The end of Jaroslav Šilhavy on the Czech bench was a long time coming. The last nail in the coffin was the scandal of the three representatives.
Šilhávy resigned immediately after the promotion
When Vladimír Coufal, Jakub Brabec and Jan Kuchta broke discipline and went to the city for fun before the decisive match of the European Championship 2024 qualification against Moldova, the pressure on the coach escalated.
Although the Czechs defeated Moldova 3:0 and secured direct promotion, Šilhavý resigned immediately after the match. Who will lead them in six months at the continental championship in Germany?
The union upset Slavia Praha
The favorite of fan polls was Jindřich Trpišovský from Slavia Prague. The union took steps to upset club boss Jaroslav Tvrdík. “I’m really angry already. They heard ‘no’ repeatedly and clearly. And yet they want to negotiate directly with Jindra. According to the regulations, which they should know, during the valid contract they are not allowed to negotiate without the consent of the club. However, they do not have consent and will not receive it,” he responded strongly in favor Sports.
According to the same source, the working group assembled by the head of the Czech union, Petr Fousko, negotiated with Ivan Hašek and Vítězslav Laviček in recent days. The third candidate, Michal Bílek, according to Sport he immediately refused to return to the bench of the national team.
Hašek is the favorite
The source states that the favorite for the vacated seat is 60-year-old Hašek. Allegedly, he has already met with the former vice-president of Juventus Pavlo Nedvod, who is supposed to hold the position of manager of the national team or ambassador of the team for the European Championship. In the case of the second option, another former player legend, Vladimír Šmicer, would occupy the post of manager.
news-item-description">Ivan Hašek should succeed Štefan Tarkovič as the head coach of our national team. This information resonates not only in our media, but is also the subject of heated discussions in the Czech Republic.
Fousek appeared in front of the media on Thursday afternoon, but did not specify anything fundamental: “For now, we are not commenting or publishing any names for the position of coach, assistants or manager.” He will say more only after the final decision of the executive committee.
The head of the sports and technical department, Erich Brabec, said that the sports council is leaning towards Hašek. “The working group and the sports council are relatively in agreement. But we don’t want to comment on numbers or names,” Fousek hinted at something. It could be decided as early as next week.
Waiting for Weiss’s decision, the union preferred Calzona
Hašek has been unemployed since March last year. In the summer of 2022, according to his own words, he was in contact with Slovan Bratislava and the Slovak Football Association. He was an alternative for Vladimír Weiss Sr., respectively Štefan Tarkovič.
Weiss finally stayed in Slovan (he was not a coach for two days, then he signed a new contract), Stefan Tarkovič was replaced at the helm of the national team by Francesco Calzona. According to insider information, Hašek was the favorite until the union, on the recommendation of Marek Hamšík, started seriously considering an alternative with the Italian helmsman.
news-item-description">It will be someone from abroad. That was the most important information from the president of the Slovak Football Association (SFZ), Ján Kováčik, at the Thursday briefing in Šamorín regarding the topic of the national team coach. He did not confirm any name or country.
“First I negotiated with Slovan. We had fun last summer, when the question of Vlad Weiss’s further work came up. My arrival depended on his decision. He agreed to continue in Slovan.
Then I got a call from the union and asked if I would be interested. The answer was clear, if there is interest from the Slovak side, I am ready to join immediately. However, they did not hear from the union. I take it that another candidate was given preference,” Hašek said in September for Truth.
Hašek has a rich biography. He led Sparta Prague to two titles, Strasbourg to the highest French competition, Saint-Étienne to 11th place in Ligue 1. In addition to the Czech Republic, he also coached Gabon and Lebanon. He is a world traveler, he also worked in Japan, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Qatar.
VIDEO: See also the interview with Ladislav Borbély: A tricky choice, but he convinced Calzona. Cavric? Kovačik may need another vote:
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