Liberec defeated Pardubice 4: 1 in the opening domestic league duel last February. The North Bohemians won the highest competition after six matches and jumped to seventh place in the table. The Eastern Czechs did not win in the league for the fifth time in a row and remained penultimate.
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The Liberec team entered the match, which was not played in the original February term due to the virus in the Východočechů team, more actively. Purzitidis returned the ball from Frýdek’s high kick to 11 minutes into the match. The Slovan captain scored in the second match in a row and celebrated his 200th league start in goals.
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Two minutes later, in the middle of the field, Hranáč fouled Frýdek with a sharp intervention and the referee Křepský immediately eliminated the Pardubice defender during his debut in the highest competition. The East Bohemians finished in the third for the third time in five spring rounds.
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Right at the beginning of the long weakening, the Pardubice rivals surprised and managed to equalize. After Matějk’s pass, Huf got a ball in the lime after 15 minutes and hit exactly in the far upper corner.
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However, the North Bohemians took back the lead relatively soon. In the 25th minute, Vacek fouled Frýdek in his own lime and Rabušic did not hesitate from the ordered penalty when he sent the goalkeeper Letáček to the opposite side.
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The former national team striker Rabušic scored the second fifty goals in the Czech league and soon scored more goals. In the 28th minute, he still aimed just outside, but a moment later, after Tiéhi’s pass, he got behind the defense and the break ended in cold blood with a shot on the back post. The 32-year-old has scored at least two goals in one match for the seventh time in the Czech league, and he still has only one hat-trick.
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The coach of Pardubice was replaced by halftime score. Havel leaflet stretched on the other side.
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The Eastern Czechs managed to threaten even in the weakening, in the 75th minute Rezek shot next in a promising position. The Liberec team added a fourth goal from the counterattack. The substitute Rondič pulled the ball through the middle of the field and with the help of Čihák’s flow he overcame Letáček.
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| 21st round of the first football league: |
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| Slovan Liberec – FK Pardubice 4: 1 (3: 1) |
| Goals: 26. from pen. and 29. Rabušic, 11. Mikula, 76. Rondič – 15. Huf. Judges: Křepský – Caletka, Kubr – Zelinka (video). ZK: Akosah-Bempah. Red Cross: 13. Hranáč (both Pardubice). |
| Liberec: Knobloch – Plechatý, Štetina, Purzitidis – Gebre Selassie, Tiéhi (81. Hilál), Havelka (60. Tupta), Mikula – Matoušek (60. Fukala), Frýdek (70. Rondič) – Rabušic (70. Stoch). Coach: Kozel. |
| Pardubice: Letáček – Kostka, Hranáč, Čihák, Cadu (82. Čelůstka) – Jeřábek – Huf (66. Černý), Vacek (46. Patrák), Solil, Lupač (61. Rezek) – Matějka (46. Akosah-Bempah) . Coach: Novotný. |
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