Pilsen also won the third match of the winter training. Today, Viktoria defeated the second team of the second league, Dukla Praha, 1:0 at home and followed up on the previous victories over Žižkov and Doubravka. The match was decided in the 12th minute by Jhon Mosquera’s only goal.
The Colombian winger made his way into the empty net from close range after a cross from Kopica. The West Bohemians were significantly more active, especially in the first half, but they did not add another goal. They were unable to score even from a penalty kick, which Vydra did not convert in the 38th minute.
Nine new Viktoria players jumped into the second act, but after the change of sides, the Prague team kept pace and did not concede any more goals. In the third duel of the winter preparations, Pilsen kept a clean sheet and in total, at the end of the autumn part of the season, they won for the eighth time in a row.
“Again we tried certain things, some new connections of new players who are getting used to it. It was certainly an interesting game against a good opponent. We saw good things in the first half, we created two or three clear scoring chances, then they still didn’t give away a penalty. Performance of the game he was probably better than in the second half. But even there we had some transitions, but we didn’t finish with a goal,” Viktoria’s Slovak assistant coach Marek Bakoš told the club’s website.
“We could have converted more chances, the positive is keeping zero,” defender Honzo Paluska says after the third friendly match
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“For me it was a good match, but I think we could have converted more chances. With what we went into all the friendlies to keep a clean sheet at the back, we succeeded. We are happy for that. I evaluate our performance positively, ” said defender Jan Paluska.
The third team of the first league will play the next matches at the training camp in Spain. The coaches of West Bohemia are now deciding with which squad they will travel to the camp. According to media speculation, midfielder Pavel Bucha, who is said to be close to a transfer to the overseas MLS, would not have to leave with Pilsen.
“We will evaluate all things now, we have two days to do it and we will focus on it. We expect that some small narrowing will take place, but we will discuss and consider everything calmly now,” said Bakoš.
“We want as many players as possible to go to the training camp with us, so that we are complete and can continue to prepare well for the season. All players who had some minor injuries in the last few days should also be available to us,” added the former Slovakian forward.
Viktoria Plzeň – Dukla Prague 1:0 (0:0)
Branka: 12. Mosquera.
Pilsen line-up:
I. half: Jedlička – Rezník, Hranáč, Jemelka – Kopic, Kalvach, Cerv, Cadu – Oydra, Tamm, Mosquera.
II. half time: Tvrdoň – Dweh, Hejda, Paluska – Holík, Valenta, Červ, Traoré, Cadu (60. Havel) – Šulc – Kliment. Coach: Koubek.
Ostrava started the only warm-up match at home, the rest of the matches will be played at the training camp in Turkey. Baník had a number of chances against Vyškov, but was unable to score.
“I’m happy with how the boys worked it out after almost three weeks of hard training. We had a lot of interesting situations, especially in the second half we probably could have decided it. But at this stage it’s not about the result,” said Baník coach Pavel Hapal.
Baník Ostrava – Vyškov 0:0
Ostrava lineup:
First half: Letáček – Rusnák, Blažek, Pojezný, Šehič – Buchta, Miškovič, Šín, Šudák – Kubala – Tanko.
II. half time: Markovič – Měkota, Frydrych, Lischka – Juroška, Rigo, Grygar, Madleňák – Adediran, Klíma – Almási. Coach: Hapal.
Jablonec partially built up its reputation after the collapse of the defense in the match with Žižkov and defeated the division Velké Hamry 5:2. After changing sides, Náprstek scored twice, another youngster Gaš scored the first goal for the A-team.
“It’s hard for me to evaluate it, it had nothing much to do with football. It was frozen and we’re glad we survived it. I was worried for the players, I didn’t want them to go to some syringes. on a smaller field, it didn’t give us much,” said Jablonec coach Radoslav Látal.
FK Jablonec – Velké Hamry 5:2 (1:0)
Jablonec goals: 59th and 80th Nprstek, 25th Chramosta, 49th F. Souček, 77th Gaši.
Composition of Jablonce:
I. half: Kotlín – Karban, Tekijaški, Hurtado, Polidar – Kanakimana, Houska, Kubín, Pleštil – Chramosta, Krulich.
II. half time: Myška – Karban, Štěpánek, Martinec, Čanturišvili – Gaši, F. Souček, Kratochvíl, Náprstek – Velich, Drchal. Coach: Látal.
After Friday’s unexpected 3:2 victory in Zabrze, Karviná played a good first half in Žilina (2:2), but conceded five times after changing sides. Adeleke Akinyemi flashed a hat trick for the Silesian newcomer in the top league in a 4:7 defeat.
“Once again, we had an excellent first half and took a well-deserved two-goal lead. But after our throw-in and the penalty, which I don’t think, it was suddenly 2:2. We made changes in the second half and I don’t even want to comment on that. We have to discuss it internally, because scoring five goals in half time is a bad business card,” said Karvina’s Slovakian coach Juraj Jarábek after the match with his compatriots.
Žilina – MFK Karviná 7:4 (2:2)
Goals: 36. Gidi, 39. Bille z pen., 47. Ilko, 51. Sauer, 59. Essomba, 73. Jambor, 84. Ītko – 19., 58. and 62. Akinyemi, 24. Ezeh.
Karviné line-up: Lapeš (46. Ciupa) – Traoré, Krčík (46. Ojora), Čurma – Ezeh (65. Kačor), Moses, Boháč (75. Vinicius), Memič (46. Papalelé) – Ayaosi (46. Ražnatovič) – Vinicius (46. Kauan Carneiro), Akinyemi (75. Ezeh). Coach: Jarábek.
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