Baník Ostrava footballers’ coach Luboš Kozel.
Vlastimil Vacek, Right
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“It’s not easy to get back together, but we have to deal with it. In the spring, the break didn’t help us much (Baník won in the fourth match after the restart in Olomouc and it was also the only win in the rest of the competition – editor’s note). Now it’s also different in that the players had the disease. Not in the spring. Only sharp matches will show how she signed on them and how much she marked their physical condition, “reflects Baník coach Luboš Kozel.
In Opava, the team will lead the victory. “Although Opava did not have good results, it is a derby. Nothing easy awaits us. They play bravely ahead, they try to attack, they get opportunities. Their effectiveness is worse. And they are a little knocked down by problems in the defensive phase. However, it is definitely not a surrendered team, “describes Kozel’s opponent.
In recent weeks, the home team has not struggled with illness, but with a sad offensive and school students on the defensive. “It simply came to our notice then. Round and round. Unfortunately, we have few goal players and a terrible problem to score a goal. Even if we create a chance, we always get a stupid goal that passes us. We have to be concentrated for ninety-five minutes and grab that match, “says Opava coach Radoslav Kováč.
The Silesian Battle between Opava and Ostrava will have another peculiarity. For the first time in the history of the derby, the teams will be commanded in a duel by former player Sparta Kováč on the home side and former Slávista Kozel in the Baník camp. “We know each other very well. But not from the field, because Rado is much younger (8 years – author’s note), but from working for youth teams. We met many times and we can say that we are friends, “Kozel recalls.
The friendship will go away from the introductory whistle of Judge Pavel Franek. “Anyone who has ever played a derby knows what it’s about. If anyone has a cousin in Baníkovec, no one cares. We want to win, everything else goes aside, absolutely! “Points out Kováč.
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