Roman Pivarník´s team played the 12th round ePojisteni.cz League match against Dukla Praha at the Juliska stadium. After Viktoria´s opponents´ failure, they were given a chance to sit 1st in the standings in case of victory.

„Before the match we were aware of the fact Dukla are a team who play good combinative football. We wanted to stop them from playing that. Unfortunately, it´s hard to evaluate the match played short-handed. Milan Petržela was sent off on 30 minutes and it was useless from him. The whole match was influenced by this moment, of course. We gave up our initial tactics and focused more on defensive. We forced Dukla to pass from sides, whch was acceptable game for us. We made it and won so I´d like to praise the players, they did their best and we bring all 3 points,“ the coach Roman Pivarník evaluates the matc.

Viktoria played with one forward as well as in the match against Sparta. „Dukla are very strong at combination. They prefer system 4-3-3 or 4-2-3-1. We´d lack one player in the midfield. We´ve got two versions that will be changed according to our opponent,“ the coach says.

Matúš Kozáčik performed great today and he supported his team. „Matúš was a very important man today. He saved hard shots and he calmed down the team as well. I´m happy he´s such a support for the team and he plays amazing now,“ Pivarník closes.