1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,000 You're listening to the Footglish Podcast. 2 00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:06,000 Love football, learn English. 3 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:14,000 How did Slavia Prague play in the Champions League third-round qualifier against Royal Union? 4 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:21,000 Will Slavia Prague fans accept Tomáš Chorý now that he scored two fantastic goals? 5 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:27,000 What is the personality of the Slavia Prague manager Jindřich Tropyšovský? 6 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:31,000 And what does the word chemistry mean in the context of football? 7 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:55,000 Hello ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to the Footglish Podcast. 8 00:00:55,000 --> 00:01:00,000 My name is Zdenek Lukas and this podcast is for everyone who is learning English 9 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:04,000 and wants to do it in a fun way through football. 10 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:09,000 And today I'm talking to Tomáš Dynybyl again. Welcome back Tomáš. 11 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:13,000 Hi, good afternoon to everybody and to all your listeners. 12 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:19,000 Hi, it's great to have you back. Just to remind everyone, the first time I spoke to you on this podcast 13 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:25,000 was after the Georgia-Czech Republic game. Do you still remember that, Tomáš? 14 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:30,000 Kind of. It's a little bit in the mist nowadays, but yeah. 15 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:39,000 I think we had a couple of beers, so maybe that's also the reason why I didn't remember it very clearly. 16 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:45,000 But the discussion was good and it was a nice afternoon and a good evening. 17 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:50,000 Yeah, maybe it wasn't the most memorable match from the Czech viewpoint as well. 18 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:55,000 We didn't exactly win it and you know what happened with Turkey after that. 19 00:01:55,000 --> 00:02:00,000 So not the most memorable tournament, but it is what it is. 20 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:11,000 Yeah, but I mean the discussion we had was good. It was very emotional just after the match. 21 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:16,000 And insightful, of course. Very insightful. That's true. 22 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:21,000 I wouldn't expect anything less from you, Tomáš. I know you are a football expert. 23 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:28,000 But today we have a different topic and the topic is Slavia Prague. 24 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:31,000 Wow! 25 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:40,000 Because of course you are my classmate from high school and to be honest, you always supported this club. 26 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:45,000 I could never change your mind on that. I never really wanted to do that anyway. 27 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:52,000 But you were a staunch supporter of this team. So why Slavia Prague? 28 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:59,000 Simply, I don't know. I do not have any clear reasonable answer for you on this topic. 29 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:07,000 But as you just said, I've been a Slavia Prague fan since I remember maybe 35 years 30 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:11,000 when I started to follow football matches and football in general. 31 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:16,000 So it's a very, very long time and it doesn't have any rational behind. 32 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:24,000 I mean there are more significant clubs in Prague. Slavia Prague is not the only one. 33 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:30,000 You have Sparta, you have Dukla, you have Bohemian, you have Victoria Zizkov. 34 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:35,000 So quite a lot of them and I don't know why I picked this one. 35 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:43,000 I've never attended any football match with my father because sometimes this is the situation 36 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:50,000 that you kind of take over feelings for the club from your parents. 37 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:57,000 This was not my case. I also don't have any specific football player 38 00:03:57,000 --> 00:04:05,000 which made me to love or to have these supportive feelings for Slavia. 39 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:12,000 Of course, I liked Vladimir Schmitzer, Patrik Berger, Karol Poborsky who all played for Slavia. 40 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:17,000 But at the same time, I liked Tomáš Rosický, Peter Cech, Pavel Nedvěd 41 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:23,000 and they played for the biggest rival for Sparta Prague. 42 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:31,000 So also this is not the reason. I don't know why. I cannot simply tell you the reason. 