On Saturday 20th August Viktoria Plzeň welcomed Fastav Zlín to play the 2nd round of the ePojisteni.cz League at the Doosan Arena. The coach Roman Pivarník changed the starting line-up for this match.
Rajtoral and Řezník were given an opportunity to play at the right side of the defensive line and Tomáš Kučera was placed in the midfield. Michael Krmenčík appeared at the forward´s position. On 2 minutes Vudadin Vukadinovič rushed in the penalty area but his pass was blocked by Baránek. In the following 10 minutes Viktorians set the pace, however, they could not get near their opponent´s gate. On 13 minutes Holík had an effort on goal but his shot went off the goal. On 26 minutes Zlín had the third chance of the match. After the misunderstanding of Viktoria´s defenders Marko Jordan run alone to the goalkeeper Kozáčik but he supported the team by a great save. On 35 minutes Tomáš Hořava attempted to score but his shot was destroyed by the defence. Moments later Zlín performed an excellent counter-attack and run towards the goalkeeper 3 to 1. Tomáš Poznar scored and sent his team in lead – 0:1 for Zlín. This was the half-time result.
At the beginning of the 2nd half Jan Kovařík quickly shot on goal by his right foot but the ball missed the target. Viktoria´s effort caused another chance on 51 minutes after Kovařík´s corner but Baránek headed the ball off the gate. This situation was followed by attempts of Kolář, Kovařík or Hořava. The coach Pivarník decided to boost the attack by substitution. On 65 minutes Michael Krmenčík was replaced by Marek Bakoš who immediately participated in the game when passing the ball to Kolář. Their cooperation was stopped by Dostál. On 69 minutes Kozáčik was surprised by Holík who finally did not hit an empty gate. 5 minutes later Zlín had an effort on goal when substituted Dame Diop placed the ball nehind the goal line – 0:2. On 78 minutes Radim Řezník left the pitch and was substituted by Michal Ďuriš. Viktoria attempted to score a goal but the result remained.
Viktoria lost to Zlín 0:2 at the home stadium.
FC Viktoria Plzeň - FC Fastav Zlín 0:2 (0:1)
Plzeň: Kozáčik - Rajtoral, Baránek, Hubník, Řezník (79. Ďuriš) - Hořava, Kučera - Petržela, Kolář (71. Hromada), Kovařík - Krmenčík (64. Bakoš)
Zlín: Dostál - Kopečný, Jugas, Hájek, Matejov - Vukadinovič (84. Bartolomeu), Živulič, Hnaníček (87. Janíček), Holík - Poznar, Jordan (63. Diop)
Goals: 36. Poznar, 74. Diop YC: Kopečný, Hnaníček (both Zlín) Referees: Nenadál - Nádvorník, Peřina
Crowd: 9327.