This year, in addition to the traditional rivalry, Sparta’s heated trip to the match at Baník in Ostrava also contains one hidden story. Will the shift of the star and captain of Letná Bořek Dočkal to the bench be confirmed?
Twenty-six minutes in the derby with Slavia, the whole match against Pardubice, 28 minutes against Lyon, three times in the match with Boleslav, 90 minutes and a goal in the cup against Teplice. These are the statistics of Bořek Dočkal of the Letná playmaker in the last five matches. And experts are beginning to notice the trend. Bořek Dočkal gets to the edge in Sparta and Pavel Vrba stops using it in “running” matches. And some time ago, the almost unthinkable absence of the leader of the Spartan cabin in the opening line-up is to some extent expected on Sunday at Baník as well.
„It is a logical development. We all know that Pavel Vrba has a feeling for selecting suitable players for a given type of match. This was already the case in Pilsen with Pavel Horváth, who was not in top condition, but his idea managed to decide the match. Bořek is gradually getting into this role. It’s nothing against him, he’s a great player, but it’s a strategy for individual matches, of which there are many overall,Deník Sport quoted football coach Jaroslav Hynek as saying. For Dočkal’s absence among the eleven chosen ones, the expected higher pace of the match speaks for itself, as well as the above-mentioned 90 minutes, which Bořek Dočkal played on Wednesday in Teplice. Pavel Vrba saved most of his key players there and substitutes got a chance to play.
„Willow definitely feels that young players are starting to catch fire. The team is aligned according to the coach’s notes. Everyone has their place in it and I think that Bořek has already accepted his own,“Adds Hynek that Dočkal can play the imaginary role of a joker in matches like Sparta on Sunday, when his football invention may be the decisive tongue on the scales in the last fifteen twenty minutes of the match. Will the spectators see Bořek Dočkal in Bazaly at the base on Sunday? We’ll see.
source: iSport.cz
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