43 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:35,000 It's just emotions that attracted me to this club. 44 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:42,000 It's in your heart. But I can see you are a reasonable fan because you also mentioned some legends of Sparta Prague. 45 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:47,000 So I think first of all, you are a football fan and that's the kind of person we want here. 46 00:04:47,000 --> 00:04:53,000 So you're not one of those mad hooligans that go to matches that have nothing in their brain, 47 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:57,000 just blindly supporting their team without looking at anything else. 48 00:04:57,000 --> 00:05:06,000 So I'm glad that you have some level of objectivity in you as well. That's nice. 49 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:11,000 So of course, the first thing we can talk about is your game yesterday 50 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:17,000 because you played in the third round qualifier, the Champions League qualifier 51 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:24,000 and you managed to beat the team from Belgium called Union. It's not the Union Berlin. 52 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:31,000 No, it's a... what's the full name? I had it written somewhere. I cannot find it. 53 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:35,000 Sounds very French. Sounds very French. 54 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:41,000 Royal Union is the name of this club. It's not a traditional club from Belgium. 55 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:48,000 Actually, they are kind of new. But for the past three years, they have been doing extremely well in the Belgian League. 56 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:55,000 They either won it or once I think they lost just on the goal difference, the league. 57 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:59,000 So they are the best Belgian club as we speak at the moment. 58 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:09,000 So you won the game against this team. It was a home game. Did you see the game or were you at the stadium so much? 59 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:19,000 Unfortunately, I was not present to the stadium and I didn't watch the game either. 60 00:06:19,000 --> 00:06:29,000 But I watched highlights and I was super surprised because after the first three matches in the season, 61 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:36,000 I was very skeptical, very skeptical because Slavia didn't play very well. 62 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:45,000 I haven't seen any strong individuals that would push the team forward. 63 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:55,000 I haven't seen anyone like that. They didn't score too many goals except one game against Jessica Budjovice. 64 00:06:55,000 --> 00:07:07,000 And they were not really dominant. So I kind of lacked chemistry in the team and motivation also. 65 00:07:07,000 --> 00:07:22,000 Before the match, I also texted you this opinion. So I shared it with you and I said that I would love to see Slavia going forward 66 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:28,000 and beating this Belgian club, this union. But I was skeptical. 67 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:36,000 So they made me really happy that they won and especially the way they won. 68 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:42,000 Can I ask you a quick question before you tell us more about this? When you watched the highlights, 69 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:49,000 did you already know the score? Is it one of those that you don't see the score beforehand? Did you see it in the title? 70 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:56,000 I knew it before because I read the results and then I watched the highlights. 71 00:07:56,000 --> 00:08:09,000 Fair enough. Not a big surprise. The final score. But actually the game was surprising and how we scored was even more surprising. 72 00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:18,000 Because there's one more thing I have to admit and I have to apologize to one of the Slavia Prague players, to Kori. 73 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:29,000 I was really underestimating him. So this is a big story. He is your new signing at Slavia Prague. 74 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:35,000 He came from Plzeň, another big club in the Czech Republic, a rival club. 75 00:08:35,000 --> 00:08:42,000 And the fans didn't exactly want him at your team because in the past he supported Sparta Prague. 76 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:51,000 There was also a video of him, somebody found a video of him celebrating and saying some very bad things about Slavia Prague. 77 00:08:51,000 --> 00:09:03,000 So honestly, almost every single Slavia Prague fan was very uncertain about this player, including you, it looks like. 78 00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:15,000 I was not that much involved in those behind the scene rumors, but I was mainly focused on the way how he plays. 79 00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:26,000 And I simply didn't see the logic. I didn't see why he should become the member of the team because he's very similar. 80 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:37,000 In the past, we bought a player called, his name was Kremensik, also from Pilsen. 81 00:09:37,000 --> 00:09:46,000 And he is a very, very similar topology player. So he's this brainless kind of geek. 82 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:51,000 That's almost unfair on Kori. Kori, I think he's smarter than that. 83 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:58,000 Apparently in private life, he's a nice guy. But what we have to say is that his height. 