Baník fans. | Video: David Hekele
It was getting close to set time, some of the 8,000 fans were leaving their seats and heading home when Tomáš Rigo shot several times from a distance, but this time his shot went beyond the reach of the otherwise excellent goalkeeper Zadražil Uchenna. He cheered up the stands in Vítkovice. “It was my first goal. Very happy, but even that counts,” laughed the Nigerian stopper.
“I saw that the shot was coming from the right side and from a greater distance, so I tried to move there without jumping, but suddenly it changed direction to my counter-movement on the whitewash in a mass of bodies, so I at least pushed it away with my eyes, but unfortunately it it hit the post,” goalkeeper Adam Zadražil described his view of the key moment.
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He made several good saves in the match, looked confident and confident, and was twice helped by the crossbar after shots by Prekop and Kubala. For Baník, conquering the opponent’s organized defense turned out to be a pain. The old familiar weakness from last season has resurfaced. For the full 77 minutes, Pavel Hapal’s men had a power play when Kučera stepped on Kubala and after consulting referee Machálek with VAR, he went to the showers.
“We complicated the match ourselves. We had to rethink the whole plan,” said Hradec coach David Horejš. “I didn’t see the foul, I don’t even want to look at it because… I don’t know. Two matches, twice we play at ten for more than seventy minutes. That’s wrong,” he pointed to the week-old match with Mlada Boleslav.
“The contact was probably there, then it went to VAR, where it is assessed… I don’t know. If there was still VAR, it would be played at seven o’clock. I would rather deal with the intensity, although I don’t want to make excuses. Bullshit on our part, it affected the match. But I’m sorry for the fans who came to support us and we play at ten from the 12th minute,” he said.
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close info Source: Deník/Lukáš Kaboň zoom_in Match of the 4th round of the first football league: Baník Ostrava – FC Hradec Králové, August 11, 2024, Ostrava. (from left) Uchenna Aririerisim from Ostrava and Tomáš Rigo from Ostrava.
“Yes, the ankle goes out, but the player got up and played. That’s how it was told to me, I didn’t see it,” added Horejš, who could regret Mihálik’s unconverted penalty, which was caught by Markovič.
Otherwise, Baník had increasing pressure, the stoppers were pulling up very high, Rigo and Boula were inventing, just like Ewerton, but Baník lacked speed in combination, accuracy, a surprising idea and a bit of luck. The East Bohemians presented themselves with a solid defense and a block that the home team had a hard time breaking through.
In the second half, Prekop did not convert the attack, Šín took the ball out of the empty goal by Zadražil, whose spell was interrupted by Uchenna in the last minute. “Even if we didn’t win, I would evaluate the match positively. It’s amplified by the victory,” Baník coach Pavel Hapal looked back.
“We made one mistake in Copenhagen, now we scored a goal. I don’t know if it’s fate, anyway it was a different game because we dominated and were better from the start. It’s harder for all teams to get into full defense, but we had chances there. Either we lost a cross there and we couldn’t press it, or we were in a bad position and the opponent blocked it. An excellent goalkeeper. Difficult, but we are happier,” the coach knew.
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“I thank the team for their performance, because they worked for it from the first to the last minute and it was rewarded. It didn’t work out before, we rather lost such matches. Now the players see that the things we do have meaning,” concluded Pavel Hapal.
Baník Ostrava – FC Hradec Králové 1:0 (0:0)
Branka: 90. Uchenna. Referee: Machálek – Antoníček, Pospíšil. ŽK: Horák, Zadražil (both Hradec). ČK: 13. Kučera (Hradec). Spectators: 8042.
Baník Ostrava: Markovič – Uchenna Aririerisim, Chaluš, Pojezný – Buchta (76. Juroška), Rigo, Boula (55. Šín), Holzer – Kubala (55. Prekop), Ji. Klíma (76. Tanko), Ewerton (90. Fomba). Coach: Hapal.
Hradec Králové: Zadražil – Kodeš, Čihák, Ja. Klíma – Horák, Dancák (90th Koubek), Kučera, Čmelík (81st Harazim) – Vlkanova, Náprstek (46th Hais) – Mihálik (81st Czech). Coach: Go ahead.
