Holes is feeling the pressure before the rematch: It’s a big deal. I believe the fans will help us advance

The Prague Slavia players will try to erase a two-goal deficit in the return leg of the Champions League third round against Ferencváros. The kick-off is on Tuesday at 7pm and given the support of the fans, who will be able to fill 100% of Eden’s capacity for the first time since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, Tomáš Holeš is confident of progress.

The postponement of the weekend league match with Olomouc, which gave Trpišovský and co. a whole week to prepare the team, should also help.

“We will go into Tuesday’s game at full strength. We had time to prepare for the video, so we’ve analysed everything,” Holeš described how the Slavs used the extra days off.

“We practiced a lot of things in training, the longer time to prepare was definitely useful,” added the goal scorer against the Netherlands at the recent Euros.

After all, it was because of representing the Czech Republic that he only joined the team just before the start of the season and so he played his first game since the beginning just a week ago against Ferencváros.

“Of course, it was not ideal, as if I had a full preparation with some preparatory or league matches. But that’s just the way it was. I gave myself 30 minutes in Teplice and I believed it would be good.

I felt good in that game and I think it’s getting better and better with every training session now. I’m getting in shape,” observes the defensive shield of Slavia.

He may have to make the most of it in the match against the Hungarian opponent. If he starts, he says he will face a team whose strengths lie in their forward play.

“They are very strong in the fast transition, they have fast and technically skilled players up top. We have to watch out for that because they threaten us a lot from breakaways. On the other hand, we created a lot of situations around their whitewash. We have to continue this and improve our play in the penalty area to score goals,” Holeš sees the key to success.

And how is the pressure in the cabin before such an important match, which the Seamers must win by at least two goals? “We feel under pressure, it’s a big deal, it’s a Champions League qualifier.”

“I believe that in the home environment the fans will help us, it will fall off us and help us advance,” the King’s Hradec Kralove native sighed ahead of his fifth career duel in the preliminary round of the millionaire competition.

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