84 00:09:58,000 --> 00:10:05,000 So I know, for example, you, you are very tall as well. You were always the tallest guy in our class. 85 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:11,000 And the only taller guy than you, I know, is my cousin. But I think you. 86 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:17,000 How tall are you, Tomas? I have one meter and 92 centimeters. 87 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:23,000 Right now it explains why you won that badminton match we played last Saturday. Was it was it Friday? 88 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:30,000 I can't remember anymore. Yeah. Tomas, unfortunately, guys, I know it's irrelevant for this podcast, but I should say it at this point. 89 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:38,000 Tomas beat me in a game of badminton. So I think it's the height because every centimeter counts in this sport. 90 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:44,000 I think so. I would agree. Yeah. The same for Kori, for someone like Kori. 91 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:52,000 Basically, the goals he scored were both headers. So and he's very strong, you know, well built. 92 00:10:52,000 --> 00:11:00,000 And Tomas here was skeptical about his ability. But did he win you over, Tomas? 93 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:07,000 Yeah, he was. I think he scored very, very difficult header goals. It was not easy at all. 94 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:19,000 The first one, the pass from Lukas Provod was an excellent pass. I have to say it was an excellent pass to the to the perfect area. 95 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:26,000 And Kori, he was just very strong, as you said, he was stronger than the defender. 96 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:34,000 He just jumped in front of him, ahead of him. And he scored a very important goal. 97 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:41,000 It was a nice finish as well. It was a powerful header, well placed as well, no chance for the keeper whatsoever. 98 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:49,000 And it was a brilliant goal, honestly. And that moment, actually, I thought the first 10 minutes, Union were the better team. 99 00:11:49,000 --> 00:11:58,000 It seemed like Slavia were playing it safe and not exactly, you know, you know, sometimes when you are playing in front of the home crowd, 100 00:11:58,000 --> 00:12:06,000 what happens is that you just sort of go for it. Yeah. But it didn't seem like that in this game. 101 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:14,000 And until that first goal that this player that we are talking about scored, you were not the better team. 102 00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:19,000 But since then or from that moment, everything changed, in my opinion. 103 00:12:19,000 --> 00:12:31,000 Absolutely. You're right. And also, we should mention that usually Slavia product used to have problems at the very beginning of the season. 104 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:42,000 So maybe maybe the timing of the training or something like that. But the first matches were very difficult. 105 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:53,000 And that's the reason why Slavia was usually not very, very, very successful at the beginning, especially those European matches. 106 00:12:53,000 --> 00:13:02,000 But this one, I think the first goal was extremely important because of that. It gave them more confidence. 107 00:13:02,000 --> 00:13:11,000 Exactly. And another goal followed soon after that from Corner. I think it was right before the halftime break, 108 00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:17,000 which is always, always a big moment because it's often what we call a sucker punch. 109 00:13:17,000 --> 00:13:28,000 It's like it's not a good moment for the opposite team when they concede a goal like that, because obviously that lowers your confidence. 110 00:13:28,000 --> 00:13:35,000 You are preparing to take a little break and then this happens. So that was that was another big, big goal, I thought. 111 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:43,000 And again, it was Tomas Chori. And so he scored a brace in this game, two goals, two well-worked goals. 112 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:48,000 And again, he was strong in the air at this time, maybe even more difficult moment. 113 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:58,000 I think he was like he was kind of sandwiched between two defenders, I thought, almost. And it was this one was from from a corner kick. 114 00:13:58,000 --> 00:14:05,000 Yeah, it was definitely more difficult than the first one. And it was. 115 00:14:05,000 --> 00:14:15,000 Yeah, for me, I was really surprised because I thought that he will be struggling at Slavia, 116 00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:24,000 that Slavia is not playing that kind of football that he would fit. But he showed me that I was wrong. 117 00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:35,000 I have to admit it. I have to apologize to him and to all of the supporters who were saying that he is a good is a good income 118 00:14:35,000 --> 00:14:44,000 and that he will he will help Slavia in Europe. So here I am. I was wrong. 119 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:48,000 It only took him two. It was his second game in starting eleven. 