Match of the 23rd round of the first football league: SK Slavia Prague – FC Viktoria Plzeň, March 11, 2023, Prague. Ondřej Lingr from Slavia is happy about the goal.
Prague – Slavia's offensive all-rounder Ondřej Lingr confirmed that he is doing well in big matches during his jubilee 150th league start. Ślágr decided the 23rd round of the highest football competition against Plzeň as a substitute player with a winning shot to make it 2:1. He feels that similar matches are exactly for him. However, he does not consider himself a specialist for Viktoria, despite the fact that he scored his fourth league goal, which he managed only against Jablonec. He thinks that after previous unconvincing performances, the people of Prague showed their true colors today.
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“I don't know what it is. I get more motivated for these matches, they are matches for me. I'm very happy that I could decide it again today. The second half was really great. In the first half, it was difficult for the boys because we conceded and then we had a hard time getting into it. It picked up in the second half and it only got worse,” Lingr said at the press conference.
He proved that he can do well against West Bohemia. “I wouldn't rate myself as a specialist (for Pilsen). These matches are better for me and I'm happy that I'm scoring goals there. Strangely enough, I don't even know that today was my 150th league start. I'm glad that it happened even for the jubilee, that I decided. It's really nice,” said the twenty-four-year-old Lingr.
The guests in Eden were leading, but the home side reversed the unfavorable development after the change of sides. Peter Olayinka provided the equalizer. The winning action of the match was born a quarter of an hour before the end of regular playing time. “Maso (Masopust) started it, who passed it to Matěj (Jurásk), he covered it brilliantly and put it under him. I was in the right place and it was easy. I'm very happy that I converted it and that we won three very important points in the fight for the title,” stated the native of Havíř.
After the goal, he celebrated wildly and ran towards the substitute. “The field was a bit dry. I did a few somersaults and hit Hromadich (Hromady), but that was euphoria. The guys were running left and right, I wanted to run after the implementation team and in the end it resulted in me being laid down and slowly I couldn't to breathe, so the celebration is great,” said Lingr.
He jumped into the game immediately after changing sides. “I am grateful to my teammates, but I should be even more grateful to the coaches, because it was their tactics and clear intention that I go there in a situation where it will be tight. I had a clear task to come there and decide the match,” said the former Karviné player.< /p>
Prague did not win two of the previous three rounds before the duel with Pilsen, last week they unexpectedly lost 0:1 in České Budějovice. “We put the match in Budějovice behind us and today we clearly showed the true face of Slavia. We needed this, we needed to kick ourselves up. We will not lie to ourselves, there was some kind of blanket. Today we needed to take it down mainly with attitude, combativeness. We also added a good performance , we had great football things. The fans must have liked the match, especially in the second half. It will definitely give us a kick. I hope we will continue and win in Liberec,” said Lingr.
The Vršovice team leads the table by two points ahead of city rivals Sparta, Pilsen moved away with a difference of four points. “It is terribly important after the bad performance in Budějky. I know that Sparta is on our heels, Pilsen is also there. This victory was important. We respect everyone, but we are only looking towards the title and the cup,” added the five-time Czech international.< /p>
