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There was no word in Eden. Fans of Budějovice were enjoying the season

A few dozen meters from the Slavia ice hockey stadium there is a restaurant where about twenty people start climbing before 5 o’clock in the afternoon. And he immediately starts: “Only the Motor!” Over and over again. It is obvious that the guest-friendly camp is well-tuned for the Prague 3: 0 series.

The fourth half of the first-round play-off is only a few minutes left. Motor Fans are in their seats, occupying a third of one of the two stadiums. Twenty minutes before the first balls, they are loudly skating and encouraging Budejovic hockey players.They have a cloakroom near them and they hear it all.

“We’ll be ready for Pepi, we’ll be here tonight,” one of the home-backed spectators said with a shawl around his neck as he waited with a beer- at the feast of Joseph on Saturday.

On the Ice, Motors are the first to go, their fans instantly add to the chanting intensity. But as soon as he starts playing, the overcrowding in cheering spills over to the side of Slavia. The boiler always screams red and the rest of the stadium then the word power. And it’s really a power, the old Eden stadium is great and very loud.You have to scream to the neighbor next to you to understand you at all.

The guest boiler continues to cheer, but the Budějovice players do not go too far on ice. In the lobby, it is the first time that the Tuominen hits the goalie Bláha but the puck stops only on the top pole.

17 minutes Eden storms full. In his own weakness Tomáš Jiránek gives his first goal and highlights the bad motor games of the Engine.

At the beginning of the second period, the guests receive a five-minute numerical advantage. “Now we have to score, we have to score,” comment one of the fans of Budějov.But even a long shot is not enough for the Motors to set, the home goalie Hylak is unbeatable.

“It’s not what we can not do. I’m afraid that this was our last chance to do something to do, “another yellow-jersey spectator with a red M. jokes his head.” Unfortunately, the power plays are more of a punishment for us, “he smiles bitterly at his colleague.

In a moment, the referee again raises his hand and Hylák heads to the middle. But the fools misperceuate the puck, which slowly slides to their gate. Motors fans are already looking to be at home, but the home side’s keeper is fast. “But be careful, this is our biggest goal so far,” says one of the Motorbikes.In the second third, the home team is adding home and the home fans are back on their feet.

On the ice, thanks also to the injured players

In the third twenty-minute game Budějovice improves well, . He will also deal with Tomas Nouzou, who has escaped. In the engine boiler, the atmosphere goes down. It is clear to everyone that it is the last game and the last chance to enjoy it.The guest fans also include a favorite shout when one side cries Czech and the other one Budějovice.

Two minutes before the end of the third period (even the match), the home team has even double the power. “It just underlines the fact that we play in so few people at the end,” Budweiser fans say sadly.

With the last siren, the house is celebrating. Slavia just got into the barrage. The sad and much disappointed Motors players are slowly coming under the boiler of their fans.

The ice comes to applaud and thank the hockey players Budějovic – Pajič, Švihálek, Chovan or Rob. And thanks a long time, hockey players have to go to the ice again.

“Nowhere have I been experiencing what you are here in two years.The fans have a huge thanks for the whole season and the last game. They knew what we were about to fight here and try to surprise them, and they have been cheering and supporting us all the time. Playing in front of such audiences is great and I’m glad to have this experience, “says Captain Josef Straka.

No hitparade? Plíšková wins even so. And he’s looking for a bum: Sharpe is the ceiling

She did not expect anything light. And the estimate was fulfilled. Šafářová was in the second Czech derby at Roland Garros 2018 set and half better. The first set was won, and the sixth played.

“It is obvious that Lucka feels good,” Plíšková acknowledged. “She served, was more aggressive. But then I fought a game there and she made mistakes she had not done before. ”

It was to know that the Safari returned after a long pause. “Physics victory? A little, “Plíšková agreed. “It was a bit better than a little bit better than the first round, but it’s still so upset. No hitparade. ”

Whoever searches in the archives will find almost identical ratings even after her press conferences in 2017. Repeat the result would certainly please her.But the way is as challenging as it is on the orange surface of the Paris courts.

“The opponents are much harder. And better, “he says. “I already take Bára Krejčíková on the clay as unpleasant, especially when she has qualified. And now I have to add, play better than last year. Sharapka is waiting for me – the third floor is a ceiling. ”

The Russian superstar will be joining Safarova. Now that the number 28 is set, the spider is on the third round. Not to mention that Sharapova would probably be much higher if she did not have to go through her difficult return after the doping punishment.

