The Prague team was sent to the lead in the 14th minute by Ondřej Lingr, the home team equalized after an hour of play by Amine Gouiri, who punished the bad run of the goalkeeper Ondřej Kolář.
Four minutes later, Peter Olayinka returned the lead to the guests, and Abdallah Sima added the insurance. Nice finished without Hicham Boudaoui being ruled out.
Coach Jindřich Trpišovský’s charges, which won 3: 2 in Eden in the first match three weeks ago, have nine points, as do Leverkusen.
Bayer defeated Beer Ševa 4: 1 with the help of Patrik Schick’s goal. Nice and Hapoel have three points each. Two teams will advance from the group. In a week, Slavia will play Beer Ševa at home.
“It was a very challenging match in all respects. The team played great. It’s an absolutely deserved victory. We made two mistakes and created a lot of chances. The boys worked hard,” said Trpišovský.
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The match, which took place without spectators due to anti-coronavirus measures, was preceded by a minute of silence behind the late Argentine legend Diego Maradona.
The Slavists took the lead in the 14th minute. Lingr neatly controlled the ball after a short corner, and knocked it on to Benítez who had the whole net open before him, but only managed to hit the post. The summer reinforcement from Karviná scored the first competition goal for the Prague team.
“It was 100% my goal in life. I have to say that I am very happy for such a first goal in Slavia. I took it halfway ago. I knew I was a player behind me, but I was trying to get the ball out. he shouted, but I took it on and hit it great, “said Lingr.
The “Eagles”, who played the first competition duel after 18 days due to the high number of coronavirus-infected players, almost matched six minutes later.
Claude-Maurice drove into the penalty area behind the defense of Slavie and overcame the goalkeeper Kolář, but his shot ended up on the goalpost.
On the other hand, he tried his luck from Olayink’s angle, but Back Atal stopped his end at the bar. At the end of the half, Kolář boxed out a direct kick by Rony Lopez.
After changing sides, Reine-Adelaide fired from the penalty area, but Kolář pushed the balloon onto the pole. In the 60th minute Nice leveled.
Kolář ran against the pass to Atal, who hit the bar from an angle. However, the ball bounced to Gouiri, who leveled it.
“It was my clear mistake. I went there with ‘Olie’ (Olayinka) asleep, I wanted to help the team. I’m glad that this moment didn’t break us, that we managed the match and showed that we are a strong team,” stated Kolář.
Immediately after the free Olayinka after Ševčík’s center, he headed in a convenient position in the lime in the middle of the goal. A moment later, the 25-year-old Nigerian registered among the shooters when he aimed his head exactly at Ševčík’s corner.
“I have to say that we managed it very well. Even though they managed to equalize, we didn’t pack anything, we managed to score a goal from the standard and then an important third goal. We then finished the match with an overview,” said midfielder Tomáš Holeš.
In the 75th minute, the guests added an insurance policy. Sima ran to Holešov’s center behind the defense of Nice and was not wrong.
The Vršovice team won the fifth competitive match in a row and won the European Cups outside after five matches. He didn’t lose to Nice for the seventh time.
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