COMMENT: Sparta to the superstructure from the first spot. Deservedly

In the fight for the title, the details are decisive. Both derbies in the regular season ended in a draw, and while last season Sparta went into the superstructure with 68 points and Slavia with 66, Letenští currently have 76 and their rivals from Eden 72. The shift in both shows how the Czech giants (still together in Pilsen) others have escaped in recent months.

The four-point difference was formed elsewhere. It sounds obvious, but Sparta simply had fewer “unexpected” losses and was able to handle the games in which they did not do so well. An example may be the encounter at Baník or the turnaround at ten at home with Teplice. On the other hand, Slavia can regret the mistakes in Jablonec, Teplice, Zlín and at home with Olomouc.

Sparta lost in Pilsen and at Mladá Boleslav, then lost twice more in derbies, at home to Boleslav and in Teplice. Yes, Letenské was caught by the (biggest) game and result crisis in mid-March, when they caught two debacles with Liverpool and fell in the west of Bohemia.

But overall, they simply forgave themselves more hesitation than their rival from Slavia. They were also able to rely on their difference players more often. With a balance of 24 points (14 goals and 10 assists), Veljko Birmančevič is the least productive player in the league, Jan Kuchta (18 points) and Lukáš Haraslín (16) are not far behind, and captain Ladislav Krejčí helped with seven hits. For example, in the last three rounds, these four scored 10 of Sparta’s 11 goals.

Slavia was mainly driven by the productive Václav Jurečka (19) and Mojmír Chytil (17), but nobody added much to them purely in terms of numbers. More is definitely expected from Christos Zafeiris, for example, but that’s just one of a fairly extensive series.

These are also the reasons why Sparta has the title in their hands. She is in a very advantageous position, the lead of four points can only be wasted by herself. Of course, no one excludes that they will lose the derby and lose to Pilsen, who managed to defeat both Prague rivals in the season. Slavia, on the other hand, will control the superstructure and she will laugh.

In that case, the Spartans would have only themselves to blame. They would have to admit that they couldn’t handle the situation. Maybe because of other unnecessary reds, individual mistakes or bad luck at the end. That they failed in the same way as the footballers of Slavia or Pilsen in the spring of last season. Now they are (deservedly) first and it’s up to them.

2024-04-29 04:35:36
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