A documentary series called “Miracle from the West” brings a very special view on the FC Viktoria Plzeň football club. The six parts series maps the unforgettable moments from 2022, when the Michal Bílek’s squad became the league champion and fought its way into the millionaire UEFA Champions League. Viewers can look forward to unique behind-the-scenes footage, emotional interviews, tension, passion and all the important milestones from this famous episode of the Pilsen’s history. Miracle from the West will premiere on Monday, April 24 at 7 pm on O2 TV Sport.

The year 2022 is truly written in gold in the hearts of all the Viktorians. First the champions title, which Pilsen fought for and won after a 4-year break. Then a glory ride though the Europe, which, after some legendary battles in the preliminary rounds, culminated in a famous group stage promotion into the most prestigious club competition of the world. In the UEFA Champions League, Viktoria took on clubs such as Bayern Munich, FC Barcelona, or Inter Milan.

The fans will see these historical moments directly from the point of view of the participants themselves. They will get an opportunity to look under the hood of the whole team. There will be unique shots from the locker room, emotional speeches and honest confessions of the Pilsen’s boss Adolf Šádek.

“The whole year 2022 was absolutely exceptional from the Viktoria point of view. Sixth champions title, the incredible journey through the qualification and the following matches against Barcelona, Bayern and Inter brought a huge wave of experiences and emotions to all of us. We will let the fans enjoy all of this once again, by giving them the behind-the-scenes look into these matches and into the operations of the whole club. When I saw the first previews and shots, I immediately got goosebumps again and it evoked some great emotions. I think the fans have a lot to look forward to and I’m really glad all of it could be realized professionally at a very high level,” said the Viktoria general manager Adolf Šádek.

“Probably everyone who likes football watched similar series about Arsenal or Manchester City. On behalf of the whole team, I can say we were really excited to be part of a series about Viktoria and we are really looking forward to watch the result,” added team striker Jan Kliment, who is an important part of the whole documentary.

The six-part series will air on O2 TV Sport and it will also be available in the “O2 Videotéka” service. The first episode premieres on April 24 at 7pm. “This project fits in our strategy of our own production, which is brought to the fans as a part of the O2 TV Originals series. It appropriately expands the most attractive sport content of the O2 TV Sport channel,” stated CEO of O2 TV Sport Marek Kindernay.

“I am convinced the “Miracle from the West” documentary will catch interest of all the football fans. They will have an extraordinary opportunity to see behind the scenes of one of the most successful Czech clubs. Such documentaries have appeared quite rarely in our environment so far,” said Marek Kindernay. It’s not a first production from FORTUNA:LIGA for the O2 TV Sport channel. It broadcasted its own documentaries about Slavia Praha or Baník Ostrava in the past.

The documentary “Miracle from the West” was directed by Petr Větrovský with his VDN Promo agency. They already made successful films such as “Jan Koller - Příběh obyčejného kluka” or “Attila”. They are currently preparing an autobiographical film about the biathlete Gabriela Soukalová. “I think it won’t sound arrogant or overstated when I say that our football history does not contain such a story which Viktoria experienced in the past couple of years. I find it almost unbelievable that we could be there with our crew. The series will provide an extraordinary look behind the scenes of the whole story, which will be really unusual especially by the openness and explicitness of Adolf Šádek. He experienced something that perhaps cannot be experienced at all. I don’t want to reveal any more spoilers. After all, the viewers will see it for themselves and I think they definitely won’t be bored,” said director Petr Větrovský.

Betano, the leading operator of online sports betting and games, has become the main partner of the documentary “Miracle from the West”. “We are glad we could become a partner of this unique project in Czechia. The partnership with Viktoria is crucial for us in the field of sponsorship and it meant an entry to the Czech football scene for us. Through this documentary, we wanted to celebrate our cooperation and also bring something special to all of the football fans in Czechia,” said Roman Maco, Country manager of the Betano Company.