Evaluation of coaches Ondřej Smetana (Slovacko) and Pavel Hapal (Baník Ostrava). | Video: David Hekele
The game flowed, Baník scored the first goal and then faced several chances of the opponent. However, out of nowhere, 20-year-old Matěj Šín collapsed on the Vítkovice lawn and held onto his foot. Although he still stood up and tried to run his leg, it soon became clear that it would not work. “He said he twisted it,” coach Pavel Hapal informed the journalist.
During the match, Šín went to the hospital. The verdict was merciless. “Unfortunately, today’s match brought not only good news. Matěj Šín underwent an examination at the hospital, which proved a fracture of the metacarpal bone. Matej will undergo surgery and up to six weeks of recovery,” the club said on social media after the match.
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The Brazilian Ewerton also paid attention to the fans in the stands.
Hapal, who for the second time in a row did not even play Ewerton due to health problems, spoke more. “With Ewe, I believe it might not be serious because he has a slight inflammation. We didn’t want to risk pushing Ewe into the match. If he did, he probably would have prepared, but we didn’t want to risk it. He is a very important player for us. That’s why we went into it without him, but I believe that he will come to training healthy,” he revealed.
“It’s worse with Šíňas, he has a broken metatarsal bone, so he will have an operation tomorrow and will be out for at least six Sundays. But if it is operated on, the break should not be so long. With the support of that screw or plate it should be better and more secure because this has a habit of coming back. Someone treats it conservatively and then it often recurs. It’s probably a fatigue fracture,” outlined Pavel Hapal.
The news did not please the teammates either. “We only found out when I was subbing. We had fun that it was unpleasant, but when it happens like this in the last match, on the other hand, he has two weeks to spare,” forward Erik Prekop was looking for some positives.
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Matěje Šína will have a longer break from football.
“It’s an injury for four to six weeks, when he can still manage the winter training just fine. Hopefully it’s nothing serious, he has surgery tomorrow, so I wish him the best of luck at least that way. I will definitely write to him so that it goes well, but he will handle it and he will be back in a while,” added the Slovak shooter.
At the same time, Hapal already confirmed the speculation in an interview for O2 TV before the game that stopper Emmanuel Uchenna is leaving. He should go to Sparta. The coaches left the young Nigerian on the bench, preference was given to Michal Frydrych, he started only at the end, when Baník was defending a narrow lead.
“It will be difficult for him, because it has already happened several times that the players did not manage it in Sparta. I wish him the best, he is with us for a short time, for a longer time he was with Pepa Dvorník, who worked on him when he was playing in the third league. And he didn’t have any intermediate stage, but he still managed it. He looked really good,” acknowledged Pavel Hapal.
“It’s true that we dosed him gradually, his first tough match was at Sparta, he hadn’t played with the top teams until then. But he didn’t make mistakes, until now maybe from an excess of effort. Otherwise, he managed it and I wish him the best, I believe he will do well, but of course that depends on him,” added coach Baník.
However, he does not intend to remain without compensation. “In any case, we want her and we are working on it. More players have been selected, some negotiations will take place and I believe that we will complete it,” concluded Pavel Hapal, who would like to strengthen the support of Slovácko’s Michal Kohút and also outlined plans for David Látal and Martin Šubert, who should arrive from the second league.