I do not want to play the lot on Plišková.

I have a stupid I once, the other one again, “he waved. “I still have a game I can defeat.Against Sharpe, it is a huge challenge for me. In addition to the Fed Cup, when I was outspoken, we did not play together. Since then, a lot has happened. Such a grandslam match belongs. ”

This is going to be a hit on Saturday: a former world champion against a big champion. Everyone will offer their aces – and Plíšková would pay it literally.

“I hope the service will be decisive. I’ll bet on it. I have it better than she, it just has to work, “he says. “He’s going to burn on me, he has pressure from returns – but on the other hand he can break. Because she either kills or spoils it. I have to be ready.Every chance will be scarce. ”

And if she would have won another prize on rare occasions, it would definitely be because of the notoriety of the” charts “.

Call, derby and Karius horns. What were Zidan’s winnings in the Champions League

When less than two and a half years ago he was taking over Realo, after Rafael Benitez had been dismissed, it seemed like a big jump from the reserve Castilla. It was Zidan’s first big coaching joke.

It turned out that leadership made unexpectedly brilliant decisions.

Zidane was a legend already as a player and immortality as a coach. With Realem he won nine trophies for a short period of time, the second best achievement in the history of the Madrid Grand Club. More successful was Miguel Muñoz, who won fourteen different cups during the fourteen years (1960-74). With the last one, Zidane celebrated just five days ago, with Real winning the Champions League for the third consecutive time.What were his winning evenings in this competition?

Just over half-time, Zidane showed his genius.

On the limit of lime, Robert Carlos’s center fell to him, the French midfielder with the fifth on his back extended, and with his weaker left pushed the balloon to the upper corner. The unstoppable shot is one of the best goals in the history of the Champions League, Real then secured a 2-1 win and Zidane first raised the famous cup.

A Real beat him at the end of May 2016 for the second time. But it was not easy – he was better in the first half and led by Captain Sergio Ramos, but after a change in sides, Atlético improved.After Antoine Griezmann’s penalty wounded, Real was defensive, but he was unable to keep up with Yannick Carrasco for a 1-1 win over the penalty. He made the most important part in the penultimate Cristiano Ronaldo series.

And Zidane became the seventh man to dominate the Champions League both as a player and as a coach. “I dreamed of this moment,” he said exactly 145 days after Real took over as the coach. After the first half in which Ronald’s trench responded with a goddess shot over his head, Mario Mandžukič, the second act was just Realu.

The opponent almost did not let himself, after an hour of play twice hit.For the twelfth victory in the best soccer club competition in the world, Real Casemiro and Ronald directed the final 4: 1 alternating Marco Asensio. For winning 3: 1, he also owed the giant mistakes of his goalie goalkeeper Lorise Karius. The Spanish club literally donated the first and third goals – first shot Karim Benze’s foot, then released a long shot of the alternating Gareth Bale.

The Welsh substitute was the final hero, twenty minutes before the third goal of the famed scissors he returned to Real knowledge.An instant comparison was made with the famous Zidan game.

“Cristian’s goal, Bale and my are three goals that are forever written down in history,” Zidane did not even mention Ronald’s acrobatic hit from the Juventus quarterfinals. Three triumphs in the Champions League have only two other coaches Bob Paisley and Carlo Ancelotti, neither one of them in the series like Zidane.

Immediately after the final, he called his team an extraordinary, a few days he decided that the team needed a change.

From Pouzar to Nosco. Top 10 Czech performances in the Stanley Cup final

It’s not in vain that the real heroes appear in the battles of the Stanley Cup. Especially in the final series, when the season lasts for the ninth month and the players are exhausted and bruised, every more significant action is worth it.

Although not usually raised to respect for the traditional cup, .

MF DNES and iDNES.cz have compiled a list of ten notable achievements in which Hašek, Jágr or Holík stepped in.

May 2000

The Dallas trophy defenders made bad dreams in Match 1.Esa Mike Modano (-3), Brett Hull (-3) and Sergei Zubov (-4) were disgraced, which was largely due to “A Line”.

By the balance of 2 + 2, the National Productivity Record has been established so far, Jason Arnott copied it, Patrick Elias made three wonderful assists.

After the second Sicorian hit, the defeated goalie Ed Belfour shuffled from the ice in a 1: 6 position, and the famous sovereign did not take off the mask as if he was ashamed.

