The footballers of Slovan Bratislava drew 1:1 in the first match of the playoff for promotion to the main stage of the Champions League in Danish Midtjylland, and before the rematch they have a decent hope of promotion. A week from now in Bratislava, any victory will secure it for them.
When the coach of the Slovakian champion evaluated Wednesday’s match, you could feel that he was relieved. But also the fact that, after such a course, his draw might have faded.
“Of course, I am satisfied with the result, before the match I would have taken it with all ten,” said the experienced coach at the beginning, who did not forget to remark that he was very sorry for the conceded goal ten minutes before the end.
At that moment, he believed that the team could maintain the promising lead.
“But of course, it was a very difficult match against a quality opponent. Both teams played offensively, we also built an attacking line-up with Marko Tolic, Vlad, Barseghyan and Strelac.
I told them we must be dangerous. Well, it’s a shame about the conceded goal, I was hoping that we would keep it, but we made a positional error. It has been confirmed that the opponent scores 70 percent of goals from the counter,” thought Weiss senior.
Again, he did not forget to praise the goalkeeper Dominik Takač, who, according to him, was excellent. The Slovak goalkeeper, who played for Trnava last season, in addition to high-quality saves, also made good saves, as he was called three times in Denmark.
“He was excellent. We’re going home, everything is open,” Weiss Sr. said of him. In front of the Nova Sport 6 cameras, however, he was even more open about Takač.
“Once again, he caught 2-3 clear goals, or dangerous moments. That’s what he’s here for, that’s what we took him for. He is an excellent goalkeeper with incredible reflexes. It can be said that he is the biggest reinforcement of Slovan in recent times,” he praised.
Dominik Takáč The key man for Slovan in the match against Midtjylland was goalkeeper Dominik Takáč, who made several world-class saves.
Weiss st. he subsequently explained why he opted for a move with two centre-backs rather than three, as we have seen several times on the European stage.
“If we went out with three stoppers, we would only defend and the opponent would put us under more pressure. That was a wise decision. It’s a shame, because we had two or three excellent chances, but I admit, they had them too. From this point of view, the draw is deserved,” he was already thinking about the rematch.
“It won’t be a walk in the park at home, but the people will push us, we have to play smart, because Midtjylland has enormous quality. These are selected players based on data, they won’t buy a slow footballer. They are dynamic and young.
To this day, we have put everything into it, as it turns out, it will turn out, you have to take it positively. But now I will praise the team, they really gave everything. Both tactically, physically and emotionally. He just needed more peace in the penalty area,” the coach evaluated the match for the skslovan.com website.
His son Vladimír Weiss Jr. also got to the microphone. and at times he spoke as if through a copier. “He regrets the conceded goal, but whether it ends 0:1 or it is 1:1, it is true that it will be decided only in the home match.
It’s an excellent result, we’ll fight for everything in Bratislava,” said the clever winger, who didn’t finish the match.
The team did not want to risk a yellow card, which would mean a stop in the revenge for him.
Weiss Jr. is already looking forward to it, it is practically certain that it will be sold out in Bratislava, Slovan already reported on Wednesday, just before the first match, that there are only a few thousand free tickets left on sale.
“People will create such an atmosphere that will help us, because these are difficult matches. Midtjylland is physically very strong, it is a young and agile team, I guess we will have more energy at home with our people,” he emphasized.
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Slavic Bratislava Slovan Bratislava captain Vladimír Weiss Jr. is already looking forward to the rematch.
In Denmark, Slav fans heard the Champions League jingle for the first time, since it has only been played since the playoffs. Weiss Jr. you enjoyed it. “At the club level, it is the most beautiful thing that can be. I guess I won’t hear her for the last time in Tehelno polí in a week.”
The Bratislava club – unlike Košice, Petržalka and Žilina – has never played in the main stage of the Champions League. He was close to it a decade ago, but in a match against Belarusian BATE Borisov, after a home goalless draw, he fell 0:3 on the opponent’s field.
The good news for Slovan is that if he does not succeed in the LM playoffs this time either, the European League will be his patch.
Slovan is playing for really big money at the moment. The Whites already have almost nine million euros, but if they advance, the number will automatically double.
Then we could talk about a certain profit at the level of the season budget of the most famous Slovak club (approx. 20 million euros).
Source: sportweb.pravda.sk
