He is the support of the national team, he is also the current number one of the Greek Olympiakos Piraeus. But he doesn’t have happy moments there. The team is not doing well and has sacked the manager for the second time this season. “I’ve never tried anything like this before – he admits, adding that he himself feels good on the pitch -. I’m curious to know what will happen after the national team break, what kind of coach will be waiting for us there.”
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Olympiakos have four dozen players in the squad, but it has not been possible to find the ideal eleven capable of handling the match before the national team break. Maybe we have forty-five players under contract and two or three more could still come. There will be some additions of players “, surprises the goalkeeper, who enjoys the company of the club’s stars. His new partners are the Brazilian Marcelo and also the offensive gem James.
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“I probably didn’t have more stellar teammates, Marcelo has five Champions League wins, James has twice won the Champions League. Marcelo has the most trophies with Real Madrid, twenty-four. He was Real’s first non-Spanish captain . And now I have it in the cabin “, smiles Vaclík.
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Star reinforcements are said to definitely not behave like prima donnas. “Marcello was great from the first moment. We had some respect for him, but he always laughs and speaks English well, which I have never experienced with the Brazilians. He is modest”, exclaims the Czech goalkeeper superlatively. “Same thing James, he’s a great handsome guy. He acts great.”
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There are twenty-one nationalities on the Greek team. But Vaclík denies that this fact could be the problem. “The team is divided into three language groups, but we can have fun, we stick together. The team meetings are in English,” the expert representative indicates that the team works smoothly.
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From a footballing point of view he is doing well in Greece, except for the results. But life in the country was a nice change, for example compared to Switzerland. “Greece is chaos in this direction, a vast desert. The organization of the matches is fine, but if someone has to arrive in time …” he points out where the difference is noticed and adds an example of how everything works. We were moving from a barracks to an apartment, instead of two people he arrived at four and we said this, we are glad they arrived the same day. Two hours late, it’s still fine, “he smiles.
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But otherwise he is thrilled in Greece with his family. “The little girl is very happy in school, she has made progress in English and in math. She I am happy, she will have the advantage of language skills for life. Even if the results are on the ground,” she admits.
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But now he is happy to jump to the national team. Vaclík is still having fun with the national team at the age of 33. “The older I get, the more. I wonder how long it will last. How many more times will I have the chance to come to the match”, he reflects, and even the last defeat against Portugal in the League of Nations hasn’t changed that. “We wanted to win Group B to be able to play with the best. We did it and that experience can help us. Those games are a challenge, plus, all three home duels have sold out,” Vaclík assesses and looks forward to it. Tuesday’s battle in Switzerland.
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And how do you see your future? His contract in Greece expires in a year and he has no idea where his next footballing steps will take him. And what will he be like when he finishes playing football? “I would like to stay in football, but I don’t know in what position, if I would like to be a coach, for example. There would be no problem studying for the license, but the coach has a lot of time constraints. But I’m saying now , maybe in three years I will want to be a coach “, says the expert goalkeeper.
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