Former stopper of Pilsen: I want Feyenoord to win! But hard work awaits him in Eden

Can you guess how the revenge in Eden will turn out?

I will first return to the first match in Rotterdam. I have to say that it was an amazing football, I did not expect it to end with such a result. Retaliation is completely open. But I favor Feyenoord because I work in the Netherlands. If he succeeds, it will be good for the Dutch coefficient, and therefore for Vitesse.

So you’re more likely to keep your fingers crossed for Feyenoord?

If Pilsen stood against him, I would have to consider the answer, I am still close to Viktorka. But that’s how I want Feyenoord to win. At the same time, I know that he has a lot of hard work to do. What Slavia is doing in Europe is admirable. But I hope Feyenoord can handle retaliation.

Did Slavia’s performance arouse a response in the Netherlands a week ago?

First of all, the local media and experts praised Feyenoord. Slavia also took part in the excellent game. It was said that she scored an irregular goal, which was offset by an intervention on Tomáš Holeš, who could have been penalized. Unfortunately, the Conference League is saving, VAR is not present.

With Vitesse you can do it at Feyenoord, we have beaten it twice this season …

Since I was in Arnhem, we have beaten Feyenoord three times, the next two matches ended in a draw. Matches are always upset, Feyenoord is a big team, it has fans all over the country. We have to get you all together. Happiness, current form and other things. But the Feyenoord in the Dutch league and in the cups is a little different.

I will use Vitesse’s example to explain. When we played in the Conference League, we felt a huge motivation. It’s like someone injected new blood into our veins. You feel that you represent not only yourself, the club, but also the country in Europe. Our performance was sometimes diametrically different from the performance of the Dutch league.

In the Czech Republic, there are rumors that Feyenoord is even more dangerous outside than at home. Due to fast, break players. Do you agree?

Just take Sinisterra or Linssen, my former teammate from Vitesse. In addition to speed, he also has an excellent choice of place and an incredible jump, even though he is small in size. Or Nelson in attack. As I say, Feyenoord has a fantastic team. But retaliation will be very difficult for him anyway.

There was little missing and the quarterfinals of the Conference League also concerned Arnhem. Has the eight-final elimination with AS Roma already overcome?

For Vitesse, participation in Europe was a huge success. In the summer we had a goal to play six great group matches, which we did. We added the icing on the cake, we eliminated Rapid Vienna in the elimination round and we advanced in the 90th minute against AS Roma in the 90th minute. But that’s football.

In Arnhem you have a contract for another year, plus an option for another season. Will you keep it even though your game load is not high in recent weeks?

At the beginning, I played everything, I helped Arnhem to the Conference League, now it’s not like that. It may be a paradox that I have a fantastic, even friendly relationship with the coach. Of course, everyone wants to play. But one must not lose motivation, which did not happen to me. You have to be upset, not kick around. Football is not about eleven people. Injuries come, cards, you must be ready at the moment. Whether you start for ten minutes, half an hour or the whole match. I’m doing my best to be ready.