Jihlava coach Viktor Ujčík.
Vlastimil Vacek, Right
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“Mr. Ščerban, the head of Dukla, spoke to the players and employees of the club. He explained that in the current economically difficult coronavirus period, management is currently unable to pay wages. And it is not even clear how it will be in the future, “Viktor Ujčík, the coach of the Vysočina team, told the Jihlava website. According to him, the club relies on recently approved financial support approved by Parliament for professional teams. It should come from the National Sports Agency. then maybe the boys could get a part of the money owed, “the coach hopes.
Players who do not have enough reserves on their account look back at the brigades. “Dukla offered us to the companies of its partners. We are not, of course, excited about this, but somehow we have to make a living. Especially when we have no idea what will happen in a month or two. Some offers are already coming. Work at the belt, cleaning or sweeping. When someone really needs money, they can do anything, “Dukla defender Daniel Kolář tells isport.cz, according to whom about a dozen hockey players are interested in the brigade.
The hockey players of Jihlava and Vsetín are quarantined due to coronavirus
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Ujčík now prescribes general training to players outdoors. “We need the players to do something. He has to move, even if we don’t know when the first league will continue, “he shrugs.
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Jihlava hockey players are solving problems associated with the coronavirus pandemic.
A well-known opponent of anti-cancer measures is annoyed that no one knows when professional sports in the Czech Republic will get the green light again. “Regulations come terribly and uncoordinatedly. It is always said that they will take some time. But after a few days, there will be some change again. I finally expect some common sense. After all, domestic hockey is almost completely immersed. Here in Dukla, with the possible exception of three players and one member of the implementation team, practically everyone went through the diseases, “Ujčík remarked.
He cites neighboring Slovakia as an example, where the local government ordered an almost complete lockdown last week. “However, professional hockey and football continue to be played there,” he recalls.
Unsurprisingly, Ujčík is not surprised that the Minister of Health Roman Prymula, who is behind the strict regulations, went out last Wednesday to the restaurants to be closed. “It simply fits me. If such a person is not afraid of infection, he probably knows why. On his example, for example, other people will understand that it is not as terrible as it is presented, “says the coach of Jihlava, who took part in a recent anti-government demonstration in Prague’s Old Town Square.
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