Eduardo Santos is experiencing a slight personal rebirth. He was reassigned to Team B after a foul and dismissal in Pilsen, but Aiham Ousou’s injury brought him back into formation and he handled it more than decently. How did coach Jindřich Trpišovský assess his performance?
When it arrived in the summer, it should have become an immediate support. The Slavia coaches wanted Santos a lot, he was their priority. Due to his height, the Brazilian stopper is extremely strong in his head shots, at the same time he has decent speed and understands the ball.
You won’t find many similar types on Czech lawns. But Slavic fans also saw the opposite side of Santos. Due to his devotion and his sometimes even exaggerated calm, he creates big mistakes that lead to goals conceded. And if it happens again with the cap, there is a problem somewhere.
Santos’ last appearance for a long time came in a match against Pilsen. In the very first minute, he headed a pass in the running for Mosquera, pulled him by the shoulder in the penalty area, caused a penalty and still got a red card.
Club boss Jaroslav Tvrdík was so enraged that he announced on Twitter that Slavia would reassign their biggest player to team B. Then there was the injury, so Santos didn’t train for several weeks.
Last week he finally recovered and went to play for team B. He helped the youngsters in the duel with Karvina, whom Slavia’s reserve team defeated 4: 2. On Thursday he had to play Sivasspor due to an injury at Ousou and on Sunday he replaced the Swedish stopper against Baník. How did Trpišovský evaluate his performance?
“Apart from a pass in the second half, he performed very well. It is football, no player is free from mistakes, but his setup was good. Almási is very strong in personal duels, also Frýďa, Pojezdný, Fleišman, Tijani and others went up to standard. It’s not easy, Eduardo helped us a lot, he won the first matches “ Trpišovský praised Santos at the press conference.
“It was a great performance from him, concentrated, it probably wasn’t easy for him to jump into a strong game after so long. He’s been training for about a week, he played a game for Serie B, a first half on Thursday. , now a whole game “, adds the Slavia coach.
“I’m glad he’s ready, we need that kind of performance from him. But the players around him have helped him too, we’re happy with him. We need him to keep going and avoid shortcuts. He’s prone to them, but now he’s got played in a dominant way “. Trpišovský is satisfied.
Source: SK Slavia Prague
