An hour before the game, it was clear that the duel with Pardubice was not about the captain. “Due to muscle problems, Krejčí will not be here today,” Sparta announced on their Twitter account.
The 23-year-old national team midfielder came to explain his absence in front of the camera.
Spartan player Ladislav Krejčí should have confessed, says coach Jiří Saňák in the Přímák programvideo: Sport.cz
“My quick start after the injury should have been more gradual. I have started two full games, the body reacts. We have even more games ahead of us, the body is not ready for such a load after three months. I will not play against the Pardubice and I am doing everything to be present for the next matches, “said Ladislav Krejčí for O2 TV Sport.
Obviously for Sparta it is important that the captain is ready for the next round, when he will play the derby against Slavia in Eden.
“Krejčí is the X factor for Sparta, a fighter and brawler who will fall in love with the team on the pitch. Suddenly there was a leader, it is no coincidence that he came and won twice. He actually came back as a savior, “points out television expert Jan Rajnoch.
For Sparta it is positive that midfielder Lukáš Haraslín is back in training after an injury for the first time since the first round of the league at the end of July.
