Eleven sharp games for Sparta, zero goals. You are waiting for the first hit even at twenty one. Does it bother you?
I have it in my head. I want to score a goal: not for myself, of course, but for the team. I am ready to help make it as good as possible for us against Wales. That is, by victory.
Feeling under pressure after the loss in Iceland? In addition, a co-favorite of the group awaits you.
We know very well how things are developing in the group and what the match will be about. We have to do it with Wales for the three points, but I hope we don’t get nervous about it and start aggressively. Hopefully we will show who is at home and who wants to win more.
But the Welsh will definitely want to win as well, having scored every time in the qualification so far. What do you think?
Like the Icelanders, they have great quality on the ball and are technically excellent. They rely on powerful players at the back and play in high numbers up top. We have to watch not only the creative midfielder Colwill, who stood out the most in Wales’ last matches. We have a tough game ahead of us, like next Tuesday against Denmark.
Will it work against Wales even without stopper Martin Vitík, who received an invitation to the national team?
With Viťas, it was only a matter of time before he would go to A. He is deservedly there, he performs great here in Sparta. We will miss him, but we must try to replace him as best we can. The same applies to the injured Michal Černák. In Iceland, he supported the offense a lot from the right side, but we have other guys who can play at least as well as him.
People often talk about the magic of České Budějovice, where the Czech U21s have lost only one match in the last four years. Do you rely on it?
We, who already played in the previous twenty-one, know about this balance and we want the new guys to believe it as well. We have nothing to complain about in the south, the conditions are perfect. We feel comfortable here, but we are not subject to it, we are not here on vacation. We know that hockey is being played in Budějovice on Friday at the same time, but hopefully we will show the fans that they got us right. And that it is a good performance and result, we will also invite Denmark.
By the way, you didn’t do the pre-match training at the Dynamo stadium this time, you were already there on Wednesday. You do not mind?
At all, we touched the stadium a day earlier. There is also a bit of superstition in it. Last time in Iceland we had a pre-match training session in the main stadium – and we lost. However, not only at this year’s EURO, it paid off for us to train elsewhere before the win with Germany. It’s a detail, but maybe it will help us even now.
2023-10-12 10:51:41
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