Lisbon (from our rapporteur) – Probably CR7 in the line-up, because, for example, in the Pyrenean derby, which provided the group’s start, Cristiano Ronaldo started for the final half hour to help arrange a draw against the Spaniards.
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“Everyone is looking for a recipe for looking after it, but it’s hard to find. After all, together with Messi, they are the best footballers in the last fifteen years. But playing against him is an experience, “confirms the captain of the Czech team Tomáš Souček, who competed twice against the five-time Golden Ball holder last season in the Premier League.
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There was a good mood at the training of Czech football players in Lisbon before the match with Portugal. On the left, Captain Tomáš Souček.Photo: Profimedia.cz
Maybe CR7 won’t start. Maybe Portuguese coach Fernando Santos will give him a break. Or he will deploy it again at the end of the match, which traditionally starts at 20:45 our time. But would Ronaldo miss the opportunity to introduce himself at the Sporting Stadium, in whose jersey he entered the world of big football ?! That he wouldn’t want to add another national team goals to date? And in front of your fans for that?
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“Make it better on the field,” the Czech national team coach Jaroslav Šilhavý wants the Portuguese team to be as strong as possible and the fight for first place in the group has the appropriate grades. “Even the players want it. who is able to decide matches on his own. “
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At the same time, neither the coach nor his charges want Ronaldo to present this ability on Thursday night. But can it be stopped at all? Can it be defended if, for example, the Swiss scored two goals in a quick sequence in the previous duel and decided the match?
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Coach Jaroslav Šilhavý (second in white from left) gives instructions for training in Lisbon before the match with Portugal.Photo: Profimedia.cz
“His teammates rely on him in Manchester United and in the national team and give him a lot of balloons. And he returns it to them, “West Legionnaire Souček knows about Ronald.” It would be best not to let him shoot at the goal at all, because then he won’t give us a goal. But we all have to help the defenders and the goalkeeper. “
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“Goalkeeper Staňek,” coach Šilhavý said surprisingly that there would be a rosada in the gate and that the Pilsen goalkeeper will take the place of Tomáš Vaclík, who caught the first two matches of the League of Nations.
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In qualifying for the World Cup in Qatar, he underwent a baptism of fire in Belgium, where Lukaku, Hazard et al. Faced him, and on Thursday the test will be even more difficult. What a player in the Portuguese team, the name and the concept.
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“From the right back to the attackers, their quality is unbelievable,” Souček agrees.
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Captain Tomáš Souček (left) and coach Jaroslav Šilhavý at a press conference in Lisbon on the eve of the match with Portugal.Photo: Profimedia.cz
“That is why this confrontation will be very instructive for us again. And we will test against strong teams what we have and how we can succeed against them, “the coach added.
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In addition to the rosada in the gate, he is preparing two or three other changes, but he has not commented on them specifically. Just as he did not reveal whether he would stay with the three defenders or strengthen the defense. “We will also deal with the implementation team and also with the players who have to identify with the chosen style of play. Our opponent will probably push us on the defensive, so we will defend and go to break. With Spain, we have proved that we can do it and that we can be dangerous from counterattacks, “Šilhavý advised, what he is preparing his charges for.
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