Zlamal has stayed with football as an agent and is in the B class in the top ten. I want to score goals, he says

Don’t you regret last year’s decision to end top football?

Not exactly. I have been involved in football since I was a child, it has accompanied me practically my whole life. I loved the jokes in the cabin. As I got older, however, I began to feel that I had little to say with boys who were barely twenty. So it was probably time to start something new with other people.

Has your decision been accelerated by the fine you received in the Scottish Hearts for defending the Slavists Kúdely in an interview with Kamara after the famous events in the wild duel of the Prague residents at the Rangers?

It contributed a lot to my departure from Scotland. Originally, I had a specific transfer offer there, but after my statement, the interest cooled significantly. So I returned home to Olomouc, where my son started going to first grade. I admit that last summer I secretly hoped to be approached by Sigma, from whom goalkeeper Mandous was just leaving for Slavia. But no one called, and when they hired goalkeeper Stejskal, I understood that they were not interested in Olomouc. I didn’t want to commute anywhere, so I decided to quit for good.

Aren’t you sorry that you closed your career at a time of covid, when fans couldn’t go to the auditoriums of football stadiums at all, or only in a very limited number?

It was a bit of a sad ending. I really liked to catch in front of full walkways. The stormy grandstands charged me with energy.

What do you say that the Scots abandoned the possible prosecution of Kudela, and he withdrew the appeal to the CAS due to the amount of the sentence?

I knew it would turn out that way. This was an unnecessarily escalated dispute, especially by Kamar’s lawyer. I think he was mostly making his own.

In the new role of football agent, you helped the former Slavic partner Belaid to engage in the second-league Jihlava in the winter. Have you already managed to make transfers to some other well-known football players?

Not yet. I’m glad that I stay with football like this, but for now I get to know what the activity actually entails. But it looks like something more significant could come out in the summer.

And do you enjoy working at your dad’s holding business?

Yes. For now, I’m mainly taking a picture of the company. I get to know the individual departments.

But you still have time for active sports, don’t you?

It is so. My wife even makes fun of me that I now spend more time playing sports than when it was my job. Over the winter, I even competed in the lowest hockey competition in two teams. I caught for Hulín, I played in the field for Olomouc. I just can’t be motionless, I need him to live. Also because I’m very competitive.

In the autumn, I played two matches in the field in the regional championship jersey of the Povltava Academy. I managed to score once. But I had it far, and they were pretty good on the field. For the spring, I was lured by the former representative David Rozehnal to Kožušany, which operates in the Olomouc region in the regional I. B class.

Photo: Zdeněk Zlámal archive

Czech goalkeeper Zdeněk Zlámal in the archive picturePhoto: archive of Zdeněk Zlámal

Definitely not. I’ve attacked enough in those thirty years. I’m in the position of dozens. I want to score some goals.

Do you watch the highest Czech football competition?

Of course. Especially the teams I’ve joined, and which are also a matter of my heart. That is, especially Bohemka and Sigma.

Do you attend league matches in Olomouc?

I see almost everyone. And I don’t even have to go to the stadium. I can watch right from the living room. We live in an apartment that is built into one of the stands.

Are you worried about Bohemka, who is not doing very well in the spring?

I’m not even afraid that she will come down. But it’s true that she can’t do it right now. It should be much higher in the table. I believe that it will somehow stand it now and it will be much better next season.

You are definitely watching Slavia, whose jersey you also wore …

Clearly. I support her mainly in European cups.

Are you surprised that he is currently second to Pilsen in the league?

I won’t say no. It seemed that Pilsen had its problems finding a new owner, and probably few expected it to be so good. In my opinion, this is mainly due to coach Bílek and Horváth. I even think that Viktorka will surprise everyone and win the title.

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