Téměř celá tisková konference probíhala v angličtině na žádost lotyšských médií. „Ale budu moci občas něco říct i v jiném jazyce, že ano?“ ptal se Guľa. Samozřejmě anglicky. A spiklenecky mrknul směrem k hloučku českých novinářů. Nakonec se mu alespoň na chvíli poštěstilo a mohl prohodit pár vět i ve slovenštině. Jako když vedl Viktorii.
Vývoj angažmá slovenského odborníka v Plzni byl pro všechny tak trošku záhadou. Guľa k mužstvu nastoupil v lednu 2020 po Pavlu Vrbovi, na jaře ho extrémně výsledkově i herně zvedl. Pak se ale vše začalo náhle rozpadat, což v květnu 2021 odnesl trenér i jeho široký realizační tým. Pokus nastartovat ve Viktorii novou éru vůbec nevyšel.
„V Plzni to pro mě byla velká škola. Pracoval jsem s top manažerem Adolfem Šádkem, hráči z reprezentací. Nakonec z toho bylo těžké období,“ vzpomínal Guľa. „Jak jsem se od té doby změnil? Doufám, že jsem o něco lepší. Flexibilnější. Ale odpověď bude samozřejmě ležet na hřišti,“ tuší trenér Rigy.
Jeho tým je dle papírových předpokladů jasným outsiderem. „Pro některé moje kluky je to první takhle velký zápas v kariéře. Všichni se těšíme, jdeme se bít. Budeme hrát ve skvělé atmosféře, na Spartě se chtějí všichni ukázat,“ burcuje Guľa, jenž své svěřence na bouřící tribuny chystal. Z Rigy, kde jim na domácí mače průměrně chodí okolo tisícovky fanoušků, je to na Letnou masivní skok. „Třeba nám to pomůže k výkonu na hranici, možná až za hranicí maxima. Ten potřebujeme.“
Slovenský kouč také ocenil zvyšující se kvalitu českého fotbalu jako celku. „Plzeň, Slavia i Sparta se za poslední roky ohromně zvedly. Do posil investují částky v milionech eur. Ale i další kluby jdou nahoru, Hradec postavil nový stadion. Česká liga je velmi kvalitní,“ chválil Guľa, jehož čeká setkání s bývalým svěřencem. Příjemné? Lidsky určitě.
Ve slovenské jednadvacítce totiž vedl současného kapitána Sparty Lukáše Haraslína. „Smekám před tím, kam se v kariéře dostal. Nosit pásku v klubu, jako je Sparta, je velká věc. Už jsme si vyměnili pár hezkých zpráv, těším se na něj. Na hřišti ne, protože je to vynikající fotbalista. Ale jinak ano,“ usmíval se kouč vedoucího celku lotyšské nejvyšší soutěže.
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