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leandraholmesSo it happened. Czech Republic lost against Italy - as expected, many would say. I still had high hopes, though, and they were shattered today when the Czech team simply could not score against Italia.
Remembering the excellent first match against the USA I simply cannot begin to understand how things could have gotten so fucked up for my fav team (or second fav... well, I don't make a difference between Czech and Germany... didn't. Cookie? ).
Maybe it really was due to Koller's absence from the past two matches, and Baros still not being able to play. He did try today, but he certainly wasn't going strong as he's been pausing for too long. And the Czech team tends to get very insecure if things don't turn out as planned. Instead of fighting and trying to make the best of their situation they just give up! Or so it seemed today.
Certainly they also had shit loads of bad luck. We've already covered Koller's and Baros' injuries; then Ujfalusi got the red card, and so the Czech defense was missing one of its most important players.
I also think Brückner made some really bad decisions, such as selecting Stajner who - pardon my czech - plays like hovno (which means shit)!! He pretty much lost the ball every time he got it, made more bad passes than I've seen in any other match in this championship and even moved more slowly than Ronaldo. Bad, bad choice. Another bad choice was putting up only one forward. No matter how hard Nedved tried in the midfield - and damn was he good today! - as soon as the ball ended up in the Italian goal area Baros was all alone there and simply could not hold his ground.
Italy on the other had had lots of good luck. In the first half the Czech clearly dominated the field, had the ball most of the time, but they just weren't able to score. Italy then had some real good goal chances and fucked them all up. Only after their somewhat lucky corner kick they got better because the Czech were simply demotivated. I know that's no excuse. A team - especially if everything depends on this one match - should absolutely not stop fighting, but that's what they did. They just gave up.
Then Polak got the red card, and so the the 2:0 was pretty much preassigned.
And there endeth the tale. Italy wins and Czech Republik has to leave the WC and go back home. I cannot even begin to express how sad, disappointed and depressed I am. I think numb describes my mood best :(
The only thing that's left to say is:
Remembering the excellent first match against the USA I simply cannot begin to understand how things could have gotten so fucked up for my fav team (or second fav... well, I don't make a difference between Czech and Germany... didn't. Cookie? ).
Maybe it really was due to Koller's absence from the past two matches, and Baros still not being able to play. He did try today, but he certainly wasn't going strong as he's been pausing for too long. And the Czech team tends to get very insecure if things don't turn out as planned. Instead of fighting and trying to make the best of their situation they just give up! Or so it seemed today.
Certainly they also had shit loads of bad luck. We've already covered Koller's and Baros' injuries; then Ujfalusi got the red card, and so the Czech defense was missing one of its most important players.
I also think Brückner made some really bad decisions, such as selecting Stajner who - pardon my czech - plays like hovno (which means shit)!! He pretty much lost the ball every time he got it, made more bad passes than I've seen in any other match in this championship and even moved more slowly than Ronaldo. Bad, bad choice. Another bad choice was putting up only one forward. No matter how hard Nedved tried in the midfield - and damn was he good today! - as soon as the ball ended up in the Italian goal area Baros was all alone there and simply could not hold his ground.
Italy on the other had had lots of good luck. In the first half the Czech clearly dominated the field, had the ball most of the time, but they just weren't able to score. Italy then had some real good goal chances and fucked them all up. Only after their somewhat lucky corner kick they got better because the Czech were simply demotivated. I know that's no excuse. A team - especially if everything depends on this one match - should absolutely not stop fighting, but that's what they did. They just gave up.
Then Polak got the red card, and so the the 2:0 was pretty much preassigned.
And there endeth the tale. Italy wins and Czech Republik has to leave the WC and go back home. I cannot even begin to express how sad, disappointed and depressed I am. I think numb describes my mood best :(
The only thing that's left to say is:
