Liberec footballer Jakub Pešek was very disappointed after the 1: 2 defeat by Sparta in the final of the home cup. The author of the first goal was sorry that Slovan did not add an insurance goal and also did not understand some of the verdicts of referee Pavel Královec against the North Bohemians.
Pešek was annoyed that Královec gave the guest Martin Frýdek after half an hour of play only a yellow card for stepping on the lying Tomáš Malinský, even though he checked the situation on the video.
“When it’s examined, it’s either not supposed to be a card or it’s supposed to be red. He gives yellow, which I don’t understand. When he steps on it, it’s unsportsmanlike conduct and he has to go out. It would affect the whole game and I can’t understand it.” said the 27-year-old midfielder at a video conference.
He was also bothered by the whistle penalty after a slight contact between the goalkeeper Milan Knobloch and the substitute spartan Benjamin Tetteh, from whom Guélor Kanga completed the turnover of the Prague team in the 73rd minute.
“Contact, non-contact. If the player stops, he puts in an empty gate, but he falls. There’s a video and I don’t understand that it won’t be checked. Otherwise we have to congratulate our opponents. I want to praise the boys as we’ve soaked it. , “said Pešek.
With 50 minutes played, Imada Rondič nearly put the visitors another one up as he broke through in the middle and fired from just outside the box, but his shot passed just over the bar.
“If we put it at 2: 0, the referee would have whistled normally. Sparta would have pressure, but I think we would have kept it. The second goal would crack the match,” said Pešek. “It’s a huge disappointment, we wanted to win a trophy, unfortunately we didn’t succeed,” added a former player of České Budějovice or the Spartan B-team.
Slovan will try to secure a ticket to the preliminary round of the European League in the remaining two rounds of the first league superstructure. Coach Pavel Hoftych’s charges currently hold fourth place in the table.
“This is where our journey ended, we have to set our heads, regenerate and put everything into it. The end is approaching, we can already see the goal. I hope that we will find the last strength and be successful,” said Pešek.
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