If the match does not go as expected, the coaches turn to their bench and look for ways to revive the match. While Jindřich Trpišovský has a luxury choice in Slavia, Brian Priske doesn’t have many options in Sparta.
It was also the fate of the weekend matches. Sparta, like Slavia, took the lead relatively early, but the opponent equalized before halftime, and at the beginning of the second half, both Prague “S” struggled with a draw.
It was the benches that decided the fate of both games. Sparta forced Mabil into the game in the 58th minute for the injured Čvančar, and in the 76th minute Kamenovič, Mejdr and Minchev came on. Sparta already had to use one substitution (Vydra – Sørensen) in the first half due to injury.
Of the alternating players, only Mabil could bear any measure. Although he was not very dangerous and accurate, his effort and great activity cannot be denied. Kamenovič has to add a lot, Mejdr the same and replacing Minchev in the attack, who has not performed particularly well in the Czech Republic, that is a bad dream for the fans.
Virtually none of the substitute players significantly helped Sparta’s game to get three points from the match. On the bench remained Jakub Jankto, whose loan to Letná is more of a nightmare so far, fresh reinforcements Kain Kairinen and Qazim Laci or Kryštof Daněk, who is not in a good position under the coach after the winter training.
Adam Karabec, who found himself in the displeasure of the coach, was left out of the roster, and it seems that he will not stay in Sparta in the spring.
Contrast in Eden
In terms of bench strength, we see the complete opposite in Eden. In essence, Jindřich Trpišovský has the same problem of who to send on the pitch, but for the opposite reason. Slavia’s bench would create an independent competitive team without any problem, and Trpišovský must regret if he leaves out any player.
Slavia drew 1:1 at halftime, and Trpišovský was not afraid to cut into the lineup already at halftime. He withdrew Ivan Schranz from right back and, somewhat surprisingly, Václav Jurečka, the scorer of Slavist’s goal.
David Douděra and Matěj Jurásek came to the pitch, in the 61st minute Stanislav Tecl was replaced by Mick van Buren and things started to happen. The Dutch striker scored after four minutes on the pitch, in another two minutes he luxuriously set up a goal for Linger and it was 3:1.
Then Jurásek showed up and adjusted the final score to 5:1 with two goals. For Slavia, the match was decided by the substitutes, and in the future it can be a huge weapon of the stitched ones.
Trpišovský sent Lukáš Provod to the field, before the injury of the best player in the league, who is a great luxury to have on the bench. Ewerton, another very high-quality player, also got on the pitch, and Oscar Dorley, Petr Hronk, Ibrahim Traoré or Igoh Ogbo didn’t get to the defensive line.
In addition, the competition in the midfield will be increased by new signing Christos Zafeiris, who wants to break into the starting line-up, and Lukáš Masopust and David Pech will also return from injury. Tomáš Holeš, Jan Bořil and David Hovorka are expected to return. An extremely busy squad indeed.
It is the bench that is the biggest difference between the two Prague S. While Slavia can field two teams and often use substitutes to help them, as soon as Sparta needs help from the bench, it has nowhere to go. Even this fact can help decide who will be more successful in the spring.
Source: fortune league
