“We saw a great playoff match. Fantastic performance from both our team and Sparta. The audience was great. It had everything a playoff match should have. I’m just so sad how it ended in disgrace. I’m sorry for the twenty fighters who are falling there, playing with fractures, temperatures and the match will decide this … It’s sad for hockey, for the spectator, and especially for us, “said Liberec coach Patrik Augusta in a turbulent voice.
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The last minute of the even match was running, when at 59.05 the Jakub Klepiš was on the penalty bench for two minutes. Sparta took advantage of the offered power play 29 seconds before the final siren and grabbed the match ball under Ještěd.
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“I don’t want it to look like I’m crying, I just want it to be fair. Even from the switch, I thought we were the ones who gave the referee a chance to whistle this, but it wasn’t like that at all! “Augusta whispered, to whom the repeated shots agree.
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“Definitely a bad exclusion where there was no foul. The player filmed it easily. “Last minute whistling this in a match that would have one team to win regularly is a huge disappointment to me,” Augusta said angrily. “The referee probably thought it was a murder and it turned out like this. We’re all human, we can to be wrong, but don’t be angry with me, this whistle at the last minute of such a match, when the series is decided, is sad, “he continued in the litany. “No matter what he says, I will not comment on the referee,” Sparta coach Josef Jandač responded.
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Now Liberec is one match away from elimination. “It is difficult at the moment, but tomorrow is a new day and a new chance for us. In each match, our performance was one step better, today I’m not afraid to say two, against the incredibly strong and bloated Sparta. I believe that we will give an even better performance on Saturday and we will beat Sparta, “Augusta concluded.
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