It’s been a very tough season for SC Kittsee, with just three wins in twenty games. Changes in the management, sponsors, players and coach have unsettled the team and its rhythm. Certain players like Pavol Bellas who played every game with fury to win are sorely missed. Joseph Machovec is striving to lead by example and effort to take Bellas’s place, as the photo story below shows.
Ladislav Pecko’s penalty shot arcs high over the Kittsee wall, net bound while assistant referee Naci Özdemir watches
SC Kittsee keeper Manuel Schiszler punches away Ladislav Pecko’s dangerous header. Kittsee captain Thomas Bastian leaps next to Schiszler
Keeper Manuel Schiszler leaps high in the air to catch another dangerous shot on the SC Kittsee net. In the first half, FC Monchof looked quite dominant. Schiszler’s solid saves kept Kittsee in the game.
Gerhard Krejcy stares down Monchof’s Peter Durica. Eyes fixed on the ball not on the legs or the head.
Tobias Wisak outruns Monchof’s Philipp Karner as Gerhard Krejcy follows play.
Michal Andrasik drives past Theodor Koch towards the Monchof net.
Jaroslav Machovec leaps through Philipp Karner and Daniel Hans-Jürgen Lamster to head the ball while Christoph Drobela looks on in amazement.
Tobias Wisak runs in fast on net to test Monchof keeper Jozef Hros at the start of the second half.
Jaroslav Machovec eludes Monchof’s Elias Luisser with a dance like move.
Jaroslav Machovec leaps over a metre into the air to send another hard header at the Monchof net.
Gerhard Krejcy drives past Monchof’s Karner brothers, Philipp and Florian, towards the Monchof net.
Monchof keeper Jozef Hros slams his big glove into 15 year old Tobias Wisak’s chest to stop him from approaching an injured Julian Luisser.
A bleeding Julian Luisser rips open the chest of his Monchof jersey while keeper Jozef Hros talks to ref. Tobias Wisak and Peter Durica closely follow the conversation.
Despite all the protests the penalty shot took place, Jaroslav Machovec takes the shot for Tobias Wisak. Pre-contact. I
Despite all the protests the penalty shot took place, Jaroslav Machovec takes the shot for Tobias Wisak. Referee Kemal Kazanci observes while Monchof players run back towards net. Post-contact.
Despite all the protests the penalty shot took place, Jaroslav Machovec takes the shot for Tobias Wisak. Referee Kemal Kazanci observes while Monchof players run back towards net. Jozef Hros makes his dive. III
Despite all the protests the penalty shot took place, Jaroslav Machovec takes the shot for Tobias Wisak. Referee Kemal Kazanci observes while Monchof players run back towards net. Jozef Hros makes his dive. III
Jaroslav Machovec penalty shot flies hard at the net as Jozef Hros dives.
Jaroslav Machovec’s hard penalty shot narrowly slips past Monchof keeper Jozef Hros.V
Jaroslav Machovec’s hard penalty shot slams into the Monchof net as keeper Jozef Hros falls hard on the ground.VI
Jaroslav Machovec’s hard penalty shot hits the back of the net behind prone Monchof keeper Jozef Hros.VII
Kittsee rookie Patrick Pail shoots towards goal from the right wing as Monchof’s Tomas Szöllös strives to block the shot.
Michal Andrasik jumps to touch a dangerous Sebastian Skerlan corner kick. Monchof keeper Jozef Hros prepares to punch the ball, as SC Kittsee keep the pressure on. Elias Luisser stands in the goal mouth.
Jaroslav Machovec’s superhuman efforts have exhausted the Monchof players. Daniel Hans-Jürgen Lamster resorts to mugging Marchovec as Michal Andrasik follows the play.
Daniel Hans-Jürgen Lamster pulls down Jaroslav Marchovec as Michal Andrasik and Elias Luisser follow the play.
The death of Jaroslav Machovec, the Baptist, as Daniel Hans-Jürgen Lamster, Elias Luisser and Florian Karner close on the fallen hero.
Florian Karner and Gerhard Krejcy converge on a ball in front of the Monchof net
Florian Karner trips Gerhard Krejcy converge in front of the Monchof net
Kittsee keeper Manuel Schiszler leaps high into the air to tip the ball over the top bar. A dangerous shot from Theodor Koch.
Kittsee keeper Manuel Schiszler makes another punch save. Jozef Sombat shields the net and Shiszler from Peter Durica.
Michal Andrasik takes another shot at the Monchof net before Elias Luisser can reach him.
Sebastian Skerlan patrolling the left wing. Skerlan had less effect on this game than he usually does, though he did drop in a couple of nice corners. Kittsee coach v observes in the background.
Another challenging header from Jaroslav Machovec. Jozef Hros must leap high to ward off the threat. A superhuman performance from Machovec all evening.
