Slovan Liberec coach Pavel Hoftych during the match on Sparta.
Vlastimil Vacek, Right
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“The matches you want to play are important. And then there are the important rescue matches, which are not pleasant, but perhaps even more important, because they affect the running of the whole club. This will be a beautiful match for the title and in this category it is definitely my most important match at the moment. I am glad that I am part of the Slovan Liberec team. We will fight to keep the cup at home, “promises Pavel Hoftych.
Thirteen years ago, he saved Zlín in the first league only at the very end of the competition. Three laps before the end, two points separated him from the runway. “We played against České Budějovice and if one match can send you to another league, it’s not nice. Now we have pleasant worries about how to get the cup over our heads, “explains the 53-year-old coach.
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Liberec players are happy with the goal in derby with Jablonec.
Radek Petrášek, ČTK
With Sparta, he has a positive balance with Slovan this season. In the basic part he beat her twice, twelve days ago in the first round of the group for the title at Letná he fell 1: 4.
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Benjamin Tetteh from Sparta Prague scores a goal for Liberec at 4: 1 during the group match for the title as part of the Fortuna League superstructure.
Vlastimil Vacek, Right
“Both teams can use their knowledge from the recent confrontation. It was definitely an experience for us, because before we played against coach Jílek, now against coach Kotal. He is an experienced pragmatist who knows what he wants from the team and we are trying to find weaker articles. It’s always something else. For example, we saw the Sparta bench react to some things. Now it’s played here, not at Letná, which is probably the most significant difference for us, “he admits the advantage of the familiar stadium.
“As for the tickets, it is a neutral environment, but we also welcome Sparta fans because we want to play in a football environment. But the boys undress in their cabin, they are on the field they know and where they feel at home. We are happy to play at home, which was very important in the last league match with Baník, “he recalled winning over Baník 2: 1 in general in today’s final, in which he” saved “, unlike Sparta, only the beaten Malinský with Baluta.
Already in January, Hromada coacha reported that he had come to Liberec to win the cup: I believe that we will torment Sparta together
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“Sparta has a broad staff, so they chose this strategy. Olomouc had a similar one before the semifinals. They decided to let the players rest voluntarily, someone else decided for us and we didn’t have to deal with it that way. However, each player experiences fatigue differently, but it is good that we managed the match with Ostrava even without them and they could relax. We believe that Malinský and Baluta will benefit from it and bring quality to the offensive activities. Both are experienced, excellent footballers, dangerous for the opponent’s goal, “concludes Hoftych.
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