Report from the match Slavia Praha – Feyenoord Rotterdam: statistics, report
Slavia’s opponents fail to repay the initial outdoor defeat 1: 2. The Czech champion still held the second place in the four-member table by one point ahead of the third Union Berlin, on whose course he will start the final match on December 9. Praguers only need a draw to take part in the elimination fights.
The table is led by Feyenoord with four bodies before Slavia and already has a certain lead. The winners of the group of the new competition advance to the round of 16, the second in the elimination phase will face the teams in third place in the European League a round earlier.
Coach Slavia Trpišovský made two changes compared to Sunday’s winning league match against Jablonec (5: 0). Schranz started instead of Kuchta in the attack and replaced Lingr Hromada, who is not on the roster for the European Conference League. The guests missed goalkeeper number one Bijlow due to the coronavirus.
Driven by about two and a half thousand guest fans, Feyenoord entered the match more actively, but eventually opened Slavia. Bah caught up with the substitute goalkeeper Marciano in the 12th minute and passed to Olayink, who did not hesitate up close in front of the exposed goal. The Nigerian winger followed the opening shot against Jablonec.
Already in the 18th minute, he had to strike Feyenoord striker Linssen, who was replaced by Dessers, due to an injury. The new player on the lawn was very active and leveled quite soon. In the 29th minute, Mandouse did not overcome with a ground shot, but two minutes later, after a pass from Toornstra, he turned around and no longer hesitated.
Less than 10 minutes before the break, guests went to ten. Til made a mistake by Tanciu and the final referee dismissed him after consulting with his assistant, at first showing only a yellow card.
During the break, Trpišovský withdrew from the game Masopusta and deployed forward Kuchta. Lingr’s shot was blocked by the defense and in the 53rd minute in front of Olayinka he turned to the corner of the defender. After an hour of play, he stopped Kucht’s head on the Marciano goal line.
In the 66th minute, the Israeli goalkeeper helped the home team to lead. Marciano neu Holešov’s shot went just wide. A while later, the Slavic striker fell in the lime, but the Finnish judge gave him a yellow card for the simulation.
In the end, even in the weakening, the guests managed to push their opponents. In the 88th minute, the home team saved Bek Bah, who with the help of the crossbar headed the ball out of the area around the goal line. In the third minute of the setting, however, Feyenoord struck. Dessers ran into the middle behind the defense from Geertruid and tossed Mandouse.