Will this be the starting eleven? The armory bet on a minimum of changes in the general
But the coaches still have a week to evaluate the 1:2 defeat with the Slovak champion in the final preparation. “We are sorry that we lost, the performance was not that bad. In the beginning, Slovan was better, then we found each other and the result was a goal. We had other opportunities, but after the loss in the middle of the field and the subsequent chain of mistakes, we cashed in,” Brno’s assistant coach Jozef Dojčan told the club’s website.
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Zbrojovka could have taken the lead after an hour of play, but Jakub Řezníček’s goal was ruled out for offside. Eight minutes before the end, Slovak representative Juraj Kucka made the decision. “In our opinion, we scored a regular goal, it was not offside according to our footage. But we take it in a sporting way, the opponent could have managed a penalty in the first half. In the end, we conceded a stupid goal after a corner, which we regret,” acknowledged Dojčan.
In the half-time break, Brno made only one change, unlike the opponent, and that was a forced one, because Josef Divíšek reported health problems, so Denis Granečný replaced him on the left side of the defense.
Line-up of Zbrojovka against Slovan: Berkovec – Hrabina, Hlavica, Šural, Divíšek (46. Granečný) – Texl, Blecha – Fousek (71. Hladík), Ševčík (81. Falta), Alli (81. Nečas) – Řezníček (81. Rogožan).
The next four substitutions in the Brno jersey took place only in the last twenty minutes. “We had options in our heads that we would replace more massively, but in the end we decided to choose this model. We replaced only a part of the offensive players and we wanted to see the rest of the team in full-match workload. In the end, we evaluated it in such a way that we see no room for further changes,” explained the coach.
Filip Souček and Lukáš Endl did not travel to the game at all, because card penalties will not allow them to play in Mladá Boleslav, they had individual training.
Zbrojovka already trained on natural grass last week, the general match was also played on the same surface in Senica. “In the following week, we would like to stay on the grass, but we will see what the conditions will be, we will solve it operatively. Of course, the training microcycle will be measured for the match in Mladá Boleslav,” noted Dojčan.
Brojovka fell in the general with Slovan, Kucka knocked her down with her head after a corner kick
Brno faced Slovan in the summer as well, when the match at the stadium in Srbská Street ended in a 2:2 draw. “We are above all happy that the match fulfilled its purpose on both sides, because playing against such quality players has already proven itself in the summer. Zbrojovka and Slovan have good relations on the basis of clubs, fans and us coaches, that’s why we took advantage of that and repeated the power measurement,” added Dojčan.