What made him so excited? Slendrian from the talented midfielder Michal Ševčík. Ewerton took a free kick in the 58th minute, burned through the wall and the ball jumped just in front of goalkeeper Martin Berkovec. The 20-year-old playmaker from Zbrojovka turned in the wall, dodged and cleared the way for the ball, which flew into the goal.
“I’ve already seen it on replay. It was the fault of the player who opened the space, turned his back to the ball, which is irresponsible behavior,” Dostálek lashed out at the press conference. Earlier, in an interview with O2 TV sport, he was even more specific. “Michal has to look at it. It’s not just about that we will always praise him. He has his own quality, he is indispensable in a way, but football is played up and down. He is also responsible for his defensive performance,” said Brno’s chief strategist to the television camera.
The goal did not break the visitors, on the contrary, they created their first big opportunity in a few tens of seconds. Gunner Jakub Řezníček ran alone to goalkeeper Ondřej Kolář, but did not throw him over. In the next ten minutes, Kolář took Ševčík’s hard shot to the corner from a very good position. “We are sorry that we did not score a goal. We had those situations well prepared, they could be used. It’s about experience. “Rezňa should have stood up and solved it better, but everyone else needs to play a few tough matches in such an atmosphere in order to move on,” Dostálek pointed out.
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Coach Dostálek after the match: “We played one of the better results that the opponents have shown here this year, but we are sorry that we did not finish some well-prepared situations.”
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He had a lot of worries when putting together the lineup for the match against Slavia. He could not count on the injured midfielder Filip Souček, he was missing Filip Blecha due to an agreement between the clubs, the defender Josef Divíšek was due to exclusion, the illness did not allow fullback or midfielder Róbert Matejov to play. Nineteen-year-old defender Lukáš Endl moved into the midfield.
“During the week, we tried a few things in training. I was so desperate about it that we rearranged the whole thing. This was a temporary solution. But I think the move with Endlik on Wednesday worked for us. He was able to get a lot of balloons out of the box, he also showed some pulling stuff. He’s not lost, but it’s not like he should stay there. We’ll see how the situation around the injured players develops,” the Zbrojovka coach explained how confused his head was.
However, he did not point to Šimon Falta even during personnel problems. The fast midfielder, who is visiting from Pilsen in the south of Moravia, does not convince. In Eden, there was a run for the last two minutes. “It’s about competition. We have duplicated all posts. When he came to us, we assumed he would play his best, but that didn’t happen. He dropped out of the lineup in the fall, and there was no reason to return him to it yet,” answered Dostálek.
