“I would not like to overtake, I want to focus on the last six months so that we can manage it and advance it. I leave what will happen in the summer,” Pavlenka said in an interview with ČTK, which was mediated by the player’s Sport Invest agency.
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“You still have some ambitions. I would like to play in the first league and be among the best. I can’t quite imagine continuing in the second league,” added the former goalkeeper of Ostrava or Slavia.
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He is not afraid that Werder would transfer him to the B-team if he decides not to extend the contract or hesitates to sign for a long time. “I haven’t experienced a situation where a player who decides not to extend the expiring contract is thrown into a bullshit, and that’s how it goes. It doesn’t happen that much here, maybe some didn’t play that much, but they were still in the squad,” Pavlenka said.
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Last year was one of the hardest times in his career. “I was injured for a long time, I lost the Euro, it came down. I believe that this year it will turn for the better and we will start collecting three points against Düsseldorf on Saturday and we will follow the procedure,” said the native from Hlučín.
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The end of his career was imminent
Due to the injury, he also thought about the end of his career for a while. “My leg problems seemed to be back and fading, but unfortunately it was a different problem and was solved later. They found fluid between my bone and nerve. I was losing strength in my leg and stability. I wasn’t able to walk properly.” let alone run or do anything on the field, “Pavlenka recalled.
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“I had the blackest thoughts of quitting football. The doctors didn’t know exactly what I was in, they didn’t find anything on the resonance or the first ultrasound. Then the specialists took my cerebrospinal fluid and asked if I had any syndrome. “Then the fluid problem was finally found and could be solved. I wanted to come back sooner, but I’m also happy for the seven matches at the end of autumn,” he added.
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Bremen is seventh in the table after 18 rounds, but loses only a point to third place, which means a draw for the first league. “Everyone wanted to be in the top three and have an advantage. Unfortunately, it was quite turbulent. A lot of players left in the summer and a lot of new ones came. In the first part of the season, after good results, bad came and it was up and down. it stabilized a bit, we won three times in a row and caught up with the teams in front of us, “said Pavlenka.
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He is also motivated to return to the national team. “Of course I would like to look there again, but now I’m mainly concentrating on stepping back, I went upstairs and got to where I was before the injury,” the fourteen-time representative said.
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Paddy McNair from Northern Ireland bypasses the Czech goalkeeper Jiří PavlenkaPhoto: Vlastimil Vacek, Right
However, he is not fixing the March nomination for the semifinals of the promotion to the World Cup against Sweden. “It depends on how well they do, even on the coaches, if they want to reach out to the current goalkeeper team. The nomination will make me happy, but I won’t do anything about it when I’m not there. After all, last year was challenging and I’m glad that I can run on the field again, “admitted Pavlenka.
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Before the season, his long-time Czech teammate Theodor Gebre Selassie also left Bremen and strengthened his former Liberec team. “Of course, I’m sad. Not only Theo has gone, but so have the other boys. Ludwig Augustinsson or Niklas Moisander, for example,” said Pavlenka, who has played 162 competitions for Werder since 2017.
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“One day I would also like to return to the Czech Republic, but I hope I still have time for such a step. I am not saying that I want to stay in Germany at all costs. If there was a new country and experience, I would not resist it. On the other hand in Germany, the conditions are great not only for football, but also for living with the family, “added Baník.
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