It was supposed to be a clear match, but in the end Slavia was worried about the result. In the duel of the 22nd round of Fortuna: Liga, the leading team of the table defeated Ostrava’s Baník just 2: 1, playing against a weakened opponent from the 3rd minute, when Martin Fillo was eliminated.
Both goals were scored by the Slavists in the opening act, when Lukáš Masopust scored and Nicolae Stanciu penaltyed. In the 53rd minute, Baník reduced Taras Kačaraba’s own goal.
The defending champion leads the table 14 points ahead of Sparta, who has two good matches. Slavia continues to be the only one in the league season to hold invincibility. She scored in the highest competition in 34 consecutive matches and lacks two matches to equal her own record. Baník did not win the first duel after the dismissal of coach Luboš Kozel and led by Ondřej Smetana, who is officially an assistant due to a missing license. The spleens are in table ninth.
The head of Slavia Tvrdík informed on Saturday that a British mutation of coronavirus appeared in the club. But it did not affect any of the key players. Only this time on the bench, the young gunner Sima started and was replaced by Shrovetide.
In the third minute, Fillo hit Bořil in the face outside the game and to the great surprise he received a straight red card from the referee Pechance. The home team used the power play very quickly, at the end of the seventh minute he reached Masopust from behind the lime and overcame Laštůvka with a technical shot towards the pole. He scored for the first time since the August opening round.
After a quarter of an hour, the Ostrava goalkeeper pulled up Bořil’s header, but in the 33rd minute he collected for the second time. The balloon rubbed against Ndefe’s hand in the lime, and Pechanec ordered a penalty, which he converted to Stancia. From the penalty kick, he prevailed in the league in the second match in a row.
The Silesians did not resign in weakness and dramatized the match eight minutes after the break. Svozil headed around the corner and before Stronati he knocked the ball into his own goal Kačaraba, who took precedence over Zima on the stop.
Coach Slavia Trpišovský sent Sim and Holeš on the lawn. The home side put themselves ahead 1 – 0 after 66 minutes courtesy of a breakthrough from Laštůvka, who scored with a stunning volley following a cross from the right wing.
The “Červenobílí” had no control over the match and in the 74th minute, after a misunderstanding in the home defense, he had to turn the ball to Kačaraba after the shot of Sora. On the other hand, Laštůvka intervened against Provod. The defending champion suffered in the second half as well, and in the end he was able to lose the win, but Tetour headed just outside the last minute of the setting.
Slavia won by a goal and the second mutual duel of the season and scored 44 games in a row at home in the league. At the same time, she tuned in to Thursday’s opening round of the European League with the Glasgow Rangers.
Slavia Prague – Banik Ostrava 2: 1 (2:0)
Goals: 7. Masopust, 33. Stanciu z pen. – 53rd Kacharaba owns. Judges: Pechanec – Caletka, Šimáček – Adam (video). ZK: Lingr, Kuchta – Janos, Pokorny. Red Cross: 3. Fillo (Ostrava). No spectators.
Slavia: Kolář – Bah, Kačaraba, Deli, Bořil – Provod – Masopust (60. Sima), Stanciu, Lingr (60. Holeš), Olayinka (73. Oscar) – Kuchta (79. Tecl). Coach: Trpišovský.
Ostrava: Laštůvka – Juroška (27. Svozil), Pokorný, Stronati, Holzer – Fillo, Jánoš, Tetour, Kaloč (74. De Azevedo), Ndefe – Šašinka (73. Sor). Coach: Fallow deer.
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