Stanislav Hejkal, assistant coach of Bohemka
Hradec got stronger in the summer. The results are not unexpected from my point of view. Since its promotion to the league, Hradec played for two years in the asylum in Mladá Boleslav, now it is two years in the home stadium. However, he did not go through a crisis. I thought he had to come sometime. It wasn’t big this year either, because they drew against Slavia, but lost at home to Karvina, which was unexpected. There was some dissatisfaction, because the arrivals were really loud, Darida came to the team. He managed to get out of that situation, he has almost the same points as us. The position of Hradec corresponds to the composition of its staff. He has good game organization. He adheres to established principles and fundamentals, playing two central midfielders and three strikers who fall into the spaces between. The absence of Petrášek did not show a great vulnerability, on the contrary, rather the fact that in some matches it is more appropriate to start without him, from the point of view of speed and play from the back. At other times, such a player can help in standard situations. He was ruled out against Baník, but in this match, just like against Teplice, Elbel, who came to the team from Olomouc, was able to represent him very well. League matches are even with all teams. Today, there is no opponent where we can talk about a clear win or defeat before the match. It is always balanced with Hradec because it is well organized, it is difficult to get into it and it has very good standard situations. An example of this is our match against each other from last season, when we lost 0:3 at home. In the beginning, we scored goals from set pieces. Hradec also has a good goalkeeper. He presents himself with a high position, he is not afraid to run to the centers. He is one of the best goalkeepers in the league in the run-up.
Adrián Rolko, assistant coach of Hradec
Bohemka now played an excellent match at Sparta. It is a team that benefits a lot from the home environment. Matches with her are often even, it’s always about physical fights. Nothing else will be waiting for us there either, so we have to deal with it. Otherwise, we want to present ourselves with our game. What we lost at home, we want to bring back from Prague.
Adam Vlkanova, Hradec offensive midfielder
In Ďolíček, the matches are always specific. But I have to say that I play quite well there, so I like to go there. I often do well in that place, so I’m looking forward to the match and I believe we can do it, although we know it won’t be easy. Bohemka is an unpleasant opponent, especially at home, but no opponent is easy in the league anymore. It has dangerous attackers. Yusuf is strong in the air, can hold a lot of balloons and can finish the action. Drchal is also mobile, his strength is speed, so you can say that they have a good mix, we have to keep an eye on them. But we are definitely going there for the three points that we want to get from every game.
