FIFA excluded Russia from the 2022 World Cup qualifiers in Qatar. He finally punishes the aggressor. The top 15th place in the UEFA club competitions is not unattainable. Cows do not pay off against capable opponents. The new coach did not score on the bench in Mladá Boleslav in Slovakia. Bufffon refuses to be a veteran.
FIFA has ruled out the aggressor. Finally
Direct relegation rival Poland refused to compete in this year’s World Cup in Qatar against Russia, the aggressor in the war with Ukraine. He was soon joined by two potential opponents from the other wing of Sweden and the Czechia.
FIFA responded to their stance by excluding Russia from the 2022 World Championship. Breakthrough move. Until now, FIFA, whose leadership has always proclaimed not to interfere in politics in football, has contaminated matches against those who did not want to compete against states where violence prevailed.
In the 1958 World Cup qualifiers in Sweden, the Arab countries refused to play against Israel;
FIFA now has a different view. Finally. Punishes the aggressor.
Coefficient close to conquest
Before the start of the ongoing European UEFA competitions, this seemed unattainable for Czech club football – 15th place in the success rate, which guarantees the sending of two candidates for the Champions League.
Although Slavia did not advance to the Champions League and the European League, mainly due to her successful performance in the Conference League, where she defeated the Turkish Fenerbahce Istanbul twice in the elimination round, this seems achievable in the end. Just a short distance away, probably to cross the Austrian LASK Linz. Task achievable.
It is a pity that Sparta, which fell into the lowest European competition from a higher level, but did not succeed against Partizan Belgrade, did not contribute at least one point, it played twice.
Cows don’t pay off
Hradec Králové bought one mistake after another against Slavia, the goalkeeper Vilém Fendrich showed a huge minel during the pass. Pardubice stopper Filip Čihák let himself be meaninglessly expelled against Pilsen. The favorites punished, taught and eventually won over the scattered opponents by four goals.
The Bohemians Praha team behaved just as naively at home against Baník Ostrava. Again, pointless exclusion (Petr Hronek), Antonín Vaníček hesitated with a kick so long that it was a cheap goal after losing the ball.
He called his actions cowshed. In football, they don’t really pay off against capable opponents.
Hoftych’s broom did not sweep
The ambitious Mladá Boleslav reports a change on the bench. After a series of setbacks and, above all, a pile of goals received, the club’s coach Karel Jarolím was dismissed by the club’s management, and he was replaced by the experienced non-Bohemian bard Pavel Hoftych.
His broom began to mix well, the Mladá Boleslav family led on the hot soil of Slovácko, but eventually fell. Better cleaners are likely to be needed for a better tomorrow.
Buffon refuses to be a veteran
Others his age are just entering the old guards, enjoying a well-deserved sports pension and claiming to be a veteran. 2006 world champion Gianluigi Buffon refuses. At the age of forty-four, he signed a two-year contract with AC Parma, where he began a great career more than thirty years ago.
The former long-time national team holds the record for the number of matches played in Serie A with 657 starts. During 19 seasons at Juventus Turin, he won ten league titles and reached the Champions League final three times.
And he intends to pick up more numbers.