120 00:14:48,000 --> 00:14:58,000 Right. So it didn't take him very long to get on the score sheet. And he did it in a really important game as well. 121 00:14:58,000 --> 00:15:04,000 He always says he always hears these cliches from these. I don't know, better food, we could say better, 122 00:15:04,000 --> 00:15:08,000 like from these stars of Czech League, you always hear these cliches. Yeah, I will. 123 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:14,000 I will show it in those big games. Right. But it doesn't always happen like that. But he did it. 124 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:20,000 And now the Slavia Prague supporters from the what do you call it? 125 00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:26,000 Well, in Czech we say Tribuna Sever, but in English, I guess it would be the North Stand or something like that. 126 00:15:26,000 --> 00:15:35,000 From the North Stand, the biggest fans with the fans that always cheer the most, right. 127 00:15:35,000 --> 00:15:47,000 The most vocal fans, they stopped singing that famous cheer Skurvená plzeň, which is translated as something like fucking plzeň. 128 00:15:47,000 --> 00:15:52,000 Right. So suddenly, suddenly they started clapping hands and cheering for him. 129 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:55,000 And he's now the hero, the Slavia Prague hero. 130 00:15:55,000 --> 00:16:02,000 Do you think it was this simple or is there still something more he has to do to convince the fans? 131 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:08,000 Not that he has already convinced you, but he didn't convince me fully. 132 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:11,000 There's still some room for a swing. 133 00:16:11,000 --> 00:16:23,000 It will take time. And I still think that he doesn't fit very well to the football, to the football which Slavia wants to play. 134 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:38,000 So I don't see he's the right 11. But I personally don't like his personality at all. 135 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:45,000 But wow, I think Tomas is a conflicted Slavia Prague fan from what I can hear. 136 00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:51,000 I thought you came here with an apology and all that. And suddenly you're turning around again. 137 00:16:51,000 --> 00:17:04,000 Wow. OK. I have to apologize because he actually, he's the reason why we have this important win. 138 00:17:04,000 --> 00:17:10,000 We now, we are in a very good position. That's right. 139 00:17:10,000 --> 00:17:15,000 And we have a lot of hope for entering the Champions League. 140 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:25,000 And that's mainly because of him, because he really scored difficult goals and the positions were not easy at all. 141 00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:34,000 But I think we shouldn't also forget about Oskar because he's one of my favorite players. 142 00:17:34,000 --> 00:17:37,000 He's a very, very good player. He's from Liberia. 143 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:49,000 And I think he has become somewhat a Slavia Prague legend now, I think, because was he part of that hat-trick, that Slavia hat-trick when he won the titles? 144 00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:55,000 I think he was at least, how many titles did he win? At least one for sure, but maybe more. 145 00:17:55,000 --> 00:18:00,000 He is becoming a very important player for you. 146 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:08,000 Yeah. At the beginning, he was not that important. He didn't have this role of the leader, but now he is taking it over. 147 00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:16,000 And yeah, he is extremely important for both for defense, for fans. 148 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:20,000 So I think he's also the personality on the pitch. 149 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:28,000 Yeah, he's a very smart player. You know, you can see on his technical ability, he is above the Czech League standard. 150 00:18:28,000 --> 00:18:41,000 So that's why also I heard some rumors that some clubs, some big clubs in Europe, including Galatasaray Istanbul and also Sevilla, are interested in him. 151 00:18:41,000 --> 00:18:44,000 And there were some rumors that he might actually leave. 152 00:18:44,000 --> 00:18:54,000 So do you think it hinges on the actual fact that Slavia Prague reaches the Champions League because you're still in the third round, 153 00:18:54,000 --> 00:19:03,000 and even if you beat Union in this two-legged tie, you still have to beat one more opponent to get there, 154 00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:10,000 which could be either Fenerbahçe Istanbul or Olympic Lille. So that's another tough opponent. 155 00:19:10,000 --> 00:19:18,000 Is it about that, that if you manage to get there to the Champions League group stages, he stays and if you don't, he goes? 156 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:26,000 Because let's be honest, the money he's being offered is probably bigger than what he gets at Slavia. 157 00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:34,000 It's a difficult question. I think it's not only about the money, it's also about the environment. 158 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:38,000 And he seems to be very happy at Slavia. 159 00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:51,000 So even if money-wise or salary-wise, it would be better if he changes his address to more prominent European teams. 