And it could have been even worse with the famous brand, as goalkeeper Dominik Holec had to save Sparta from disaster in the form of a second conceded goal in the second half.
“I agree 100 percent that we performed poorly. He was served by the entire team for the entire ninety minutes. We had a bad offensive and defensive phase. In the booth I told the players how unhappy I was. I don’t know if it’s a warning, but it’s a signal that we need to add quality now. We missed her and there must be more of her,” Sparta coach Brian Priske evaluated the match. He had to suffer the second loss of two points in four days. On Saturday, his team drew at home with Bohemians 1905.
The table is a bit confusing in the middle of the round played today, it is true that the teams have played a different number of matches.
So let’s take a look at how many points the title aspirants have lost since the start of the league season compared to the possible maximum:
Sparta 7, Slavia 3, Pilsen 2.
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In Jablonec, the youngster Kryštof Daněk put the visitors in the lead in the tenth minute with his second goal of the season. “At the beginning we played relatively well and scored a goal. But on the other hand, despite the fact that we had a very dominant possession and played a power play, if Jablonec had converted their counterattack, it could have turned out even worse for us. Overall, I would like to say that this is my responsibility and I consider it my fault. This is how I spoke to the team as well. I will stand up to the players in these moments, but it is necessary that we all talk to each other and realize that we need to work more,” added Priske.
The visitors did not create any significant chances against Jablonec without the suspended Povazanac. “We made bad individual decisions,” explained the Danish coach, who at the end heard the visiting team chanting “Fight for Sparta!”
“I like our fans, they are fantastic and they were also fantastic in Jablonec. Whatever they shout at us after the game is fair and whatever they want from us is fair considering how they support us. I want to say that the players want to fight for Sparta, they fight for Sparta, they want to win. However, our problem today was a lack of quality. Be it technical skills, handling the ball, working with it or making bad decisions in situations where we didn’t have the ball. For example, we can talk about how many set pieces we gave to the opponent in a situation when there was one more of us on the field. Simply put, our quality must rise,” concluded a disappointed Priske.
