Liberec
Commentary
At the very beginning of the match, both teams started cautiously, neither of them wanted to make a mistake. It was valid until the sixth minute. He jumped on the center of Fukala in the lime of Rabušice, headed on the approaching Jakub Hromada. He didn't hesitate and leaned hard on the ball. Markovič hits the ball on the volley with a shot for which the keeper to make it 1-0 for Slovan. In the 12th minute, Túlio threatened dangerously from outside the area, but his attempt sailed just wide. In the 14th minute, Budínský challenged Nguyen from an angle after a standard situation, but the Liberec goalkeeper punched the ball away.
In the 28th minute, Beran made a beautiful individual effort. The young midfielder took over the ball and cut into the area, forcing Markovič to direct his sharp-angled shot out of play. A corner kick and Slovan's second goal followed. Mara’s cross missed Kačaraba, but Tataev deflected the ball into his own goal and was credited as such. Then Budínský got a big chance, but his header was denied by a brilliant save from Nguyen. Six minutes before halftime, Matouška emerged alone in front of the Boleslav goalkeeper, but Markovič got just enough of the ball so that it squarely hit the goalpost.
Boleslav began the second half with a substitution, with Graiciar replacing Douděra Graiciar. Although the players from Mladá Boleslav completed several passes, none of them gave our defence much concern. Boleslav tried to create scoring chances, but the Liberec defence was attentive and did not give their opponents much room to work. In the 70th minute, Jiří Klíma nearly gave the visitors another goal another as he broke through in the middle and fired from just outside the box, but his shot just passed over the bar.
Graiciar got another chance, recovering a rebound on the edge of the area and challenging the Liberec goalkeeper. Again, Nguyen didn't hesitate and played the shot perfectly. At the other end, Mosquera penetrated in behind the defence but, like Pešek, he missed the goal with a high attempt. At the very end, Pešek was fouled in the area. Imad Rondić came close to extending the visitors’ lead when he found himself completely unmarked in front of the goal after a pass through the middle, but he lifted the ball over Markovič just a little too high and hit the bar. Slovan were already watching the rest of the match and deservedly won 3-0.
