Solna (from our newsletter) – “But I will try to do the same job on the field. At maximum, “added the support from West Ham.
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Are you waiting for the most important five days of your national team career? You play with the Swedes, if you beat them, you will compete for a place at the World Cup with the Poles.
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We all know what these days mean in our lives. After sixteen years, we can fight our way to the World Cup. We concentrate on what’s going on. I played at EURO, I experienced success at it, but the world championship is a different level. If it worked out, it would be the biggest success of my national team career.
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But you have a lot of injured players. Will you have to adapt your game due to a number of absences?
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Every player who is missing is a loss. We all know that, but football is like that, we can’t think about it. We all received an invitation by right. I believe we are all ready and determined to go to tomorrow’s match.
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Do you feel more responsible as a captain?
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I feel the same responsibility from the first start for the national team. I will always do my best for the national team. When I took over the tape, it remained the same. I will want to help younger players, tell them something to make them feel comfortable. But on the field I will try to do the same job. To the maximum.
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Would you rather have Tomáš Holeš play next to you in the middle of the backup, or behind you as a stopper?
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I don’t want to comment on that. But Holi is in fantastic form from Slavia and I hope she will bring it here as well.
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How big a complication is that the defense will play in a completely new line-up?
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Every loss is a loss. But we showed something at the training, we watched the video. Communication will be important. The defense and the whole team will work together, we will pull together and go for a common goal.
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The Swedes will miss the beaten Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Is this an advantage for you?
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Zlatan is one of the best forwards in the last twenty years, I appreciate him a lot on and off the field. She is a great person in all of Sweden. It’s a loss for them, everyone would miss such a player. We will focus on others, but now we are concentrating mainly on ourselves.
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Coach of the national football team Jaroslav Šilhavý before the draw in SwedenVideo: FACR
How complicated did the program make you because you arrived in Sweden on Wednesday?
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You must be running into a problem with the plane. We had to leave a day later, so I just hope that the history of the European Championships will be repeated. At that time we had the same problem before the trip to Budapest for the round of 16 and then we defeated the Dutch. If it’s like this, I’ll just be glad. We are ready in all respects.
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From the English Premier League, you know from the Swedish, for example, players Dejan Kulusevsky from Tottenham or Victor Lindelöf from Manchester United. What do you think about them?
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I remember Kulusevsky well from Sunday’s match (West Ham lost to Tottenham 1: 3). In the Premier League, the Swedes also have other players, and generally have many players from the top leagues. But I don’t deal with clubs now, I focus on representation. I hope we show that we can fight for our nation.
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