There shouldn’t have been a penalty. The loss of Kliment is more noticeable than we thought, says disappointed Slovácko coach

Slovácko had a sad evening. After the penalties, they dropped out of the European Conference League and can forget about the cups at least for this season. How did the disappointed coach Martin Svědík evaluate the match?

In both matches with Lokomotiv Plovdiv, Slovácko was statistically better and more active team. However, it doesn’t make any difference in the result, as the Bulgarian team is advancing.

“It turned out that it was decided at the end of the first match, where we got a goal. Then we had to make up for it. It wasn’t that we didn’t want to play, we didn’t create pressure. In the final third, we are terribly sterile, we can’t convert even the biggest opportunities. Moreover, we could have created a lot more,” Martin Svědík is clear.

According to the Slovácko coach, various small things decided the game. For example, the choice of place. Especially the missed opportunities. It is no wonder that after the match he revealed that he found the elimination from the European Cups extremely frustrating.

However, he enjoyed the home game more than the first away game. “You could see that the opponent is more experienced, they play cups more or less every year. They get a chance and convert it, even from offside. That was the difference between us and the opponent. We work hard for a goal and crown it with penalty kicks,” continued the coach of the team from Uherské Hradiště.

And that three shooters failed on penalties? According to Svědík, the penalties should not have happened in the first place, he considers it a mistake. But when they did happen, some players refused to take the kick, which surprised the coach himself. Whoever felt like it, went.

Rigino Cicilia couldn’t last the game until the penalties due to a minor injury, but he still disappointed Svedik with his performance. He said he needs to do much better. The coach of the Moravian club was not happy with Václav Jurecka either: “It turns out that the loss of Honza Kliment is more noticeable than we thought.”

But now the players have to get their act together, because on Sunday they will return to the league to face České Budějovice.

“It will be a very difficult game for us. We have 120 minutes in our legs, our psyche is at the freezing point. We have to pick the right line-up and motivate the players to be ready again,” Svědík finished the interview at the press conference.

Source: 1. FC Slovácko