Usually he had a smooth shaved face, but he and many of the Hurricanes team members were overgrown like a robber.He let his aching hip be injected. He could almost rest on fatigue.

Then in the seventh clash with Edmonton, Jarosław Spacer eliminated the hold and Kaberle, after eight seconds of power play, raised the distance to 2-0.

With the final result of 3: 1, the member of the Kladno Clan of Defenders became the first and still the only Czech author of the winning goal of the entire Stanley Cup.

At half past two at night, John McKehr, the Edmonton coach, decided to take a risk, and in the third extension of the opening match in Boston, he sent a wing with 85 on the jersey.At 2: 2, he was afraid for a long time that Klima would be defeated by some of his frivolity.

The Czech gunsmith himself remembered that he had been a viewer since the tenth evening. Then, on the back of Jari Kurri’s flip, he fired off the ice and ended the engagement at 115: 13, which is still the longest finale in history. And he pushed the Oilers to the triumph.

Jaromir Jagr, Pittsburgh:

No Czech has scored in the most watched series in the NHL as amazingly as he did.

V 56.the minute of the first finale against Chicago, sputtered the hall called the Igloo Solo over four trunks and a bekhend ending that surprised the aforementioned Belfor.

Patrik Elias, New Jersey: June 10, 2000 friend Sýkora lay in the hospital where he took him after a brutal hit from Deriana Hatcher’s ass.With the same hulk, Elijah went to the corner of the ice rink in the second sixth run in Dallas.

And just around him, he sent a backpack to Arnott, who surpassed Belfor. End! Devils found themselves in the seventh sky.

Tomas Nosek, Vegas: May 28, 2018

Welcome to celebrity Tomas. The Fourth Warrior Warrior declared the first cousin star against Washington. A little-known fellow has scored two goals in a single final match.He missed Shea Theodora’s passport and shifted the score to 5: 4.

At the end, he blocked Alex Ovechkin’s bomb, then cleaned the disk into the empty Capitals goal. He lived to see the royal reward for their patience and hard work, through which he earned a job in the NHL.

Petr Sykora, Pittsburgh: June 2, 2008

None of Czechs in direct battle for the cup nenasbíral more starts (30 ) and goals (8) than the wren Sýkora. That’s why it’s the second time in the ranking. This time for a power surge from 109: 57 to prolong the series with Detroit.But after the next sixth part, Red Wings celebrated.

, Detroit: June 13, 2002

Once the golfer Jeff O’Neill has shot his unbeatable after 166 minutes and three seconds. The second longest line of all time ran from 3rd to 5th between Detroit and Carolina. Only Frank McCool did not score a goal in 1945 (188: 35).

Jaroslav Pouzar, Edmonton: 12.NY Islanders 1: 6, a veteran from Europe in the cab said a word and spoke to unruly fellow players in the soul:

“Gentlemen, I’m thirty-three and I’ve come to win the Stanley Cup. We can not do that. We must not play each other. We have to act as a team. It does not matter who is going to score. ”

The talk probably took off, because Oilers managed the next three games (7: 2, 7: 2, 5: 2) and first shuffled with the  10. Robert Holik, New Jersey: While Devils fans loved “Crash Line,” the others disliked it.Her center in the third Detroit duel (5: 2) blinked with a 1 + 1 balance. Holik, Randy McKay and Mike Peluso as a bulldozer have crushed the skilled rivals Paul Coffey, Steve Yzerman or Sergei Fjodorov. However, Holik also had a puck. New Jersey and his credit to Detroit flushed 4-0.

Jihlava – Boleslav 0: 0, both teams continue in vain awaiting victory

“All rescue matches will be challenging. It was not very nice to see today, on both sides. It was a very elaborate match, with a lot of balls bruised. Nobody has scored a goal so the draw from this point is fair, “said Jihlava coach Martin Svědík, who at the beginning of the season played in Boleslav. Jihlava threatened to be the first in eighth minute, but the shot of Mary managed to dispel goalkeeper Polacek outside the goal.

After twenty minutes, guests were the first to know when they used the loser of their former teammate Ljovin in the middle of the pitch.Rapid Brejk Overcrowd ended in the penalty area of ​​Ladra, but his missile just missed Rakovan’s gate.

Since then the guests have been better in the game, problems were made by the home on the right wing of the Konate, but his penetrations and centers into the lime Central Bohemia did not succeed. Eight minutes before the end of the first half played the Mladá Boleslav horn, Přikryl came to the end, but only the home goal scored by the small lime.

