Silence in the hall, now cold. The Comet has Friday the 13th often, trainers won’t solve it
Winter Classic 2023. Great glory. On Friday the 13th, Kometa and Třinec will face each other in the open air at the Tehelné polí in Bratislava, where football is normally played. Czech extra league in Slovakia, an exceptional event. However, it comes at the worst possible time for the Brno club. At a time when they are not cheering in the “Rondo” for the protest, because the fans have run out of patience with the sick performances and below the level of bad results of their “club”. During the match with Pardubice, a giant banner hung in the auditorium below the boiler: YOU HAVE TO DESERVE OUR SUPPORT Team reaction: Another defeat, albeit with a hearty resistance.
By far the biggest applause was received by the hockey player who did not start at all. How apt… Only junior Eduard Šalé, one of the silver boys of Rulík’s party at the World Cup, who still remained in civilian clothes after returning from Canada, stirred up the audience. The audience stood up and praised one of the Czech heroes. There was no more applause left for the other members of the Brno team. Even Flek’s correction to 1:3 did not arouse emotions as usual.
The Kometa express will go to Bratislava with members of the Kometa family. She is seriously tearing up, the fans are fed up. How many of them will go to freeze in the Slovak metropolis? The interesting idea of exporting extraliga abroad now looks like a step aside. The expected crowds of blue and white supporters will not board the train. They are not in the same mood. In order for there to be at least a decent atmosphere in the vast stadium, it is absolutely necessary for Kometa to win in Olomouc on Wednesday and regain (at least temporarily) the trust of its faithful.
The crisis of the famous brand certainly does not concern only this season, it has been going on for the fourth year. It doesn’t matter at all who is on the bench and whether captain Martin Zaťovič plays in the first or fourth line. The problem is far away and the important Moravian organization Libor Zábranský must figure it out as quickly as possible. He can easily start with himself and then we should continue the analysis downwards. Regardless of the friendship.
His property is deteriorating, losing value and prestige since the title in 2018. Brno is no longer a member of the domestic hockey elite, I only wish to be. It has been a long time since words and desires have turned into action. Which is not only the fault of the players, but also of the builders of the team, which looks much better on paper than on the ice.
Fiala, Kalous, Pešout, Modrý, Martinec… None of the coaches (versus Libor Zábranský) you will find anything with the team over the last four seasons that the fans remembered with gratitude. The last two still have a chance. But so far, they don’t seem to know how to quickly lift a struggling selection. On the ice, you can’t see the difference between the work of Pešout and his successors.
Joy, pride, endless queues for sausages and beer gradually disappeared from “Ronda”. Only the announcer Michal Chylík can skillfully maintain his euphoric voice, whose emotional expression gives you the feeling that the home match is struggling as the match progresses. That is no longer true. A restrained performance was enough for leaders Pardubice to triumph 4:1.
And Kometa, being against the leader, did not play badly, continues to search for its bottom. The preliminary round of the playoffs will be worth the title this year, the vision of which boss Zábranský has in front of him every summer. Brno is already cold, unfriendly and worried about the future. Also due to the (non)construction of a new multifunctional arena. The club has a Friday the 13th almost every week. Even so, there is still time to make amends.
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Homemade: Čiliak (40th Furch) – Ščotka, Kundrátek (A), Kučerík, Holland, Ďaloga, Hrbas, Gulaši (A) – Raška I, Zboril, Flek – Dufek, Holík, Pospíšil – Süss, Strömberg, Koblížek – Zaťovič (C) , Kollar, Kratochvíl.
Guests: Will (Matěcha) – Čerešňák, D. Musil, J. Kolář (A), T. Dvořák, Hrádek, Vála, Bučko – Radil, Zohorna (A), R. Kousal – Hyka, L. Sedlák, Cienciala – Vondráček, Poulíček (C), A. Musil – Rohlík, Paulovič, Herčík.
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