
Slavia clinches 15th straight home win. Goals by Zmrzlý and Chytil


If Jindrich Trpisovsky's team wins in Olomouc next week, they will clinch the title regardless of other results!
What did the atmosphere look like at Eden on Saturday afternoon?
Tribuna Sever welcomed the teams with a choreography featuring portraits of Bican, Puc, and Planicka, accompanied by the message "From heaven, they watch Slavia shine." Goalkeeper Jindrich Stanek kept his 50th clean sheet in the top division. Congratulations were also sent to Jan Capek, a lifelong Slavia fan and long-time secretary of the Friends' Department, who recently celebrated his 75th birthday and was one of the clubs first supporters.
CONGRATULATIONS. And best of health!
On the bench were Stepan Chaloupek and Igoh Ogbu, both returning from injury.
The first serious chance came early for the home side. In the 3rd minute, Ondrej Zmrzly was at the end of a combination move, but Borek pushed it out for a corner. The Slovacko goalkeeper also saved a shot from Lukas Provod, while Jan Boril missed at the far post. Jindrich Stanek was also tested, successfully stopping a shot from Sinyavskiy.
In the 17th minute, Vasil Kusej broke through the defense and hit the far post with a cross-shot. Ten minutes later, Christos Zafeiris headed straight into the keepers hands. Provods powerful strike then smashed against the left post. Four minutes before halftime, Slavia finally broke the deadlock Ondrej Zmrzly did well at the far post and squeezed the ball past Borek to celebrate his first goal of the season - 1:0.
The second half started with action from Kusej, who threaded a pass to Zafeiris, but Borek was quick off his line. The visiting goalkeeper also denied a clear chance for Chory and made a superb fingertip save to stop a stunning effort from Zafeiris in the 62nd minute, tipping the ball under the crossbar.
In the 69th minute, Slavia made two substitutions: Doudera and Chory were replaced by Teah and Chytil. Kusej made way for Moses, and Holes was subbed off for Ogbu. In the 85th minute, Mojmir Chytil doubled the lead, finishing neatly at the near post after a great assist from the outstanding Zmrzly - 2:0. Zafeiris was then substituted, with Botos coming on.
The match offered no further drama. Slavia claimed their 15th home league win of the season, defeating Slovacko 2-0. Next week, they head to Andruv Stadion to face Olomouc and they'll have a championship match point.


Lineups
Staněk – Holeš (76. Ogbu), Vlček, Bořil – Douděra (69. Teah), Zafeiris (86. Botos), Oscar, Zmrzlý – Kušej (76. Moses), Provod, Chorý (69. Chytil)
Borek – Ndefe, Stojčevski, Kukučka, Reinberk (60. Koscelník) – Vaško – Kozák (46. Kvasina), Křišťan, Havlík, Sinyavskiy – Klíma (65. Kim)