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BRATISLAVA, March 7-- The last round of the regular season of Slovakia's premier football league Fortuna Liga saw Ruzomberok, Michalovce and Trnava battle out of a five-team package to make the championship group, leaving Trencin and Senica in the lower half of the table. After Saturday's 22nd round, the league split into two groups, the teams in the upper half will fight for the championship and spots in the European competitions, while clubs in the lower half will have to fight against relegation. With 28 points, Ruzomberok was sitting in the fourth place and leading the five-team pack fighting for the upper half, but had to face the toughest opponent in the league, Slovan Bratislava. The table leader from Slovakia's capital, who beat Ruzomberok 1-0 thanks to Rafael Ratao's quick rebound-shot from close range, has only a single defeat so far. After the close defeat, Ruzomberok had to hope for one of the three teams with 27 points, Trencin, Trnava or Michalovce, to slip up and lose. Ruzomberok got lucky in the end since Trencin emerged as the ill-fated team of the lot, losing 2-0 to Zlate Moravce and moving down the standings from fifth to seventh, saying goodbye to the upper half. Adrian Sloboda only had to tip the ball in after it bounced off the goalkeeper when Tomas Dubek tried to shoot one past him on a breakaway in the first half, 1-0. Trencin tried to mount a comeback but the visitors' goalkeeper Menno Bergsen underestimated a long pass in the 50th minute and Jakub Svec was gifted an easy scoring opportunity, doubling the score to 2-0. | 
