In the last friendly match before the Austrian pre-season training camp Viktoria crossed swords with Dynamo České Budějovice in Přeštice. The fans were not bored at all because in total they saw 7 goals.

Pre-season, Sun 1st Jul 2018, 10:30, Přeštice

Č. Budějovice: Křížek – Řezáč (81. Kalousek), L. Havel (46. Novák), Kladrubský (C) (46. Fišl), Helešic (46. Rychnovský) – Čavoš, Javorek (46. Ad. Čermák) – Šplíchal (46. Laňka), Pouček (46. Frýdek), Pešek (58. Švantner) – Táborský (46. Kadula).

Plzeň: 1st half-time: Kozáčik – Řezník, Pernica, Limberský – Procházka, Hořava – Petržela, Kopic (C), Štursa – Řezníček, Krmenčík. 
2nd half-time: Hruška – M. Havel, Hubník, Hájek, Kovařík – Hrošovský, Al. Čermák – Ekpai, Navrátil, Kopic (C) – Bakoš.

Goals: 24. Pešek, 26. Táborský, 45. Pouček – 22. Řezníček, 28. Řezníček, 41. Řezníček (pen.), 72. Ekpai, Referees: Houdek – Mokrusch, Kubec.
Crowd: 1480.

Jakub Pešek was the first one to have an effort on goal when at first he shot the ball right towards goalkeeper Matúš Kozáčik and later he kicked over him but his shot hit only the right upright. On 16 minutes Kozáčik performed an excellent save when destroying Lukáš Havel´s attempt. Viktorians had the first bigger chance moments later. David Limberský´s accurate centre ball found Jakub Řezníček who stood in front of the gate. The initial goal of the match was scored on 22 minutes after Jan Kopic´s corner when Roman Procházka headed it to Jakub Řezníček and Viktorians were leading 1-0. 2 minutes later the score was equal – active Pešek scored. České Budějovice even turned the score on their side 3 minutes later. Ivo Táborský received a pass on the edge of the penalty area and scored – 1-2. The result took about 60 seconds. Michael Krmenčík kicked a long-distance shot that hit the crossbar. The ball turned back on the pitch and Jakub Řezníček placed it behind the goal line. At the end of the 1st half Řezníček gained a penalty kick that he himself scored and finished his today´s hattrick. Budějovice again equalized the score until the break so the half-time score was 3-3.

Plzeň completely changed the 2nd half line-up. As the first one Marek Bakoš performed well when he shot on goal from the 16-yard box but he missed the target. Budějovice´s goalkeeper was later checked by Ubong Ekpai and Roman Hubník but the score remained. Viktorians put pressure on their opponent the whole 2nd half and on 72 minutes they finally scored the leading goal. Ekpai sharply shot on goal and the rebounded goal travelled in the gate. Viktoria could even jump to a 2-goals leading but Milan Havel´s intention was read by the opponent´s defensive line.

Viktorians won the attractive match against České Budějovice 4-3.

Jakub Řezníček´s Commentary

„On one hand, I´m happy with the hattrick of course, but it´s a shame we couldn´t win the 1st half,“ the 30-years-old striker said. He also added he would like to thank Michael Krmenčík who let him kick the penalty kick. „He was the one to kick it but he let me to complete my hattrick,“ he revealed.