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The Czechs scored two goals in 20 minutes and were in full control of the game until half-time, and the Lithuanian team couldn’t even cross the center line with the ball.
“Without a doubt, Slovan deserved the victory. He was disgusted with the first half, he was the worst while training for Knight. It seems that the team was afraid of something, maybe we misjudged them to come out of the game like that. The Czechs they could have scored the third goal instead of the first, “said T. Pikkarainen angrily at the press conference.
Indeed, the Czechs did: after a long shot from Martin Koscelnik, the ball bounced off the crossbar and landed a meter behind the Knights’ goal line and only then flew back onto the field. However, a team of judges from Norway missed the goal.
Delphi When asked whether UEFA should not use goal-line technology for European tournament teams, Pikkarainen shrugged.
“Of course, if only someone would pay for it,” said the 50-year-old Finn.
At the time, his direct opponent from the Czech Republic, Pavel Hoftych, was pragmatic and did not condemn the referees.
“They did not see a goal, but they did notice two fouls in the opponents’ penalty area, for which they imposed an 11m penalty, so all is well,” summed up the Slovan coach.
Perhaps he would have said otherwise if the Knights’ rebirth had lasted more than 15 minutes in the second half.
Until the end of the first half, T. Pikkarainen replaced Lajo Traore, who was looking for mushrooms on the artificial turf of the LFF stadium. And during the break, the Finnish devil team got into the fray.
“Of course, if a player’s actions satisfy the coach, he is not replaced in the first half,” Pikkarainen said of L. Traore. – But I don’t want to judge individual players, it was a collective failure. It was necessary to change something, wake up the team in some way. On the positive side, we looked much better in the second half, we had a chance to equalize the result. I don’t care that we lost a few more goals at the end, the important thing is that the team showed character, the spirit of the fighters, they showed that they can play football. “
El Caballero was knocked out by a great Venezuelan defender by Angelo Lezama from the access of the penalty area to the upper corner of the goal. And the wind direction in Vilnius changed at least for a while.
Specifically, the wind, which was blowing at speeds of more than 20 km per hour, was blowing like a breeze, but the teams switched sides of the field.
“It just came to our notice then. We were lucky enough to play the first half of the match downwind. In the second half, the opponents have already tried to use it. They scored a goal, and after 10-15 minutes it was very difficult for we started open football, ”said P. Hoftychas.
However, the Czechs were reassured with the third goal, which avoided further problems.
And the Knights will have to repeat the lessons of this match.
“I hope we will also play in Europe next year, now getting into the European League qualifiers is our top priority. We need to make sure there is no start of today’s match.” I am calm during the second half, but I will not be able to sleep during the first part, “concluded Pikkarainen.
We remind you that the Knights defeated Northern Ireland’s Derry City 3: 2 in the first qualifying round after overtime. At that time, Slovan started the competition immediately from the second stage.
Another barrier for the Czechs in qualifying for the European League will be the winners of the pair Bačka Topola (Serbia) and Bucharest FCSB (Romania).
The result
Knights 1-5 Slovan
12 ‘ [0 – 1] Kamso Mara (11 m)
twenty ‘ [0 – 2] Jakubas Hromada
61 ‘ [1 – 2] Angelis Lezama
83 ‘ [1 – 3] Michaelis Rabušičius
89 ‘ [1 – 4] Yusufas Helalis (11 m)
90 + 3 ‘ [1 – 5] Janas Matoušek
Starting lineup for “Knights”: Tadas Simaitis, Deividas Malžinskas, Ričardas Šveikauskas, Dominykas Barauskas, Valdemaras Borovskis; Tomas Dombrauskis, Lajo Traore, Angelis Lezama, Mindaugas Grigaravičius; Donatas Kazlauskas, Gytis Paulauskas.
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