It cannot be expected that one of the teams would fundamentally change tactics. Guests from Eden should be more active in Štruncový sady. “But I expect Slavia to be more cautious and not as offensive as in previous matches. He probably won’t go to Pilsen with the idea that he will score three goals there and easily win,” reflects experienced coach Ivan Kopecký.
Slavia rolls the opponents with overwhelming power up front, they scored thirty-one goals in eight rounds, which is a clear record in a separate league. Stanislav Tecl scored more goals than Pilsen and Sparta combined. “We’ll have to slow them down a bit, because they’ve really started,” Pilsen assistant coach Pavel Horváth says of the rival’s current form.
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Pilsen should defend precisely. The question is how deep it will go. In Tuesday’s Champions League match against Inter Milan (0:2), she took an overly passive approach. However, Slavia does not have good experience in opening the West Bohemian defense from the spring, both matches ended in a 1:1 draw.
Did the Milanese giant show the stitched instructions? “If we were to borrow some players on loan from Barcelona and Inter, maybe we would find a recipe,” laughs Slavist coach Jindřich Trpišovský. “Pilsen’s players are naturally defensive, team-oriented and responsible. They haven’t changed their style, on the contrary, they’ve worked on it,” he adds. strategist from Vršovice.
His team will have to act more cautiously than on Thursday in the Conference League against Kosovar Ballkani, when they lost balls cheaply in the first half, and the defenders were surprised by the opponent’s raids. “He must not make such mistakes. Pilsen will see what Slavia will come up with and will wait for cracks. He can break,” warns Kopecký, referring to mobile fighters such as Adam Vlkanova and Jan Sýkora.
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Kopecky’s tip? “I think that Plzeň will not lose,” says the former coach of the Czech 21st team or the championship team Vítkovice.
