Ani Kania už nevěřil. Máme před sebou dvě finále, tvrdí Kováč

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Když se majitel Liberce Ondřej Kania den po nečekaném triumfu nad Spartou 1:0 v polovině března dozvěděl o domácí prohře konkurenta Olomouce s Hradcem Králové, v povídání pro klubovou platformu Slovan+ se v žertu vyděsil.

„Hradec vyhrál, takže furt máme matematickou šanci na skupinu o titul. Už jsem říkal, že chci, aby Olomouc vyhrála! Už nechci mít každé kolo naději, že pořád ještě můžeme… Ale stejně je ta pravděpodobnost asi šest procent, takže prostě budeme hrát ve střední skupině a tu musíme vyhrát,“ říkal Kania čtyři kola před koncem základní části, kdy devátý Slovan ztrácel na šestou Olomouc šest bodů.

Stačily ovšem dva zápasy a Liberec Sigmu v elitní šestici nahradil, když 4:0 deklasoval Slovácko na jeho hřišti a naposledy doma porazil 2:0 nejhorší celek soutěže z Českých Budějovic. Jelikož Hanáci za dvě kola získali jen jeden bod, na šestém místě je střídají právě Severočeši. S Olomoucí mají i lepší vzájemné zápasy.

Sestřih zápasu Liberec – České BudějoviceVideo: LFA

„Abych řekl pravdu, před měsícem by mě to taky nenapadlo. Obzvlášť po Dukle, se kterou jsme odehráli velmi špatný zápas,“ připustil i trenér Slovanu Radoslav Kováč. Liberec s nováčkem soutěže na začátku března doma jen remizoval 1:1 a na desátém místě ho od spodní skupiny dělil pouhý bod.

„Sice jsem týmu pořád věřil, ale situace byla velmi těžká, protože jsme cestovali do Jablonce,“ přiznal Kováč. Právě regionální rival Slovan na podzim po debaklu 5:0 uvrhl do hluboké deprese, naopak jarní bezbranková odveta modrobílý tým nastartovala.

„Tam nastal obrat. Hráli jsme velmi dobře, organizovaně a týmově. A myslím, že nám hodně pomohli fanoušci. Po Dukle byli všichni naštvaní, začalo se i spekulovat o mé pozici, ale v Jablonci jsem cítil, že za námi fanoušci stojí,“ řekl Kováč o zápase, který ambicióznímu celku vrátil pošramocené sebevědomí.

Po Podještědském derby Liberec vyhrál třikrát v řadě, přičemž do té doby se mu nepodařilo připsat tři body dvakrát po sobě ani jednou. Senzačně porazil 1:0 Spartu, 4:0 deklasoval Slovácko a nyní zdolal i 2:0 České Budějovice. Gólman Tomáš Koubek neinkasoval už 392 minut.

„Začali jsme i líp bránit, i když v posledních dvou zápasech tam byly věci, které se mi nelíbí. Tým si však sedl a určitě nám pomohli zkušení kluci jako Maso (Masopust), Koubys (Koubek) i Krollis, který nám prospěl hodně. Je vidět, že je střelec. Tým je zdravý a věřím, že budeme makat a snad budeme ještě lepší,“ poznamenal Kováč.

Radoslav Kováč o budoucnosti opor

O Lukáši Masopustovi, který v Liberci hostuje ze Slavie

„Všichni v organizaci si přejeme, aby Maso zůstal. Myslím, že se mu tady líbí, i když rozhodnutí bude hlavně na něm.“

O Martinu Frýdkovi, jemuž v červnu končí u Nisy smlouva

„Jestli zůstane, je pořád otázka pár týdnů, možná dnů. Končí mu smlouva a rozhodnutí je hlavně na něm. Teď bych nechtěl předpovídat, jestli bude chtít jít další cestou. Uvidíme na konci sezony.“

Po nevydařeném startu jarní části upravil rozestavení a místo tří stoperů přešel na čtyřčlennou obranu. „Mně konkrétně sedí a mluvit budu i za kluky, bavili jsme se o tom spolu,“ kvituje změnu pravý bek Josef Koželuh, jenž vstřelil Dynamu vítězný gól.

„Pepovi pomohlo, že jsme šli do čtyřčlenné obrany, kde se cítí daleko lépe. Pomohlo to i křídlům. Tahle změna nám prospěla. Vznikla před Plzní, kdy jsme jednoho stopera neměli. Ale bavili jsme se o tom už dlouho. Cítili jsme, že hráči nejsou na svých optimálních postech. Třeba Ghali wingbeka uběhá perfektně, ale když bráníte a jste v pětce, je někde u rohového praporku a výchozí postavení má hrozně nízké, přitom má právě přechod do útoku nejlepší,“ vysvětlil Kováč.

Liberec má nyní dvě kola před koncem účast v elitní skupině ve své moci. Příští víkend hraje v přímém souboji o horní skupinu na hřišti Hradce Králové a poté doma hostí Karvinou. Pokud oba zápasy vyhraje, v nadstavbě se utká s nejlepšími týmy bez ohledu na ostatní. „Jsem šťastný, že tu šanci vůbec máme. Před měsícem bychom to vůbec neočekávali a teď před sebou máme dvě finále,“ uzavřel Kováč.

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