After 301 days, Bohemians achieved
what no other club in the Czech league
had done: they beat Slavia Prague.
The reigning Czech champions
emerged from the midwinter break with
17 wins and three draws in the first half
of the season. Buoyed by Chinese owners
and led by coach Jindrich Trpisovsky,
Slavia are too good for the rest of the
Czech league. Or they were. Shorn of
a host of influential players, Slavia
struggled to overcome a dogged
Bohemians side backed by the usual
cacophony of smoke bombs and drums
in their crumbling Dolicek stadium. After
a goalmouth scramble, Jan Vodhanel
stabbed home for a 1-0 win.
“We did what Barcelona could not and
we scored at home against Slavia,” laughs
Martin Kurka, Bohemians’ gregarious
Slavia tighten grip
with Chinese money
Dominant domestically, European success
is still a long way off for Czech champions
CZECH REPUBLIC
Steve Menary reports
eye
witness