After a cautious start from both sides, Franny Černá scored in the 30th minute, and shortly afterwards, Aneta Polášková doubled the lead for the home team, who uncompromisingly ended the impressive action of the Leten team.
Michaela Khýrová and Radka Paulenová added more goals in the second half, and although Klára Cvrčková took care of the correction, the Spartan footballers had the last word. Substitute Natalie Beckman beat Barbora Votíková for the fifth time to set the final score.
Slovak coach Gregora, who took over the team last November, experienced his first victory in the derby. “When we arrived, we worked on being able to match them. We treat these matches as matches in the Champions League. We are proud of the players,” he said in an interview with Czech Television.
His counterpart Jiří Vágner, who replaced Karel Piták in the summer, lamented the slavists’ defensive mistakes. “Sparta punished our every imperfection towards the back. It trained us in productivity,” stated Vágner.
“We took a breather for about ten minutes when we scored a goal to make it 4:1. Maybe we were stopped by offside when we scored a goal for 4:2, which probably wasn’t, but that doesn’t change anything. The play at the back was weak and it affected us as well forward,” Vágner added.
“If we give them five goals, we can’t win. What we showed defensively and how we kicked each other behind the ears is simply a shame. It’s a real slap in the face for us. If we don’t recover from this, then I don’t know what we will, ” emphasized Slavia’s captain Diana Bartovičová.
2024-10-05 10:16:54