Bohemians - Sokolov 2:1
Bohemians measured their strength with currently fourth team of the Czech FNL league as a final warm up game before the Synot league itself starts. Roman Pivarnik showed all the new coming players to the loyal fans who came to see the match.The beginning of the match was not ideal. The temperature was around zero and it took some time for players to get into the right pace. The pitch itself was also in a bad condition, however supporters were not bored. Chance came after another.
First of those came during a third minute when Pauschek came through the right side, went around the defender and straight into the penalty area. He found Jarolim with a back pass but his technical shot went just wide by the left post.
Another dangerous shot came from the right side from Bratanovič, but a cannonball ended in hands of the keeper. Kangaroos were appearing often in chances during a first half but they couldn’t convert them into goals.
But after 30 minutes of the game, supporters, around 500 of them, finally celebrated a goal. Zoran Gajič, a new acquisition, sent an exact cross ball which found Bratanovič’ head and he send Bohemians into lead.
But that didn’t last long. Dvořák was left alone in a penalty area, he got a ball and took a shot. His shot was deflected but Čada scored from a second wave.
Both teams calmed down a bit during a second half, they both defended well and not that many chances have been seen as during a first half.
But two chances at the beginning of the second half are worth to notice. Firstly, it was Zlámal who showed his goalkeeping skills. Hrdlička took the ball through the middle, sent a pass to Vaněček who tried to aim between the keeper’s legs but was not any successful.
On the other side, it was Bratanovič who could have scored his second goal, but his shot was not accurate after a great ball from Rada. He had another chance in 62nd minute but he rushed again and missed the target like before.
But the match delivered the joy to the home team. After few minutes of slow and inaccurate football, Jarolim prepared a ball on the edge of the penalty area, took a shot and David Bartek scored after a deflection.
Nothing important happened at the end of the match. The guest team tried to equalize but they couldn’t succeed from number of corners they had. So the Kangaroos could have celebrated a win at the final warm up game.