160 00:19:51,000 --> 00:20:00,000 I can imagine that he will stay even if Slavia will not pass to Champions League, 161 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:08,000 because it seems to me from the distance that they have a very good relationship with Jędrzej Trapiszewski, 162 00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:17,000 who is the manager of Slavia, and whenever he is talking about him, he is always very proud of him. 163 00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:24,000 That's true, he's one of his main men. 164 00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:25,000 Exactly. 165 00:20:25,000 --> 00:20:30,000 Which is important, if you are a player, you always want this trust from your manager. 166 00:20:30,000 --> 00:20:38,000 If you don't get it, it can be pretty frustrating for you and then no wonder you want to leave. 167 00:20:38,000 --> 00:20:47,000 But he is in a different position, he has a great role and it looks like he's one of the first names on the team sheet. 168 00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:49,000 Absolutely. 169 00:20:49,000 --> 00:20:55,000 And I don't know about his personal life, but maybe he has a Czech wife. 170 00:20:55,000 --> 00:21:01,000 If he doesn't, he has to get one soon. 171 00:21:01,000 --> 00:21:07,000 Yeah, that's another anchor which would hold him in Prague. 172 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:09,000 That's true. 173 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:13,000 Okay, well, what do you see will happen this year in the Czech League then? 174 00:21:13,000 --> 00:21:15,000 Do you think Slavia Prague can win the title? 175 00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:21,000 Because let's be honest, there is a profit drought the last three years, you won nothing. 176 00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:24,000 Am I right or did you win at least the cup? 177 00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:28,000 I think it was Sparta or Krozen who won the cups as well. 178 00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:30,000 I think you're right. 179 00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:40,000 I think now there is a certain element of dissatisfaction, maybe that's not a word that is not strong enough here. 180 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:46,000 Maybe we should say frustration and almost anger from Slavia Prague fans. 181 00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:57,000 And even your manager Jindřich Tropyšovský, who I learned when we went after our badminton match, we went to have beer with Tomáš to a pub. 182 00:21:57,000 --> 00:22:03,000 I learned from him that Tomáš himself had an encounter with Tropyšovský. 183 00:22:03,000 --> 00:22:07,000 Do you want to tell us about that, Tomáš? I think it's a brilliant story. 184 00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:11,000 Yeah, I think I was lucky at that time. 185 00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:19,000 I was 16 or 17 years old and I was playing for Klánovice, which you remember. 186 00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:21,000 You're playing for whom? 187 00:22:21,000 --> 00:22:23,000 Klánovice. 188 00:22:23,000 --> 00:22:25,000 Of course, who wouldn't know. 189 00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:31,000 Yeah, who wouldn't know exactly because you played a couple of matches with us as well. 190 00:22:31,000 --> 00:22:33,000 Illegally. 191 00:22:33,000 --> 00:22:35,000 Illegally, yeah. 192 00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:37,000 I have the registration of Klánovice. 193 00:22:37,000 --> 00:22:42,000 I just wanted to play with you guys because how many classmates did we, how many classmates? 194 00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:44,000 Maybe five, six. 195 00:22:44,000 --> 00:22:46,000 Half of the team. 196 00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:49,000 Half of the team, the core, the hardcore of the team. 197 00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:51,000 Yeah, went to the same school. 198 00:22:51,000 --> 00:22:56,000 And so it was just such a cool opportunity for me to just at least play that one or two games. 199 00:22:56,000 --> 00:23:03,000 And I remember you had a manager that was a manager, like a famous manager that you guys always made fun of. 200 00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:10,000 You should respect your manager, but this manager had some really interesting basically instructions. 201 00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:14,000 He always told, apparently, this is from what I remember, and this is 20 years later. 202 00:23:14,000 --> 00:23:16,000 I still remember it. 203 00:23:16,000 --> 00:23:20,000 So it must have been a really important thing for you, for your team. 204 00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:24,000 The instructions in half time were, guys, play better. 205 00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:26,000 And that was it. 206 00:23:26,000 --> 00:23:28,000 Yeah, it's simple. 207 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:30,000 Keep it simple, clear and simple. 208 00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:32,000 What else do you need? 209 00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:34,000 Goal or more goals than the opponent. 210 00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:35,000 Play better. 211 00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:37,000 Exactly. 212 00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:41,000 But back to the story with Trebyshevsky. 213 00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:47,000 And we played one, so at that season we were really, really good, I think. 