“What struck us for the first half was the game of midfielders Ljovina and Mary, who were losing unnecessary balloons.Boleslav started and the rest of the half-time was threatened by break situations, which we did not want to do, because we knew it was very strong in this, “said Svedik.

” The entry was a bit better home, we started to play more on the ground, combined and during the first half we were more active and we had at least two good opportunities that we should use, “regrets coach Jozef Weber.

Even after the break, he prevailed in the game mainly the fight for the center of the pitch. The bargain was able to shake Ladra after an hour and Valenta, but both shots were made by the goalkeepers from Rakovník in Jihlava.The home team has increasingly relied on fast-paced racing, but it has made a start.

Eight minutes before the end of the game, Mlada Boleslav could decide Ladbro, but his small lime head shoved Rakovan into a corner kick. / p>

However, the conclusion of the match was Jihlava, after 6 minutes on the field, Popovich could get in, but his shot from the penalty area did not find a way between the three rods. Two minutes before the end, he technically shot Mara’s standard, but Polaka pushed the shot under the bar.He did not add his tenth goal in the last minute of the last minute to the best shot Jihlava Ikaunieks, who in the limel walked around the defender, but his shot Poláček caught.

“In the second half we had good input, we created two three opportunities , they called for goals, but we did not change them. On the other hand, the goal keeper, who eliminated direct free kicks and then Ikauniekse’s attempt, convinced us. Today, both players score for the division of points, “said Weber goalkeeper Rakovan and Polaka.

Ice hockey players will compete against Finland on Saturday with Furch

The attackers Martin Necas and Dmitry Jaškin, who arrived in Stockholm today and joined the team, should be included in the report. A new player is also coming from the wider body of defender Jakub Krejcik, David Musil and strikers Martin Kaut, Robert Kousal, David Šťastný and Hynek Zohorna, who is expecting a debut as well as Nečas.

Roman Červenka, who have been given leave and are now flying home. Not even assailant Adam Polášek and strikers Robin Hanzl and Roman Horák who had health problems, and Andrej Nestrašil and Michal Řepík do not interfere with the match. Filip Chlapík and Filip Zadin are ready to step in.

“They will be extra prepared if Nečas and Jaškin did not feel like they were.We will see how their health will develop. They will both go according to how they will feel tomorrow, “said coach Assistant Vaclav Prospal.

The Czechs want to show an improved performance against Thursday, when they knew the slayer in the eighth World Championship match. “We expect far more fighting, engagement and heart to fight. Lose weight, but it has to be after the fight and this page has missed us a lot yesterday, “said Prospal.

” It is about being more compact in the defense zone and getting to what we have adorned in previous matches.”This is a quick transition to the attack and less time in our defensive zone,” Prospal said.

The Finns won a 3-0 point victory in Helsinki on Russia after separate raids, leading the Euro Hockey Tour a point in front of the Czech team. The winner of the match will come close to triumph – the Czechs will play the last points with Russia and Finns with Sweden on Sunday.

“We are going to win every match. When this happens, it is tempting for us. It is important for us to play the game, but also the result.We had a line of victory, it was not always beautiful, but it still counts winnings, “said Prospal. The Czech team won five of the last seven matches with Finland, which succumbed (0: 2) only in February Seoul in the test before the Olympic Games in Pyongyang. Last week at the Carlson Hockey Games in Pardubice, the Czech team beat him 3: 1. In the initial nomination for Swedish games, the Finns had four NHL reinforcements, including goalkeeper Harri Säteri from Florida, defender Julius Honka from Dallas and strikers Sebastian Aho and Teuvo Teräväinen of Carolina. For the championship, coach Lauri Marjamäki can also count Forward Mikael Granlund of Minnesota, Mikko Rantanen of Colorado and defender Markus Nutivaarou of Columbus.

“It is possible to expect mainly skate hockey.Something similar to what the Swedes practiced. I do not know how many NHL reinforcements are going to be, but their team will be a bit different from the Pardubice tournament. We expect hitting, skating and pressure hockey this season, “Prospal said.

Furch will be preparing for the championship for the fourth time. After duels with Switzerland (5: 2) in Příbram, against France (5: 2) in Amiens and with Sweden in Pardubice, he is still invincible. “Fellowships are being finalized and teams are more or less complete, so the Finns will of course be in a strong team and we have to prepare ourselves well,” says Furch.

