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Sparta – Slavia | Derby for first place? After 12 years! And for the first time without spectators

Sport.cz, SK Slavia Prague

Staples lead the table two points ahead of the irreconcilable rival. Derby is thus a direct clash for the first place.

The league has become accustomed to such a situation. The last time it took place was in October 2008. “I didn’t even know that it was so long when the derby was decided on the first and second place,” coach Jindřich Trpišovský made no secret in an interview for club television.

Then, twelve years ago, the starting position was the same as today. Slavia arrived with a two-point lead. She won 4: 1 at Letná, two goals scored by Vladimír Šmicer, and in the end she escaped the second Sparta by six points in the thirty-lap season.

However, the title’s coach does not think that an exclusive constellation will affect the course of the match.

“Derby will always be the same battle. I don’t think we really notice how many people are in the table, what position they’re from. If I overdo it, even if the first team plays with the eighteenth, the course will be the same. Everyone just wants to manage the derby, the match is remembered a lot, “assures Trpišovský.

We will win, announces Juliš

Slavia has not lost to Sparta since March 2016 in 11 competitive matches in a row (10 in the league), the last two league duels ended in a draw.

“There hasn’t been much football in the derby in recent years. I’m also expecting a very fighting match now. It will also be about the first goal and I believe that we will give it and win, “spartan gunner Lukáš Juliš tells for club television. who wants to give Slavia the first goal in his life.

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That the course and resume of the derby would affect Thursday’s results of both Prague “S” on the European cup scene? to a much better mood than the Letna family will be in ?!

“It simply came to our notice then. Before the derby, everything is deleted, “Trpišovský rejects similar considerations.

“Of course we are disappointed, because in Lille we finally reached the point. But we must take exclusion as a reality and move on. We want to be successful in the league and a match for first place awaits us, which I think is sufficient motivation for players, “emphasized his counterpart Václav Kotal in France.

Slavia is in a better mood

“If you are in a better mood, preparing for the match is of course better and easier. But only until the derby starts. At that moment, the ‘H’ hour decides. The current mood, courage and also who will enter the match better, “recalls Trpišovský, who has never lost the derby with Sparta and does not intend to break the successful balance this time either.

“It’s definitely nice, because we regenerated well, and the preparation was comfortable. Sparta and I are going to give it away with a clear head. The only thing missing will be the audience. but we will not change anything about that, “agrees the Slavic stopper Ondřej Kúdela.

Referees Berka and Lukáš Štetina from Sparta (first from right) during a push in the derby in Slavia.

Vlastimil Vacek, Right

“The quality of Lille and Milan was a bit bigger than ours, so we congratulate them and focus on the derbies. I already forgot about Thursday’s match and I only have a derby in my head. We will be ready for it, “responds 26-year-old Juliš, who leads the table of shooters of the highest competition with seven goals.

“The boys also fought for ten. I wouldn’t see so pessimistically that there should be a bad mood, “Kotal adds.” Slavia should have the upper hand, but we play at home and the boys will definitely do everything to be successful, “adds the coach.

Due to anti-coronavirus measures, the derby will take place completely without spectators for the first time in its separate history.

Too bad we went to ten, Kotal regrets. We want to be successful in the league, he wishes before the derby

“It is terribly sad that the biggest match will take place without people. On the other hand, we play outside, so maybe for us an empty auditorium will be a minor psychological advantage, “says Trpišovský, who worked for Sparta youth at the beginning of his coaching career.

The Red and Whites have such a busy staff that Trpišovský, against Beer Ševa, for example, did not place Captain Bořil in the basic eleven at all.

“It was not an easy decision, because anyone from the trio of Masopust, Oscar and Bořil could play. It was not easy for Boril. Especially when he’s healthy and fine. In the second half, however, he helped us and will help us on Sunday as well, “the Slavic coach suggests that he will probably return Captain Bořil to the basic line-up.

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