– That’s only the first half of this contest. We have made progress, and now we need to finish it, because it is not settled yet,” Rakov’s coach said after the meeting. Both teams had to face intense heat. In the first half, the thermometers showed 35 positive lines. The match was difficult, even because of these weather conditions. The heat made it difficult to watch the match from the stands, so let’s imagine what the players felt as they ran around the field. How do you cope? Today, for example, substitutes remain in the dressing room, and not on the bench. The most important thing in all of this is hydration – Marek Babszon answered us.
A sensation was caused by the absence of Vladan Kovashevich in the match report. There was speculation that this could mean the completion of the departure of the Bosnians to Benfica Lisbon, but the guardian of the inhabitants of Czestochovo certainly denied this: – Vladan has a slight shock and therefore does not appear today. A very good match for Casper, which was rebuilt after a bad match with Stahl. What makes me especially happy as a coach is that he played so well in a tough game in the European Cups.
Raku’s match turned out to be like a dream. Effie Lopez already scored two goals in the first half, including the second from a penalty kick in extra time. We scored two goals and it was clear that the opponent would attack, but we defended ourselves with skill. The counterattack might have been a little missing, but it’s a very good result on our home ground, especially in these circumstances – commented the team coach from Jasna Góra.
For the Czestochowa residents, who played only the fourth consecutive season in the league in the 21st century, this was their ninth appearance in the European Cups. It’s very impressive that Raku didn’t concede a goal out of eight of them! – We’re very happy with it, because it’s a feat in the end. We know that Polish teams always have tough times in Europe. Many games without conceding a goal in Europe is a very good result and shows a certain trend. Spartak strongly opposed us. You have to be prepared really well to compete in Europe. We were accused of not scoring goals last season, but that has also changed. Raku coach said: It is not easy to score in the cups immediately, it is not known how many goals.
Can we expect a lot of changes in the starting lineup for Sunday’s league match with Guernick Zabrze? We have to waste our energy, because this match cost us a lot to fix. We’ll be back late, we have to do some practice on Friday morning. I suppose there will be changes in the line-up for the match in Zabrze – Marek Babszon concluded. It is interesting that the inhabitants of Czestochovo traveled on the first way to Slovakia on a small plane. However, they had already set off for the return bus trip.
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