From the start, Liberec settled in the attacking half and their chances quickly increased. Rondić’s header from the eighth minute headed for the bar was still blocked by goalkeeper Grigar, who was powerless against the shot that he sent from 20 meters exactly under Doumbia’s crossbar a minute later after a short corner. The midfielder from the Ivory Coast, who came to Slovan from Dukla in the winter, played only a few minutes in the spring, but in the new season he has already indicated that he can be one of the supports.
In the 22nd minute, Preisler’s free kick was pounced on by Talovjerov, using his height perfectly and the ball from his head bounced off the post and into the net. The 22-year-old Ukrainian stopper scored for the second time in the Czech league, he made his debut against Teplice in January last year while still playing for České Budějovice. He could have added another goal before the break if his header had not been blocked by the crossbar.
Right from the counterattack, the Senegalese Gning bypassed two opponents, served the ball in front of the goal to Urbanc, and he did not hesitate in the 43rd minute. But Van Buren restored the home team’s two-goal advantage at the set time of the first half, and Frýdek, who scored in the opening round of Letná, scored the assist for the second time.
The Teplice defense was very vulnerable even after the break, which Van Buren used again after Rondič’s pass in the 53rd minute. The guests did not give up and Křišťan stamped the crossbar, but at the same time they opened up space for Liberec breaks. After one of them in the 70th minute, Van Buren completed his first hat trick in the Czech league.
Slovan claimed the highest league win since November 2019, when they beat Zlín 5-0. Liberec entered the season much better than last year. At that time, after six rounds, he was last with only one point, and coach Pavel Hoftych was replaced by current coach Luboš Kozel. Teplice won U Nisa in the spring, but this time they were far from a draw and did not follow up on the unexpected point with Pilsen from the opening round.
| First Football League Round 2: |
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| Slovan Liberec – FK Teplice 5:1 (3:1) |
| Goals: 45.+1, 53. and 69. Van Buren, 9. Doumbia, 22. Talovjerov – 43. Urbanec. Referee: Radina – Kubr, Šimáček – Hocek (video). ŽK: Worm – Hyčka. Spectators: 4,500. |
| Liberec: Vliegen – Gebre Selassie, Plechatý, Talovjerov, Mikula (71. Purzitidis) – Cerv (72. Varfolomejev), Doumbia (80. Višinský) – Van Buren (80. Kozák), Frýdek, Preisler (61. Matoušek) – Rondič . Trainer: Kozel. |
| Teplice: Grigar – Kučera (46. Knapík), Dramé, Vondrášek (59. Hybš) – Hyčka, Mareček, Jukl, Urbanec – Křišťan (59. Čerepkai) – Gning, Žák (46. Kodad). Coach: Jarošík. |
