Red Saturday was closed by Pilař. Nonsense, for us we would not have finished in the eleventh round, Horejše protested – Sport.cz

It was the 33rd minute when Hradec’s experienced midfielder Václav Pilař quickly crossed for Sebastian Nebyla. He hit him in the shin with the sole of his foot.

“So far I have only seen the intervention live on the field and Pilek went very hard, but I did not see if he was 100 percent. But he had a big impact on the game,” said Michal Beran, who scored the first goal in Jablonec. The referee Ladislav Szikszay did not hesitate and drew a red card.

“I saw it quickly, but I think there are worse interventions that are not judged by a red card. I don’t want to make any excuses, but we are not welcome here right now. Of the four away games, three times we played at ten for more than half time. This is nonsense. You know Venc, he is not a shy person. I don’t think it was for a red card,” said goal coach David Horejš, whose team has received four red cards this season.

Václav Pilař was already the sixth player to be suspended in four games in the Czech league on Saturday. “I don’t know what to say about that. I don’t want to be weird, I’m not that type of person. But today you are afraid to fight. We would never finish at eleven, ever! That’s just the trend today and we have to deal with it. I have seen worse procedures. If I bought a ticket, I want to see something, but here it is in the thirtieth minute after the game. This is just nonsense,” said Horejš.

Jablonec coach Luboš Kozlo’s view? “I haven’t seen any red cards yet, but if there have been six red cards in four games, that’s a lot. The irregularity was mostly in Pardubice, who already went to nine in the first half and finished nine against ten. This doesn’t happen often, and I don’t think anyone trains for it,” said Kozel.

According to him, the suspension of Pilar changed the whole character of the game. “The visitors were more dangerous until the 30th minute. The momentum of the game was changed by the suspension, it definitely helped us,” said coach Jablonec.

“I’m sorry that Jablonec got the win for free. It was clear that we were the better team in the first half until the red card. We clearly controlled the game and had chances. Unfortunately, the red card had a big impact on the game, and it was difficult for us. Jablonec certainly had territorial jurisdiction, but without opportunity. Then it was decided by a shot from distance,” said Horejš.

Jablonec used a long power play in the 64th minute, when Michal Beran shot at the back of the penalty area from almost 27 meters and caught goalkeeper Adam Zadražil by surprise, before the ball launched on in front of him and he jumped awkwardly.

“I won’t mind if Adam gets a goal like that. Adam is a key player for us. He kept us in iks matches. The ball swam to him and it came astray at the last minute, it happens and goals like that fall. He has a right to it. But the red card is what I deal with and regret, because I think it had a big impact on the game,” concluded Horejš.