Great point for the season. The Czechs defeated Slovakia and headed to the elite League of Nations

Tomáš Souček opened the scoring in Pilsen today in the 17th minute and Zdeněk Ondrášek added the fuse in the 55th minute. Due to coronavirus measures in the country, spectators were not allowed to enter the auditorium.

The Czech team was helped to move to the first place by the victory of Israel over Scotland, which held a one-point lead at the top of the table before the last round. For the charges of coach Jaroslav Šilhavý, the first place in the group means not only advancement to the elite League A, but also possible participation in the playoffs for the World Cup in 2022. The two best group winners from the League of Nations will get into it. play off does not secure from the classic qualification.

The national team won the group, despite having problems with coronavirus in all three autumn events. In September, the original team even had to quarantine after a 3: 1 victory in Slovakia, and the subsequent duel with Scotland played a hastily composed new team.

“We are very happy that we won the group after the pandemic and our meetings and matches. The boys deserve a big thank you, it was not a completely standard condition. We did not always succeed and we managed it,” he said on Czech Television. coach Jaroslav Šilhavý.

The Czech team defeated the former federal partner Slovakia for the fourth time in a row. The next event awaits the national team in March, when it will start the world qualification. He will recognize his opponent at the draw on December 7.

Czech coach Šilhavý deployed the same basic line-up as in Sunday’s winning match with Israel (1: 0). His charges started very actively again and from the beginning they got into chances.

In the third minute, he aimed outside the Matějů on the back post, in the next three minutes Ondrášek ran into the center and, with the help of a light goalkeeper, flowed through the goal structure.

The striker, who played at the home stadium in Pilsen, did not survive even in the 17th minute, when Rodák pulled his head to the corner. The home team has already hit him. Souček jumped on Jankt’s center and opened the score with his head. He scored his fourth goal at the 30th national team start.

“We tried it in training. We watched how the Slovaks had the players on the first pole. It came out of the first standard, so great,” said Souček.

The guests, who advanced from the playoff finals to the European Championship last week thanks to a 2: 1 victory in Northern Ireland, added a bit after the collected goal, but did not endanger Vaclík in the first half. As far as possible, he turned the ball just before Kucka to the corner of the agile Coufal.

The Czech team was complicated by the injury of the goalkeeper Vaclík, who no longer entered the second half and was replaced by Koubek between the poles. “I don’t know exactly what the diagnosis is. Tomáš was sick, he had twinkles in front of his eyes. We preferred to take it off and Tomáš Koubek went there. He fulfilled his role very well, although it was not completely ideal for him,” said Šilhavý.

Twenty-eight-year-old Koubek caught for the first time since the preparatory match in Cyprus on October 7, and is now a substitute in Augsburg, Germany. Just four minutes after the break, he eliminated Pekarík’s great chance. And in the 55th minute the home team increased. Alternating Černý found Ondrášek and he with the help of Gyömbér’s flow overcame Rodák. The Pilsen striker scored the second national team goal.

“With that goal, Venca Černý pulled it beautifully. I believed that it would pass there when he ran there. I took a step back and I just fired. In the first half, the goalkeeper pulled it out with my hand twice, I’m glad that I was there. such smudges fell in quotation marks, “said Ondrášek.

After an hour of play, Mak could cut down, but he only fired into the side net. In the rest of the match, the home team already checked the situation. “In the second half we added the second goal, we had the upper hand and we deservedly brought the match to a victorious end,” added Šilhavý.

Match of group B2 of the Football League of Nations in Pilsen:

CR – Slovakia 2: 0 (1: 0)

Goals: 17. Souček, 55. Ondrášek. Judges: Cakir – Duran, Ongun (all Tur.). ŽK: Hrošovský (SR). No spectators.

Assemblies:

Czech Republic: Vaclík (46. Koubek) – Coufal, Kalas, Brabec, Matějů – Souček, Král – Masopust (46. Černý), Darida (88. Barák), Jankto (74. Kopic) – Ondrášek (66. Vydra). Coach: Squinting.

Slovakia: Rodák – Pekarík, Gyömbér, Škriniar, Hubočan – Lobotka (62. Hrošovský) – Rusnák (62. Suslov), Kucka (67. Greguš), Hamšík, Mak (62. Šafranko) – Ďuriš (81. Schranz). Coach: Tarkovič.

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