The Brazilian winger Ewerton remained a little secluded at the beginning of the spring, after all, he only played the last ten minutes of the already decided match with Jablonec. Against Zbrojovce, he ran onto the field as early as the 54th minute and in four minutes from a direct free kick, he beat the goalkeeper Martin Berkovec, before whom the ball jumped. Midfielder Michal Ševčík bears a large part of the blame, who turned in the wall and cleared space.
“I hope the goal will help him. He lacked points, he struggled a lot, now he had a goal and an assist,” Trpišovský pointed out to the skilful winger, who had previously scored only against České Budějovice and in the cup against Dukla.
🎙️ | Winning goal, assisted on Mick van Buren’s shot. Ewerton gave an excellent performance against Brno and not only talked about the execution of the free kick in the post-match interview. #slabrn
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He was visible against Brno. “He did what we wanted him to do. He took the situation on himself, carried the ball into the last third of the pitch, we had a problem with that before. In the end, he was limited by a branch. The match in Pardubice was completely different, that’s why he didn’t play, but it was possible to use him in this match. He is strong off the dribble, in one-on-one battles. He looks very good in training,” said the coach to Ewerton, who found Mick van Buren before the second goal. He danced a bit with the ball and then moved it to his teammates.
As soon as the Brazilian dribbler sent Slavia into the lead, goalkeeper Kolář had to pull out. A few tens of seconds after the first goal, Brno gunner Jakub Řezníček rushed at him, but Kolář was close to him and eliminated his lob attempt. In ten minutes, the goalkeeper of the red and white team blocked Ševčík’s shot from a very good position. “He caught two goals, at that moment we had a deaf passage,” felt Trpišovský.
The wheel is currently a support. “Aleš Mandous is sick, he is lying down, that’s why he wasn’t even on the bench. Ondra is currently number one. Thanks to performances, results, speech. But Mandy is also a great goalkeeper, this can be a topic for us in the future. But it is always more pleasant to have two such goalkeepers, a big club requires it, it is common abroad. I like how they both work on each other. Mandy has worked hard, he is extremely hardworking and helps Koli, seeing that he has such a hard work behind him, he is on his heels. I’m glad that Ondra is important in the game as well. I see the biggest change in him after the wedding, he is ambitious, calm, hungry and self-confident,” described the main strategist of the stitched.
Another hero? Yes, again Van Buren, who calmed down the favorite with a goal to make it 2:0 and equaled Brno’s Řezniček with eleven goals in first place in the scorers’ table. He has the gift that when he comes on the pitch, it pours a whole new energy into the stands. “He can get into a heated match and wake up the stadium. We had a big dilemma whether to put him or Venc Jurečka in the foundation. In the last training session, he scored both goals that were scored during the game,” said Trpišovský.
Jurečka started, Van Buren entered the match together with Ewerton. “He immediately won the fight, he is unpleasant for the opponent’s defense, he gains territory for the team. He calmed down a lot. When he shot, I immediately knew it was going to be a goal. He said himself that three years ago that shot would have flown into the fifteenth row. He has the form of life, his setup is fantastic,” the Slavist coach added to the Dutch striker.