The match is played from 12:00 and broadcast by CT Sports.

In the F1 training in Baku Ricciardo was the best, Vettel was worried

Ricciardo confirmed that he is currently in great shape. In the first training, the winner of the previous race in China took second place behind Valtter Bottas of Mercedes, but in the afternoon quicker part he scored the best time 1: 42,795. “We brought a very powerful car here. Competitors in the qualifying will be as quick as usual because they will add to the performance, but even if we do not start from the first row, so here we belong to the favorites, “said Ricciardo.

The defending champion of last year’s Baku triumph ended up losing 69 thousandths of a second Ferrari’s Kimi Räikkönen, who was up to the fifteenth in the opening practice. “But we had no problems.I just wanted to try different settings and it took a lot of time to change everything, “said Räikkönen. “So I’ve lost some time in my first training to be ready for the second one,” he added. Max Verstappen took third place despite the fact that he did not manage to avoid a collision just like in the previous races of the season. In the first training he hit the wall and had to go to the depot.At the end of the afternoon ride, his car had problems with the engine, and the Dutch driver had to get very slow. “Fortunately, it was just a broken sensor, so we do not have to worry about it,” said Verstappen. Mercedes’s riders – the fourth Bottas and the fifth-ranked Lewis Hamilton, who lost eight tenths of a second to Ricciard. “Red Bull and Ferrari are faster than us, so a lot of work is waiting for us. Overnight I will be around the rooms of all the engineers to make something up, “Hamilton said.

Vettela, who had problems with tire grip in the streets of Baku.The German pilot in the initial training lost to Bottas for almost two and a half seconds, in the second four times world champion behind Ricciard was 1.3 seconds behind. Vettel was not nervous about the qualifying before Saturday because in bad times it could have been poorly controlled. “I’m calm because the car is cool. Only I could not get into the rhythm, which is not quite the easiest here, “he said.

Silver is an encouragement for the club, after the final battles of Třinec

The Třinec is after a defeat with the defending champion from Brno 1: 4, of course, the matches are disappointed. But they have a great season. “I am proud of how he managed a challenging season from the Champions League to a third place after the baseball to the final,” said Tricine coach Wenceslas Varaďa.

Nevertheless, there was so little…

Where did the final duel with Brno break? Was it in Brno where Třinec lost both duels? “I would not say that, but rather in our second home match,” said Martin Adamský of Třinec. “The Brnans played the whole series at one hundred percent.Let’s say that they were happy to score after the reflections, but that’s the way it is in the sport. ”

Also defender Lukáš Krajíček regretted the home defeat 2: 3 in the second encounter. “Since the second game we have been a goal behind, we are still catching up – and it is very difficult for Kometa.”

The team of Třinec should not change too much. There is talk of leaving Tomáš Linhart and Daniel Rákos in Pardubice.On the contrary, the Latvian representative striker Roberts Bukarts from Zlin could come. “I can not say anything about my future,” said 27-year-old Bukarts after the season.

No one has officially confirmed any changes. “Everything is premature because the players have contracts by the end of April,” said sports director Jan Peterek.

What is the current team in Třinec the future? “The current team has tremendous potential. The young guys played really well, we really jumped and played the team, “Vladimir Svačina smiled.

“Perhaps some big changes will not be, although there are always some departures and arrivals. We’ll have interviews with coaches in the week. Then we learn more.Some conclusions are coming soon, but it will not be like in Ceske Budejovice, where sixteen players have finished. ”

It is not necessary to be afraid of a snack, even if it is said with a great deal of exaggeration. “If the guys are going to go off, the next season will be great. If it is not, then it’s the semen. I hope everyone will take it to heart, “said Martin Adamský, striker.

” Our team has a great future, “convinces Lukáš Krajíček. “We must remain humble, walk again from the beginning. Even the young boys who have come are excellent hockey players. I do not see why we should not be back in play off next year and do not ask for a title. ”

And Kraiceček will be there. “Yeah, I’m staying.I still have a year contract. ”

The young hockey players should also get the opportunity. “It is not easy to put a bunch of younger players in the set, and they expect the performance of good experienced hockey players right now,” said Václav Varaďa.

“During the season, they were going through a time when they did not stick to it and their performance was fluctuating. It belongs to my youth, but I believe it will strengthen it in the years to come. For the next season, they have become regular extralig players. “