coach Michal Scasny.
Spartak Trnava's coach, impressed by the reaction of Slovak supporters in Banie
“I praise them at every game. It may sound a little funny, but I don't care. Thank you again for being the best supporters in Slovakia, they are excellent.
They beat a long way for us and could be heard even in the volcano that the host team created here, so down the hat for them. We want to win the match on Sunday for them, then reward them in the return match with Craiova ”, he said, according to Sport.sk.
Scasny was also impressed by the atmosphere created by Olteni:
“It is a different world in playing in these preliminary rounds, against a quality opponent, in a superb stadium. There have been many spectators and you do not have something in the championship, maybe except the derby [cu Slovan Bratislava] And at some home matches. It was a great thing, but unfortunately it was stained by the result I obtained. “
Kristian Kostrna, ex-Dinamo: “I am with us, we have to thank them”
And the defender Kristian Kostrna It was declared by the show staged by the over 22,000 spectators:
“It was excellent, down the hat for the supporters, but we have to thank our fans who did. They were about 200 and thank them. We didn't make them happy, but we will try to do our best to win Sunday.
They also applauded us after defeat and we have to thank them for it, because they are with us and in this way we can be even stronger. We must continue to fight and now to focus on the championship ”.
