The Czech representative is already guaranteed a place in the basic phase of the Champions League in the year 2025/2026. The players of Viktoria Plzeň decided it definitively with a goalless draw in the opening quarter-final match of the European Conference League at home with ACF Fiorentina 0:0. In the coefficient of countries, the Czechs got into the top ten ahead of Scotland.
news-item-description">The players of Viktoria Plzeň drew 0:0 at home with ACF Fiorentina in the opening quarter-final match of the European Conference League. In the second meeting, the players of home team Olympiakos Piraeus won over Fenerbahce Istanbul 3:2.
“We all knew it and it’s good that we helped Czech football,” defenseman Robin Hranáč told sport.cz after the match. “Of course, a big bonus, but mainly we wanted to stay in the game and in a week in Italy we want to fight for the semi-finals,” emphasized another fullback Václav Jemelka.
Coach Miroslav Koubek immediately raised his hands above his head after the final whistle: “I was happy that, with a draw, we ensured the Czech champion direct promotion to the Champions League from 2025. And I was also pleased with how brilliantly the team managed the match tactically.”
Last year’s EKL finalist from Florence returned to the Czech Republic with the aim of making amends for the June failure, when they lost 1:2 to West Ham in Prague in the battle for the trophy. In the first half in Pilsen, they had territorial superiority, but did not create a better chance. On the contrary, the home team could have taken the lead, but Matěj Vydra missed from a good position in the 24th minute.
In the second half, the visitors pushed the opponent, but they managed only one shot on goal, so the teams parted without goals. In the home jersey, the injured Slovak midfielder Erik Jirka was absent, goalkeeper Marián Tvrdoň sat on the bench.
“Bravo, the Czech Republic is tenth,” the head of Slavia Jaroslav Tvrdík reacted to the result from Pilsen on the X social network. “Thanks to Pilsen’s incredible performance, five clubs will go to the higher preliminary rounds. Viktorka has performed a miracle. Thanks to the draw, every club in the Czech league that does not reach UEFA competitions will receive almost 20 million crowns. Czech professional football should thank Viktoria in an extraordinary way. In European competitions we play in the same jersey,” he added.
2024-04-12 08:45:00
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