Viktoria will go into the national team break in peace. Favored Pilsen settled the match with Bohemians in the first half – Matěj Vydra and Daniel Vašulín scored, which meant a 2:0 win. The first-named played an excellent match and is approaching the style that got him into the English Premier League years ago. At the same time, the West Bohemians defended second place in the table ahead of Baník and Sparta.
Sometimes you wring your hands when you see what a striker of such quality, beaten by elite competitions on the Islands, can throw away. However, Matěj Vydra is currently in fantastic form. He opened the scoring against Bohemians, creating Pilsen’s second goal with a perfect pass for Daniel Vašulín. Without debates, it was his match, he devised many other actions for his teammates.
Vydra’s contract ends after the season in Pilsen, it will be discussed at the right time. It will be two years since Bohemia came to the west as the biggest reinforcement of winter. He was recovering from a serious knee injury, he went through a more difficult period – mainly he lacked numbers, he missed a lot of chances, in the current season he was missing pieces to have even better statistics.
“Duo V+V played well, performed well. We know that Matěj has been in good athletic shape for several weeks, we needed Váša to raise his level. He succeeded, it was probably his best performance in Pilsen,” praised coach Miroslav Koubek and the other productive striker Daniel Vašulín after the match.
The otter is slowly but surely getting comfortable. He will have a great time with Pavlo Šulec and Prince Adu, or with Vašulín, with whom they decided Sunday’s game against the Vršovice team. “I’ll probably agree that I have some form. Even if I wasn’t scoring goals, I was trying to help the team with other things – keeping the balls in front, winning the fights. Today, things turned around in a positive shooting balance and assists,” praised the experienced striker after the won duel.
What’s important – Otter keeps healthy, starts regularly. He played seventeen times in the season, missing only five games. He hit for the second time in the league, he has one hit in the Europa League. He makes up for weaker numbers with a contribution in the field, where he plays a lot of balls and creates good positions for teammates.
With the 1+1 balance from Sunday afternoon, he raised his statistics and the necessary self-confidence. There are reports from those around him that he is recovering from a spasm when he was bound by burnt tutus. Currently, he is enjoying football, he has thrown away the gloom and is getting into the position of one of the key players in Pilsen. Finally, one would like to say.
“If every game has at least number one in the statistics, it will be optimal, but it’s not that simple. In any case, his numbers are already flashing there,” Koubek smirked. “The team showed the right mentality, good setup and awareness of the situation, it was a very important match. Four changes in the line-up compared to Thursday helped us, the energy of the rested players was visible. It was a good move.’
Pilsen had a relatively easy way for the three-point obligation. Although the players were moving their legs after a difficult but successful game in the Europa League against Real Sociedad (2:1), they were much more active on the field than the opponent from Vršov. Bohemians shot only once on goal, apart from a few dangerous corner kicks, they did not resist. And they pissed off their coach.
Jaroslav Veselý could get angry at the substitution, even a double substitution and a change of line-up after half an hour of the game did not help him. “The changes were not medical, there were more players to substitute, we wanted to change the system to four defenders, get other players there. Overall I’m very upset, we lack emotion there, it was given away, a lot was given away for free. It has to do with courage and self-confidence in the game, I see a parallel there with our match with Slavia,” the “kangaroos” coach looked back after the match.
Before the match, the actors on the lawn paid tribute to the war veterans, there is one more interesting thing about the match. The head referee Pavel Orel stayed in the booth at halftime due to an injury, the fourth referee Daniel Vokoun blew the whistle for the second half. He handled the unexpected start on the pitch solidly. With the help of VAR, he eventually disallowed Cheick Souaré’s goal due to close offside, and in the end he gave a card to Václav Jemelka.
Goals
Home: 9. M. Vydra, 42. Vašulín
Assemblies
Home: Jedlička – Dweh, Marković, Jemelka – Cadu (76. M. Havel), Kalvach (C) (90+1. Sojka), Červ, Souaré – Šulc – Vašulín (88. Kopic), M. Vydra (76. Adu) .
Guests: Frühwald – Křapka, Petrák (32. Pleštil), Vondra – Adam Kadlec (66. Vala), Hůlka (C), A. Čermák, Shejbal – V. Drchal (66. Zeman), Jan Matoušek (85. V. Novák) , Ristovski (31. Gross).
Substitutes
Home: Wiegele, Tvrdon, Paluska, Kopic, Sojka, Mosquera, Squire, Havel, Slončík, Jirka, Adu
Guests: Reichl, Kadlec, Jindřišek, Jánoš, Novák, Zeman, Vala, Pleštil, Hrubý
Cards
Home: Vasulin, Jemelka
Guests: Group
Referee
Orel – Roast, Hedgehog.
Stadium
Doosan Arena, Pilsen
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