Vladimír Šmicer is one of the protagonists of a new initiative for the purification of Czech football.
Vlastimil Vacek, Right
“I know I can be seen as a controversial person because I’ve been in high office football for twenty years. In Teplice, as well as in Strahov. But I like football and I don’t want to be the only one who criticizes, so I’ll start with self-reflection and trying to help downstairs. I will run for president of the district, “added Rudolf Řepka, former secretary of Teplice and then general secretary of the football association, who left Strahov two years ago of his own free will.
“I do not have any ambitions anymore. Like others, I want to give credit back to football, “said the international Tomáš Sivok, another of the former representatives, who joined the newly formed initiative.
Like other players, coaches and officials who are aware that if Czech football is to change, then from below. From the districts and regions controlled by Roman Berbr and the suite of his faithful until his arrest. Former and still active judges and delegates, acting as the Chief commanded.
Berbr resigned from football positions and kept paid in prison. What rewards does STES receive on the board?
“A month has passed since Roman Berbr’s arrest and the association has issued a statement,” Šmicer reminded him that he remained with the first reaction, which came three days after Berbr’s arrest.
On that day, Berbr resigned from the position of vice-chairman of the association and a member of the FACR executive committee, but retained his paid position on the board of directors of the subsidiary STES. The Chovanc commission of judges ended day by day, Berbr’s wife Dagmar Damková subsequently resigned from the position of chairwoman of the Steering Committee for the Czech Republic and membership in the executive committee.
This ended the Strahov earthquake, and football acknowledged him and waited to see what would happen next. League clubs are also waiting, because with the exception of Teplice, none of them called.
According to the police, Berbr embezzled the money of the Pilsen union. Rogoz and I shared them at the gas station
“Just waiting, fogging, no honest answer. It seemed to me as if everyone was waiting for something to come out of the files on Roman Berbr. Maybe we will see even more surprises, which is why some clubs are silent and waiting, “Šmicer thinks aloud.
“I was shocked that no other club, except Teplice, came forward. Then I have to ask myself if there is any change at all, “said Jan Koller, not even the best scorer in national team history.
“At the same time, when else to try to straighten football than now? When to wake people up to football and change it? “Šmicer continued.
“It won’t be right away, but we have to try to get people into football. I have been moving in it for years, now and down in the districts, and I believe that they will want to do something for it, “Koller noted with reference to the January election conferences in the districts and subsequent spring conferences of regional football associations, where a change in Czech football must and the effort to repair the devastated reputation and trampled credit begin.
Malík’s speech offends us, strong words are heard from Teplice. Even against Damková. How do the Prague S react?
“That’s why we try to help football out of the moral mud that has been sown here for twenty and thirty years, in which” tickets “are bought for higher competitions and everyone takes it and takes it as a matter of course,” Šmicer emphasized the video conference cz.
“Raise people from their seats so that they don’t just criticize and be alibis and become active,” Rapka added. “So that everyone realizes that change must come from below. If that doesn’t happen, the football environment isn’t healthy,” Koller said. .
“I take this initiative as a moral obligation. I grew up here, I played for ten years as a national and Czech football helped me secure myself for life. And now I have the opportunity to give it back to him, the chance is here, “Šmicer explained why he associated his name with the initiative and became one of its protagonists.
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