Tiraspol (from our newsletter) – Procedural math is simple. If Geneva does not beat AS Roma, Slavia will continue in the Europa League in the spring. Regardless of the result of the match in Tiraspol. If the people of Prague succeed in Moldova, they don’t have to look back.
Therefore, at the moment, the main motivation is directed a little further. “We are most attracted to first place, there is nothing to hide behind. We have to perceive the strength of the opponents, but we look at the situation we are in. We know exactly the key, what is related to the first place, what will happen if we manage it,” ponders the all-rounder Lukáš Provod.
The Staplers currently have nine points, the same as AS Roma. The balance of the matches is the same (0:2 and 2:0). Other parameters are currently playing for Slavia, which has a better overall score and a greater number of goals scored (10:2 versus 8:3). It will be decided at a distance in the last two races.
“We are in a situation where we have everything in our hands. Finishing in front of such a giant as AS Roma would be written in history. We all want to play games in the spring. We want to be in first place, which is important because we would lose one round,” says assistant Jaroslav Köstl, who is standing in for absent head coach Jindřich Trpišovský in Moldova.
And he’s right. The winner of the group automatically goes to the round of 16 among the sixteen best teams of the Europa League. The motivation to avoid the round of 16, where the third teams from the Champions League groups fall, is great. And even with regard to the saved forces. That is why there is no reason to save players at the moment, and it was not the case with Tomáš Holeš and Petr Ševčík, who remained in Prague.
“For us it’s a Europa League match, we definitely know what we’re playing for. We have to play every game like a World Cup final and give it everything. Absent boys have health problems. Yes, we admit that with Ševčík it is about preventive reasons,” explains Köstl.
2023-11-30 12:47:00
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