Pristina (from our correspondent) – Slavia increased their efforts, squeezing home Ballkani more and more. In the 75th minute, after a standard situation, Moses Usor returned the ball into the goal, which fell to David Jurásk. He immediately sent it to the far post, where Ondřej Lingr bent down for a cross and hit the ball with his head. Precisely, hard, exactly as needed. The defender of the Kosovar team just put the ball into the net. “It was clear that I would play with my head. I’m glad that I gave it enough impetus,” said the twenty-four-year-old midfielder.
After the goal, he immediately ran to the fan section of his team. He jumped over advertising banners, ran across the athletics track and trotted up to the wall, where a horde of fans happily patted him on the back. “I don’t even know how many people hugged me,” laughed the Slavist hero.
He had a celebration ready. “I thought about it before the match. I just had to get past the banners, but I did it. I really enjoyed it and I also wanted the fans to enjoy everything. We are very grateful that they came here to support us,” admitted Lingr.
As always, he wringed out. As always, he was engrossed in the match and his emotions gushed from him. When he went five minutes after the goal scored from the square, he taunted his teammates with clenched fists. “He is very important to us. His fielding performance has not been good, but he can be in the right spot. He is a moment, lime player. That’s also why we left him on the pitch for so long,” said Slavist coach Jindřich Trpišovský.
“He is like a fish in water in lime. He knows how to finish those situations. And he’s a winning type too. Even though he spoils nine balloons, he goes for the tenth. That’s a very valuable quality,” the coach added in praise of the scorer. After all, Lingr also counted the recent league match against Mladá Boleslav, which the team beat even in a weakened state.
Since then they have kicked off. Then they defeated the second division Dukla in the cup, swept away Sparta in the league derby and now they succeeded in Kosovo. “We are on a wave, we told ourselves that we will give it our hearts, which we are doing well. We continued this even after the derby, even though we were missing two key players from that match,” Lingr referred to the absence of midfielder Jakub Hromada and forward Václav Jurečka, who could not play because they are not on the roster for the Conference League.
Slavia was helped by the arrival of Ewerton, the Brazilian allowed himself to go around the opponent, he was active. “He definitely helped, kept calm. This is what we wanted from him, we told him to take the ball and do what he is strongest at,” explained the Czech representative.
When he was substituted, he suffered on the bench. The end was hectic, at the beginning of the long setup, Ondřej Kolář caught two great chances of the opponent. “It stank a lot, Koli held us up,” Lingr snorted.
But Slavia was not pleased with the result from Turkey, Sivasspor overcame Cluj 3:0. Stitchers are not the masters of the situation. If Cluj beats Ballkani in a week, not even a win over Sivasspor will save the red and whites. “Unfortunately, it is a complication, but we will still focus on ourselves and we will want to win the last match,” Lingr responded to the sad news from the second match in the group.
