Positives for Slavia? The mainstays will return for the rematch, maybe even Krmencik

Slavia wanted to enter the preliminary round of the Europa League with a win, but they failed to do so. Although the Susians had a big advantage and Legia had only two shots on goal, they scored two goals. However, Jindřich Trpišovský’s mainstays will return for the rematch.

2::2 at home would not have been a good result at all a year ago. But after the change in the rules about a goal scored on the opponent’s pitch, it is no longer a big problem. Although Slavia wanted and especially should have beaten Legia at home, there is no reason to be negative.

Ondřej Kúdela, at the moment, as it turned out, an absolutely key man in Slavia’s line-up, will finally return for the rematch. Without him the defence is almost not working, the Sešiovans got 4 unnecessary goals in the prelims, which they would not have got with Kúdela.

The leader Kúdela will once again lead the defence, and young Zima will surely grow up alongside him. Another bright side of the 34-year-old stopper’s return is moving Holeš back to the centre of midfield, where Hromada and Traore did not give an ideal performance.

Since Oscar saw his third yellow card, he will be stopped in the next game. Captain Jan Bořil will return to his place at left-back. Although he received a lot of criticism from the fans at the Euro, he is still an extremely important player for Slavia. He is a fighter and his tireless runs on the left side also help the game of the Sešiovans.

Michael Krmenčík could make his third return. It would be more of a comeback after an injury, as he hasn’t kicked in a Sšiovan jersey yet. However, he could be a big boost for Slavia as well. In the first game in Eden, countless centres flew into the Legia penalty area, which nobody was able to capitalise on. But Krmencik could have pushed the ball into the net.

The line-up of the Sšiovans should slowly crystallize into an ideal form. When Petr Ševčík, Peter Olayinka and Srdjan Plavšič return, it could be the Slavia we know from recent years.

Source: Livesport