Sparta extinguished Boleslav. The blacksmith had a new machine: I wanted to show off
They put on special reflective firefighter suits. The Spartans beat Mlada Boleslav 4:1 in the first of two traditional tribute games. After the match there was a shout of victory from the cabin, followed by the village chant “What are you firemen, what have you been doing”. What were they doing? Before the season record attendance exceeding 15 thousand fans. Goalkeeper Jakub Kovář also pulled out a brand new outfit. Problem? Nowhere. “One practice and I flew into the match,” he laughed after another victory of the Prague machine.
The skaters were hot for you, you caught a lot of chances. Did you expect to sweat so much?
“I have to say yes. I was ready for it. We played with Bolka in the previous season for the fourth time, all of them were some of the most difficult matches ever. She is not easy to play with. But we managed to win three times. On the other hand, it is a demonstration that even if we do not succeed completely, we can manage to manage. They prepared difficult checks for us, but we passed.”
You have scored 50 out of 57 possible points in the last two months. Rivals have to be afraid when they get on the bus before the trip to Prague.
“That’s nice, but before that we played about eighteen points out of twenty games, so I don’t want to evaluate and celebrate it too much. This negative streak can come back at any time, I don’t want to talk about it at all. But I really enjoy winning, of course I would like to celebrate every match.”
We heard from the locker room with a celebratory shout that the win is valuable also because whenever Sparta has special jerseys and celebrates something, they screw it up.
(smiles) “I’ve been a Spartan for five months, so I don’t really know how the guys here used to be. But that’s how it is. When you have a special event, it kind of takes the focus away from the match itself. At the last minute, the players are dealing with the delivered sleeves and jerseys. It takes the concentration elsewhere. In this respect too, it’s great that we managed it.”
You had a whole new special gear. Didn’t you solve it at the last minute?
“You know what you’re dealing with. I trained in it once and immediately jumped into the match. It happened to me for the first time in my life. Not many goalkeepers would do that. But she looked so great that I just had to. I knew an awful lot of people would come. I wanted to show myself.’
Aren’t you superstitious?
“I used to be, now I’m not. Sometimes I change the machine and change it. I will easily take one concrete white and the other black, but it has nothing to do with superstition. I like new things. I would prefer to make new armor every week, but for that I would need a sponsor.” (laughs)
How do you like firemen’s jerseys? You still have one duel on Wednesday with Litvínov.
“I like it a lot! The color combination is not spartan, but it looks very good. I’m from Písek, which has always been yellow and blue, so that’s why I like it. I like these colors.’
Ondřej Mikliš scored from behind your goal during the opponent’s game without a finish. It seemed to me that you originally wanted to reach for the puck and maybe try to shoot it. Am I right?
“You have, I thought. I wanted to go there myself, but I probably wouldn’t shoot. I’d rather just throw it in a corner somewhere. It wouldn’t be possible from this situation, I wouldn’t have time to turn around and shoot. Ondra did the best he could. With a minute to go, we were leading by two goals, so they tried.”
Is this something you try in training?
“At all. I’m right-handed, I’m supposed to have the catcher properly in the other hand, so it’s a bit complicated. It’s true that I still think a little bit about the goal, but I don’t believe that I will ever succeed.”
1/22 • 4:00 p.m
HC Sparta Prague
BK Mladá Boleslav
Goals
Homemade: 00:26. P. Kousal, 29:12. Saturday, 48:50. M. Forman, 58:52. Miklis
Guests: 28:22. Söderlund
Assemblies
Homemade: J. Kovář (Kořenář) – Němeček, Jandus, Kempný, Mikliš, Moravčík, Polášek (A) – Tomášek, Horák, P. Kousal – M. Forman, Sobotka (A), Řepík (C) – Buchtele, D. Vitouch, Safin – Kaše, G. Thorell, Konečný.
Guests: Novotný (Málek) – Pýcha, Pláněk (A), Jánošík, Lintuniemi, R. Jeřábek, Bernad, Štich – Söderlund, O. Roman, Lantoši – J. Stránský (C), Bičevskis, Šťastný – Šmerha, O. Najman (A ), Cel. Climate – Lunter, Zavora, Dvořáček.
Referee
Kika, Jaroš – Zíka, Klouček
Stadium
O2 arena (Prague – Vysočany)
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