Slavia lost to Hradec Králové 3: 4 in the first round of the Fortuna: Liga superstructure and dropped to second place in the table by two points behind the leader Plzeň. Today she dealt with Slovácko and in the next round she will compete in Eden with Slavia. The Prague team, who are defending the title from the last three seasons, lost for the fourth time this year in the highest competition and did not score after five rounds.
Slavia lost from the 13th minute after the converted penalty by Daniel Vašulin. After that, David Jurásek equalized, but the East Bohemians in their home asylum in Mladá Boleslav won the goals in a quick sequence of 3: 1 Filip Kubala and Jakub Kučera. Before the break, Daniel Fila reduced, but in the 58th minute, captain Adam Vlkanova returned the newcomer to the competition. Ondřej Kúdela only corrected the result for the guests. Slavia has cashed in the league four times in one match for the first time since March 2015.
In contrast to the home duel with Zlín (3: 0), in which they secured victory in the basic part, the Prague team started from the beginning without the defender Kúdely and forward Tecl. Kacharaba and Fila replaced them. Hradec Králové coach Miroslav Koubek, who in the past led the team from Eden and returned to the bench after a two-match break caused by the virus, made three changes compared to the match on the Bohemians field.
The East Bohemians were more dangerous than the favorite from the beginning. Král was the first to get into a promising position on the corner and in the 13th minute Hradec was already leading. Vlkanon’s shot was blocked in Hovorka’s slide by hand, so the home team did not have to regret that Kolode’s subsequent shot was covered by Kodeš. Judge Szikszay, after consulting with video referee Franek, went to look at the screen and ordered a penalty kick, which turned the ground shot to the left post into the counter movement of Kolář Vašulín.
Slavia responded in the 19th minute. Bah’s center hit Jurásek with the left foot in the 16th round from the volley and equalized with his first goal in the eighth league match for Slavia after arriving from Mladá Boleslav. Hradec still continued its activity. In the 32nd minute, Kolář sent Kučer’s shot towards the right post, but then Koubek’s team scored two goals in quick succession.
First in the 34th minute, after Klím’s pass for the defense, Kubala did not give the Slavic goalkeeper a chance, and then Kučera hit the left gallows of Kolář’s goal from the penalty area. The people of Prague reduced it by half. In the 40th minute, he transformed Schranz’s center into Fila and entered the red and white jersey for the first time among the shooters in the ninth league duel after arriving from Mladá Boleslav as Jurásek. Before the break, Lingr didn’t get to the finish on a small lime.
Slavia pushed for a tie even after half-time, she had the upper hand, but for the first time he threatened Vízka more seriously in the 55th minute with a Lingr header. In four minutes, on the other hand, the East Bohemians rejoiced at the goal. Kubala seemed to have an ideal time for a pass in renumbering three to two, but then he released Vlkan’s heel, who sent the ball to the bar with his left hand. Slavia had the best defense of the league so far, in the previous 30 rounds it collected only 19 goals.
💬 Jindřich Trpišovský po #hrasla: “It was a great football with a bad result for us. The home team showed great quality in the attack, we caught up with the whole match. Thank you for visiting. We made the match difficult. We don’t even have a point because of our defensive behavior. The key moment was the goal at 2: 1. “
– SK Slavia Prague @ (@slaviaofficial) April 24, 2022
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The favorite tried to eliminate the unexpected loss in the fight for the title, but after Lingr’s attempt, Vízek distinguished himself against the alternating Sora, who performed another great intervention even against the end of Traoré. In the 73rd minute, Slavia reduced, as another substitute from Pražany, Kúdela, hit the left post with a good shot and scored at his 350th league start.
But further pressure from the people of Prague did not bring any comparison. Traoré had the biggest chance in the setting, but he also did not beat the Hradec Králové goalkeeper with a small lime header. Hradec won Slavia only for the third time out of 31 mutual league duels and scored eight consecutive rounds.
1st round of the superstructure of the first football league – title group (played in Mladá Boleslav):
FC Hradec Kralove – Slavia Prague 4: 3 (3: 2)
Goals: 13. Vašulín z pen., 34. Kubala, 35. Kučera, 58. Vlkanova – 19. Jurásek, 40. Fila, 73. Kúdela. Judges: Szikszay – Mokrusch, Vodrážka – Franěk (video). ŽK: Kučera, Leibl – Hovorka, Talovierov. Attendance: 2907.
Sets:
Hradec: Vízek – Klíma, Král, Leibl – Mejdr, Kučera, Vlkanova (83. Rada), Kodeš, Novotný – Kubala (90. Prekop), Vašulín (77. Soukeník). Coach: Koubek.
Slavia: Kolář – Bah, Kačaraba, Hovorka (72. Kúdela), Jurásek (84. Talovierov) – Holeš, Provod (59. Sor) – Schranz (46. Traoré), Lingr, Olayinka (59. Plavšič) – Fila. Coach: Trpišovský.
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