Letenské captain Ladislav Krejčí, about whom more than enough was written this week, directed the team to victory. His departure in the summer transfer window is almost certain and the Spartan defensive player would like to say goodbye to the title, to which Sparta took another significant step today. The 4:1 win secured them an excellent starting position in the superstructure, which they will start with a four-point lead over second-placed Slavia.
Sparta is on the move again
After some unconvincing performances in the last matches, the visitors were able to switch on at full capacity again and their form is improving before the start of the extra season. Perhaps except for the first fifteen minutes of the match with Olomouc, its players seemed light-footed, their game had a system, order, so it is not surprising that a superstructure appeared in the form of beautiful technical finesse.
It is surprising that a player like Tomáš Wiesner can figure in a team full of high-quality football players with high technical maturity for several seasons. He once again acted on the field like a younger student going to play with adults. I understand that this is an emergency solution for Preciad, but Priske has been with the team long enough to understand that he needs a much higher quality for this position.
But whose form is growing match by match is Jan Kuchta. Although he still needs five clear chances to score a goal, the amount of hard work he can do in every match definitely deserves recognition. His growing form is also confirmed by his scoring record, which he opened already in the last match in Ostrava and continued to score points at Andrová Stadium as well. Soon there will be more of them than in Belmond.
Olomouc lacks a lot, but certainly not naivety
Home Sigma entered the match actively, but that was probably their biggest problem. Sweetened by the point gain from Eden, the home players wanted to play football, but that is tantamount to suicide against a spirited Sparta. Ostrava tried that a week ago, as did Slavia in the cup. There is no need to remind you how both matches turned out.
Olomouc does not lack activity, it does not lack speed, but it lacks, and very much, quality. When the score is still 0:0 and you go from the wing alone to the goalkeeper, the ball must clearly end up in the net. Instead, the home striker chooses a pass through the lime to the running Zifčák, but draws it in such a way that none of the defenders, not even the aforementioned Zifčák, can reach it.
If it weren’t for Sparta easing up in the last 20 minutes at a score of 4:0, the home team would probably be waiting for a goal to be scored today. At least that’s how Jáchym Šíp took advantage of the fact that Peter Vindahl let almost every shot behind his back in the visitors’ goal and recorded an honorable success for Sigma, who will finish the regular part of the Fortuna League in the middle of the table.
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A captain who will be missed
In the end, I can’t go back to Ladislav Krejčí. A player whose name is thrown around in the media week after week. In the last few months, mainly two topics have been addressed. Kam will leave in the summer transfer window and a significant drop in form combined with a number of errors and inaccuracies.
We will have to wait for the first answer, although information is leaking that the one who will acquire his services will be Girona of Spain. Krejčí himself gave us the answer to the second part in today’s match. No footballer is immune to a dip in form, but a player’s greatness is determined by how he deals with such a dip. When Krejčí came to Sparta as a yelling young man, I didn’t understand. Today, however, a person with a strong character, born for the position of captain, is running on the pitch.
Krejčí represents a player who knows how to pull others down, set an example for them and, when things go wrong, screw up all the more. He does not collapse from his own mistakes, and on the contrary, he is synonymous with the desire for success. Sparta has not had such a captain for a long time, and his departure will affect the team, whether the players want to admit it or not. Before the summer festival, there will be a difficult task in the form of finding a new Cécque.
