The Sparta footballers defeated the newcomer from Hradec Králové 4: 0 in the fifth round of the first league and returned to the top of the incomplete table by a point ahead of Pilsen. The Prague team decided to win in the second half. Gradually, Adam Hložek, Jakub Pešek, Matěj Polidar and, in the end, Pešek again prevailed.
Coach Pavel Vrba’s charges did not lose 14 consecutive matches in the highest competition and won nine of the last ten. The Spartans defeated the league in the East Bohemia for the seventh time in a row and defeated them in Letná in the 15th duel of the highest competition. The “Slaves” are still waiting for the first win of the league season.
“Hložek’s goal helped us a lot, he took it on and finished well. When we led 1: 0, we suddenly had more space. In the first half we were not in a good position to start the attacks and Hradec had enough time and speed to he got into situations that were not optimal for us, “Vrba said at an online press conference.
In the 12th minute, the home striker Pulkrab found himself in the 12th minute, but he did not beat Fendrich. After the corner kick, the lone Spartan stopper Panák headed from the penalty kick.
In the 25th minute Panák turned the ball in the lime only to the King, but the visiting stopper hit the crossbar. Immediately on the other side, after renumbering, Hancko presented the ball to Karabec, who, however, aimed at the bar of the exposed goal from an angle.
Then they threatened Hradec again, but Kubal’s attempt to re-run the run-out Nita failed. At the end of the introductory act, the visiting goalkeeper dealt with Sáček’s shot from behind the lime.
“In the first half we had two or three situations from which we could score a goal. In the first half we could bridge the match to our side. Unfortunately we were not accurate and emphatic enough. The result was not good for us. It is true that Hradec had in “In the first half, there were also two situations which, fortunately for us, he did not complete. It could have been even worse,” stated Vrba.
Eight minutes after the change of sides, the home team opened the score. Wiesner passed into the penalty area to Hložek, who did not give Fendrich a chance with a cannonball under the crossbar. “Even during the break, we believed that Hradec could not sustain such a style of the whole match. We are used to such matches, we pushed for them and in the end it fell there,” the club website Hložka was quoted as saying.
Immediately afterwards, Karabec headed up close outside the three sticks. Fendrich pulled Hanck’s shot from a distance. In the 66th minute, the Spartans added a fuse when Pešek headed for the far post in the lime after Hložek’s pass. Five minutes later, Fendrich fired Sáček’s shot only at the quick-ending Polidar.
Another shot could have been added by Karlsson, but his shot ended up next. Pešek determined the final result with a ground shot from lime. Sparta pod Vrbou also won the 11th home league match, in which it scored 41 goals. Hradec did not win the highest competition outside for the sixth time in a row.
“Sparta’s victory is deserved, of course. Maybe the above is a bit cruel for us, because we gave a nice performance from my point of view. There was a huge difference in the quality of the final phase of the teams. the leading team of the league, “said guest coach Miroslav Koubek.
Sparta Prague – FC Hradec Kralove 4: 0 (0: 0)
Goals: 66. and 88. Pešek, 53. Hložek, 71. Polidar. Judges: Machálek – Kříž, Vodrážka – Franěk (video). ŽK: Král, Kodeš, Donát, Harazim, Prekop (all Hradec Králové). Attendance: 6263.
Sparta: Nita – Wiesner (86. Gabriel), Panák, Hancko, Polidar – Karabec (59. Karlsson), Sáček, Pavelka, Hložek (86. Souček), Pešek – Pulkrab (76. Drchal). Coach: Willow.
Hradec Králové: Fendrich – Mejdr, Donát, Král, Urma (90. + 3 Klíma) – Kodeš, Rada (76. Soukeník) – Harazim, Rezek (60. Prekop), Vlkanova (76. Vašulín) – Kubala (61. Dvořák). Coach: Koubek.
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