2024-04-07 23:32:46
Another incomprehensible flight by the Ecuadorian Preciado quite possibly cost Sparta footballers a win in the match of the 27th round of the Fortuna: League. The weakened Letenští were no longer able to score the winning goal after his expulsion, they only drew 1:1 at home with Mladá Boleslav and did not take advantage of the chance to return to the top of the table. They are now one point behind leaders Slavia.
Mladoboleslav coach Holoubek, who previously led Sparta, faced the opponent with an unusual formation with five defenders.
In the 7th minute, home team Birmančević looked for a free Kuchta in front of the open goal after a collision with captain Krejčí, but stopper Kadlec turned the ball away for a corner at the last moment.
In the 20th minute, the guests unexpectedly took the lead. Ladro’s corner bounced off home stopper Vitík towards the Spartan goal and Kairinen sent the ball into his own net in front of Matějovský.
The match took a bigger turn at the end of the opening act. In the 40th minute, Kuchta headed only goalkeeper Mikulce from the edge of the small area. The Central Bohemians then almost went up, but Ladro’s free kick attempt from 25 meters was deflected by goalkeeper Vindahl beyond the three posts.
In the 44th minute, Letenský equalized. Kuchta crossed in front of the goal, Krejčí headed into the crossbar and Birmančevič did not hesitate from the stop. With the 10th goal in the league season, the Serbian winger equaled the team’s top scorer Haraslín.
In the 53rd minute, Krejčí, who after the break moved from left stopper to the center of the midfield, fired from a distance and Mikulec took his ground shot for a corner.
After almost an hour of the game, Preciado fell after a fight with Sakala, the Ecuadorian international elbowed the Zambian midfielder on the thigh, and the head referee Rouček sent him off.
The Spartan full-back or midfielder received a red card in the second league game in a row in which he started. Due to the exclusion in the March duel, Slavia received a three-match suspension. And the judges inexplicably forgave him the red even in the autumn derby against the red and white…
“Obviously it’s unacceptable, he made it difficult for us. He just came back to the league after a suspension and he’s going to make another bad decision that will hurt the team. We’ll deal with it internally,” Sparta coach Brian Priske said of Preciado’s latest short-circuit.
Letenské collected the ninth red card in the season of the top competition, which is the most of all teams.
Subsequently, coach Priske also “carded out” Sparta for the next round at the Prague Bohemians 1905 stadium after his fourth yellow card in the league year.
Despite being weakened, the home team pushed the opponent. In the 77th minute, Krejčí narrowly missed with his header in the corner, Kairinen then hit the post from behind the penalty area, and Kuchta finished over after a quick break.
However, Sparta did not score the winning goal and only drew in two of the last three league games at Letná.
“I think we didn’t deserve to win. In the first 45 minutes we didn’t do the basic things and we didn’t do enough to win. I regret the wasted first half more than anything. Then the red card made it more difficult for us,” Priske said at the press conference after game.
Round 27 of the First Football League:
Sparta Prague – FK Mladá Boleslav 1:1 (1:1)
Goals: 44. Birmančević – 20. own Kairinen. Referee: Rouček – Kříž, Leška – Volek (video). ŽK: Vitík, Priske (coach) – Matějovský, Kušej, Mikulec, Pulkrab. ČK: 59. Preciado (Sparta). Spectators: 17,009.
Sparta: Vindahl – Vitík, Sörensen (76. Wiesner), Krejčí – Preciado, Kairinen, Solbakken (46. Panák), Zelený (46. Ryneš) – Birmančevič (76. Olatunji), Haraslín (65. Sadílek) – Kuchta. Coach: Priske.
M. Boleslav: Mikulec – Kadlec (90.+2 Cube), Král, Suchý, Karafiát, Fulnek – Sakala, Matějovský (64. Mareček) – Kušej (64. Solomon), Hilál (64. Pulkrab), Ladra (88. Shimek). Coach: Holubek.
Table:
| 1. | Slavia | 27 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 58:19 | 68 |
| 2. | Sparta | 27 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 59:21 | 67 |
| 3. | Pilsen | 27 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 62:32 | 55 |
| 4. | Ostrava | 27 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 41:31 | 43 |
| 5. | Mlada Boleslav | 27 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 46:42 | 40 |
| 6. | Slovakia | 27 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 36:36 | 39 |
| 7. | Liberec | 27 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 42:41 | 38 |
| 8. | Olomouc | 27 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 36:39 | 33 |
| 9. | Hradec Králové | 27 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 30:36 | 33 |
| 10. | Teplice | 27 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 27:34 | 32 |
| 11. | Bohemians 1905 | 27 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 25:35 | 31 |
| 12. | Jablonec nad Nisou | 27 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 34:43 | 28 |
| 13. | Pardubice | 27 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 26:37 | 27 |
| 14. | Zlin | 27 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 35:59 | 23 |
| 15. | Karvina | 27 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 26:49 | 20 |
| 16. | Czech Budejovice | 27 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 27:56 | 19 |