Zdeněk Folprecht in an archive picture with his girlfriend in Azerbaijan.
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“We’ve played there before with Liberec against Karabakh in the European League and I remember how we all watched how beautiful it was there. We had the impression at the time that we were going to a slightly backward country, but it’s such a small Dubai. It’s about the newly built city and I really liked it there. I would still go back there, “Folprecht said in an interview with ČTK.
In the jersey of the local Neftchi, Baku also played two matches at the Olympic Stadium, where the Czechs will play for the quarterfinal duel. The arena can accommodate up to 70,000 fans, however, due to coronavirus measures, the match can be watched by a maximum of 31,000.
Dan and I are alike. They also don’t have big stars, but they form a strong team, one mistake decides, knows Šilhavý
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“It’s a big stadium and it’s just unfortunate that when four thousand come there, it will look like no one is there. There will definitely not be such an environment as during the match with the Netherlands. Even if ten thousand people came there, which is not even it doesn’t have to be there, so it will get lost there and it will be an intimate atmosphere that will be similar to football at the time of covid or matches in Scotland, “said Folprecht.
The warm weather and high temperatures that are now moving by the Caspian Sea will also be unpleasant for the players of both teams. “I was here from December to May, so I was not in the biggest summer, but now it will be very hot,” said Sparta’s offspring.
But the city itself impressed him differently. “I was pleasantly surprised that it was probably the only country I was in where everything is even cheaper than in the Czech Republic. Whether you go to Cyprus, Spain or England, it’s more expensive everywhere,” said Folprecht. “You can eat here in good restaurants, even for a price you would not eat in the Czech Republic. The city is beautifully built. You can walk along the sea, there are, for example, Formula 1 and you can see signs in places where it stands “There are modern skyscrapers, which mix nicely with the old center,” Folprecht described.
The Czech footballers are already in Baku
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Azerbaijan invests heavily in sporting and cultural events thanks to its oil revenues. “Which is also one of the reasons why the Euro is there. Theoretically, it’s a bit of nonsense why the Czechs should play with the Danes in Baku, when it’s a long distance for both of them and no one will have fans there. It’s a strange and artificial choice. “The money from the oil they take from the sea goes hard into the money, which is why UEFA went into it so that the Euro was here. The Turks, who are not far away, came to them for the basic group match, but no one else will spend much time there,” he said. Folprecht, who doesn’t even expect a large number of local fans for the Czechs’ match with the Danes.
In the duel itself with Denmark, he sees the chances of advancement as mutually balanced. “I have to say, it’s such a clash of two similar styles. We’re taught to go into everything and roll it, which may have taken the Dutch by surprise, but the Danes are similar in nature, so I’m curious. On the other hand, in this part of the spider is the way to “The semifinals are quite passable. Even though the Danes are doing well now, it’s still a similar level as we are. I see a 50 to 50 chance of advancing,” Folprecht added.
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