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.
