Bořil the legend, premiere goals and three points from Jablonec
Slavia started with Filip Prebsl in the midfield, replacing suspended Oscar. Ondrej Lingr came on for Mojmir Chytil and Simion Michez started for the first time since the first minute in the league. Captain Jan Boril, who marked his 300th league game and became a member of the Legends Club, was looking for a special match!
David Zima was the first to shine in front of a very full Strelnice, as he found Tomas Chory in the 10th minute, but his header was not successful. Lukas Provod was also supplying his teammates with centres from the left side, but his offer was not taken advantage of by the jumping Christos Zafeiris. A virtually identical situation repeated again, this time Ondrej Lingr encouraged the Greek midfielder to finish, but Zafeiris did not aim accurately.
18th minute, how else but the left side, a cross from Malick Diouf to Simion Michez and an uncompromising finish under the crossbar - 1:0! The Cameroonian winger scored his first red and white goal on his league debut.
Ten minutes later, after the same cooperation, the Cameroonian reinforcement could have added a second hit, but Simion Michez was unable to finish in a huge chance.
At the beginning of the second period, Lukas Provod raced across the field twice. First, he encouraged Tomas Chory to shoot, but the defense was able to get to him. Unfortunately, Ondrej Lingr didn't fare any better either, as his shot was saved by the home team's goalie.
In the 34th minute, Antonin Kinsky also pulled out, who twice blocked Dominik Holly's shot from outside the box. Moments later, Jan Boril threatened from the edge of the sixteen, but his right-footed shot ended up on Hanus's gloves. Christos Zafeiris, who was left completely free by Jablonec's defence when the ball was centred, failed with his head for the third time.
The start of the second half belonged to Slavia, a great play and especially centering Lukas Provod found a free Tomas Chory, but a header was forbidden to Slavia at Strelnice. The game gradually evened out, the excitement came after an inaccurate steal by Antonin Kinsky, but the initially dangerous situation was solved with grace by the Slavia goalkeeper.
In the 61st minute, Lukas Provod took the ball perfectly again and with a pass through the penalty area found Ondrej Lingr, who scored his first goal after returning to Slavia with a ground shot to the far post - 2:0!
As soon as he finished celebrating, Mojmir Chytil replaced the author of the second goal. In the 66th minute, the home team reduced the deficit thanks to a beautiful shot by Chanturishvili - 2:1. The answer came soon after, but the goal by Tomas Chory was disallowed for offside.
Ten minutes before the end of the match, the trio of Slavia players - Ondrej Zmrzly, Conrad Wallem and Petr Sevcik - came to revive the pace of the match. They replaced Michez, Zafeiris and Diouf.
It was Petr Sevcik who tried to set up a third notch on the arm with a shot, but his bid didn't take off in the scramble in the whitewash, nor did Polidar's subsequent counter-attack.
In the 86th minute Tomas Chory deftly broke free, but his attempt missed by centimetres. On the other side of the pitch, Antonin Kinsky was magical, his fingertips pushing Cedidla's header away. Stepan Chaloupek came in to reinforce the defensive line at the end of the match, replacing Filip Prebsl.
Nothing else happened in Jablonec and Slavia took three points from the north for a 2-1 win. The next match is scheduled for Thursday, when Slavia will face Athletic Bilbao in the 3rd round of the UEL.
Lineups
Hanuš – Cedidla, Tekijaški, Martinec, Polidar (88. Souček) – Nebyla (74. Fortelný), Beran – Kanakimana (64. Alegue), Hollý (64. Chramosta), Čanturišvili – Puškáč (74. Schánělec).
Kinský – Holeš, Zima, Bořil – Michez (81. Wallem), Prebsl (90. Chaloupek), Zafeiris (81. Ševčík), Diouf (81. Zmrzlý) – Lingr (63. Chytil), Provod, Chorý