“It’s good for Sparta to have a derby. If she played in Slovácko, I would say she is an outsider. She couldn’t afford to crawl, wait, bite the game. She just succeeded in Slavia in the cup. It suited her that she didn’t have to pretend that the match had become a war. If she manages to fight the match again on Sunday, she can succeed again, “thinks former Slavia forward Luděk Zelenka.
However, it is evident that spring Sparta is uncomfortable. She was the only one in seven matches. Just the one in Eden. She’s worried about the offensive, and her defensive phase isn’t working either. It looks like the players meet for the first time an hour before the match. For the last time on Wednesday, she advanced to the finals of the MOL Cup through the rescuing Jablonec only by force of will.
“She would go into every other match broken from her condition. But he can get caught in a derby. Mentally, it will not affect her so much that practically all matches in the spring did not work out for her, “Zelenka points out.
According to him, it is not at all authoritative that while Sparta looked out of the Conference League, Slavia advanced to the round of 16. “Derby is simply specific. When I played for Slavia, we were in the role of the current Sparta. She usually had the upper hand at the time, but we felt we could win a lot in the derby. And to turn the season for the better, “says a Czech television football expert. It is indisputable that Slavia was caught in a cup derby in a slump.
“Sure, Slavia plays better football. On the contrary, Sparta has no face, it is sterile. In the autumn, it was evaluated relatively positively, it was claimed to be rising. Her wings played. But Pešek and Haraslín are sniffing in the spring. Her mood is bad. But the derby is simply a motivational issue. In addition, if the match becomes a war again, it may have the upper hand. Also because he has, unlike Slavia, a leader. I mean the young Tailor, “adds Zelenka.
