League

Hostan Arena
Spectators: 7001 (Terracing: 5250, Seating: 1746, VIP seats: 5) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Petr Křivka kicked off to start the match. In the 3rd minute, Josef Truksa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a rather tough play, Orli Znojmo's Josef Truksa got a free kick in the 6th minute. In the 8th match minute, Orli Znojmo was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Petr Křivka to maneuver through the defense. 10 minutes into the match, AC Sparta Praha A's Ladislav Jeníček sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Vincenc Pešák narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Josef Truksa could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 14th minute of the match, but Martin Mikšík made a huge save. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Svatopluk Doležel during the 17th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 17th minute, Svatopluk Doležel hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 20 played minutes AC Sparta Praha A got a freekick which was hit by Roman Ziegler. Petr Křivka fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 27th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Martin Mikšík having to interfere. Martin Mikšík made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Petr Křivka in the 29th minute of play. Vincenc Pešák showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Miloš Tobola, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. After a defensive mix-up in Orli Znojmo's zone, Miloš Tobola stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Vincenc Pešák came out of the goal and Miloš Tobola tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After 44 played minutes Orli Znojmo got a freekick which was hit by Břetislav Kabelka. After 45 played minutes, AC Sparta Praha A's Jiří Kinský shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Vincenc Pešák came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in AC Sparta Praha A reached it.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Miloš Tobola to make the kick off. After 52 minutes of play, Orli Znojmo's Petr Křivka made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Martin Mikšík was left in no man's land by his defense there! The audience was convinced that Petr Křivka's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Martin Mikšík was relentless in the 57th minute of the game. Miloslav Jirkovský charged in rather forcefully in the 59th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Miloslav Jirkovský the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 59 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for AC Sparta Praha A! Viliam Bém placed the ball on the penalty spot and got himself ready to shoot. Post out! In the 65th match minute, Orli Znojmo was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Břetislav Kabelka to maneuver through the defense. Ladislav Jeníček in the 67thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Vincenc Pešák, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Miloš Tobola fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 72nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vincenc Pešák having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in Orli Znojmo's zone, Ladislav Jeníček stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Vincenc Pešák came out of the goal and Ladislav Jeníček tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Ilja Kubišta sent away a hard shot on goal in the 80th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Petr Křivka fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 88th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Martin Mikšík having to interfere. Martin Mikšík came out of the goal in the 90th minute to try and stop a shot by Orli Znojmo's Petr Křivka. But to his dismay, Petr Křivka quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-1. In the 94th minute, Josef Truksa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Ilja Kubišta came up free with the goalie in the 98th minute, the Orli Znojmo fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Ilja Kubišta couldn't finish the play. Orli Znojmo were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of AC Sparta Praha A for a fine match.