An important win and second clean sheet in a row

„We’ve got three important points and the clean sheet is nice too, of course,“ said Petr after the game. Newcastle was down to ten players by the 16. minute after Mitrovic got sent off with a red card.
„It’s always tough to play a team of ten when you’re playing away. Your opponent has nothing to lose and is propelled forward by their fans. Luckily we managed to cope with it well. In the end one goal was sufficient, even though we got into several scoring opportunities and could have put more distance between us and Newcastle. We could have made it easier on us, but we’ll take the three points one way or another,“ stated Petr.

In comparison to the previous game with Liverpool, Petr was significantly less preoccupied this time. „That was thanks to the fact that we had the match under control and they failed to create any proper scoring opportunities for themselves. Every clean sheet counts though,“ Petr explained.

He is set to depart for Prague today to attend a Czech national meeting for the purposes of European Championship qualification matches against Kazakhstan and Latvia. „We need to win both to be able to get a chance to qualify. There are a couple of involuntary absences in our team, but we’re going to have to deal with that somehow. It will not be easy. Kazakhstan will be represented by a half of Astana’s team which has now qualified for the Champions League, and they are not to be underestimated. As I said, though, we need to get six points out of those two games. That’s our only goal,“ added Petr.