“We are under no less pressure than before Helsinki. We would like to go further. But of course, the Champions League is still a long way off,” defender Milan Havel said before leaving for Chisinau.
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An unknown environment and team await West Bohemia. In addition, Sherif has to play cup matches in Chisinau because Tiraspol is located in the pro-Russian separatist region of Transnistria. Due to UEFA’s decision, they cannot hold cup matches due to Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine, whose borders are only a few tens of kilometers away.
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“I will believe that it is safe there, otherwise the match could not take place there. The guys on the field won’t solve this. As for the stadium, the atmosphere, I have no idea what the situation is there, what kind of fans will come,” assistant Pavel Horváth said.
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The general did not go well for the Czech champion, he dropped two points in Teplice in the opening league round on Saturday. He saved the draw (2:2) with two goals in the second half. “We didn’t play well in the first half. She showed us that we can’t underestimate the things that should be automatic for us defensively. If we don’t fulfill them, we will be punished by any opponent,” warned Horváth.
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I don’t remember so many chances, says Havel
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“We told each other a lot of information about the mistakes in the Teplice goals. But we also saw how many chances we had. I don’t remember that we ever had so many,” added Havel. The Sherif team is also relatively unknown. There is practically no one left from the squad that defeated Real Madrid in the Champions League last fall.
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“The team has completely changed compared to the Champions League, but they have a lot of new skillful players,” noted Havel. “A lot of players have come to Tiraspol in the course of half a year, the team is being formed on the fly. They are individually very strong, we have to focus on their individuality and cover is,” said Horváth.
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Referee Jan Machálek and football players from Teplice and Pilsen during the match of the 1st round of the Fortuna League.Photo: Vlastimil Vacek, The law
Sherif is not productive in the new season, he has scored only three goals in five games so far. On the contrary, he collected only once. “Although he hasn’t scored many goals yet, he has skillful players up front. We must avoid unnecessary mistakes like we made in Teplice,” said Havel.
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After arriving in the Moldavian metropolis, the Pilsen team will move to the hotel, in the early evening the Victorians will have a pre-match training session. The match at the stadium in Chisinau will start on Tuesday at 19:00 Czech time.
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