“The biggest motivation for me was when I read Mojmír Trličík on the Vítkovice website before the match, who said that it still isn’t that. And that I’m not doing well. I was going to do that and I’m glad he kicked me out like that, so I thank him for that. That he finally kicked me, “said Gulaš, who finished waiting for the first goal of the season in Vítkovice.
After a careful start, the people of Ostrava were the first to threaten, but Kubalík’s hit after Štencl’s shot was perfectly eliminated by the Pilsen goalkeeper Frodl. Shortly afterwards, Schleiss crocheted until the end, the former forward of Pilsen put Frodel down, but he got into a sharp angle and hit only the goal structure.
But then the West Bohemians struck. Gulaš passed to the blue Stříteský, after whose cannon the puck fell under the upper stick. Immediately after 23 seconds, the guests rejoiced again. The Indians got out of the corner of the rink and Filip Přikryl sent a wheel exactly between Svoboda’s concrete with a backhand shot from the turn and celebrated the premiere start of the season with the first extra-league goal in his career.
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However, the Vítkovice family added in the second part and soon managed to equalize. Right from the beginning of the second period, Schleiss pushed Polášek out, who burned Frodel and continued the shooting success from the previous match in České Budějovice. Then Mikyska found Lakatos with a clever pass across the rink’s axis, who hit exactly to the left pole.
However, the Pilsen team took the lead back, 69 seconds before the end of the second period, Stříteský sent a strike on the attacking blue into the escape of Strak, who could even record, but he chose the shot and aimed exactly at Svoboda’s concrete.
In the third period, the guests bounced back to the difference of two goals. Kubalík did not process the puck in front of his own goal, which Mertl seized, sent him to the intermediate ring and Gulaš scored for the first time in the season.
“We had a good goal in the match. We led 2-0 even though the game was even. But we played the second period as hard as we could. We didn’t do what we said at all. We got back into the game again with two goals in the third part, “said guest coach Ladislav Čihák.
But the home team also managed to erase the shortage for the second time. They got back within range after Marosz won the bulls and reduced Polášek to 3: 4 with a successful shot without preparation under the upper bar. Two minutes before the end in weakening, Lakatos passed and sent the match into overtime with the second goal in the match.
Right after a minute of setting, Gulaš and Mertl passed and the captain of the guests confirmed that he was doing well against Vítkovice. He overcame Svoboda for the second time and continued all the matches of last season, in which he also scored.
“If you let Mertl and Gulaš chance in overtime, it’s likely that it will be over, and it turned out that way. It is rare for coaches to be proud of a team even after a lost match, but it happened to us. I’m sure that if the team continues like this, it will be a successful season, “said home coach Mojmír Trličík.
The match was watched by a limited number of thousands of spectators, from Monday the extra league will continue as well as other sporting events without the presence of fans in the stadiums.
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