214 00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:52,000 We ended second or third, a league. 215 00:23:52,000 --> 00:24:01,000 And after one match when we won two or three nil, don't remember, this guy came to me in front of the pub 216 00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:03,000 because there is always the pub. 217 00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:09,000 When you have a Czech village stadium, there is always a pub, which is very important. 218 00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:14,000 And then this guy came to me and he said, hey, how was the game? 219 00:24:14,000 --> 00:24:16,000 It was not bad. 220 00:24:16,000 --> 00:24:19,000 Yeah, we won, so it must have been very good. 221 00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:24,000 And he asked me whether I would like to try to play with a different team. 222 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:28,000 At that time it was called Xaverov, and he was the manager there. 223 00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:31,000 That team was in the second Czech league as well, right? 224 00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:34,000 Yeah, it was the second junior league at that time. 225 00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:47,000 I think Xaverov used to be in the, when we were talking about the adults, what do you say, the A team, we call it here, the men. 226 00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:50,000 So that team is quite famous as well. 227 00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:53,000 I had a football registration there as well. 228 00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:57,000 I went to one training there, I think. 229 00:24:57,000 --> 00:25:11,000 I didn't have too many more trainings than you then, because it took me like two months to make sure that I'm not good enough. 230 00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:13,000 I mean to realize. 231 00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:17,000 To realize, yeah, exactly, to realize. 232 00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:24,000 And the story is that I started to attend the trainings there, and every single training was a big suffer for me 233 00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:31,000 because all the teammates were way better technically, physically. 234 00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:38,000 And Tomáš, this was with Trepichovsky, the coach of the current coach of Slavia Prague. 235 00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:48,000 Yes, and after the first month, I remember this, I was waiting for the bus at the bus stop, and he was driving by, he was passing me, 236 00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:52,000 and he stopped, he got off the car, and he started chatting with me. 237 00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:55,000 He said, yeah, so how are you enjoying it? 238 00:25:55,000 --> 00:25:57,000 What are your feelings? 239 00:25:57,000 --> 00:26:07,000 And I said, I'm so frustrated, everyone is way better than me, I'm so tired, and I'm not enjoying it. 240 00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:13,000 And then he was very, he's a very nice character. 241 00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:18,000 He is like, you have the feeling that he's a very strong personality. 242 00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:19,000 He cares. 243 00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:20,000 He cared. 244 00:26:20,000 --> 00:26:28,000 He cared a lot, and he has a strong charisma. 245 00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:30,000 Charismatic manager. 246 00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:32,000 He's very charismatic. 247 00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:42,000 And then he told me, I remember he told me, do you know why I picked you as a team member? 248 00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:50,000 I said, I have no idea, I have no idea, because I'm 100% I'm not good enough. 249 00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:55,000 And he said, it's not only because of the football skills, it's because of the personality. 250 00:26:55,000 --> 00:26:57,000 Wow, really? 251 00:26:57,000 --> 00:27:04,000 Yeah, and he said that I was able to manage the team. 252 00:27:04,000 --> 00:27:07,000 At that time, I was the captain, Klanovice. 253 00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:08,000 Oh, yeah. 254 00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:11,000 I was the oldest one, so maybe that's why. 255 00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:15,000 I remember that time I used to be a captain, too. 256 00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:18,000 So yeah, okay. 257 00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:24,000 So I want to know, did it actually hurt you the way he said it? 258 00:27:24,000 --> 00:27:29,000 Because it almost sounded like, oh, Tomas, you're only good because you are a leader. 259 00:27:29,000 --> 00:27:32,000 No, I was so proud at the time. 260 00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:33,000 I was so proud. 261 00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:37,000 And then I said, okay, now I will try. 262 00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:39,000 I will try harder. 263 00:27:39,000 --> 00:27:41,000 I will train more. 264 00:27:41,000 --> 00:27:44,000 I will do some individual exercise. 265 00:27:44,000 --> 00:27:48,000 But it lasts like three more trainings or four more trainings. 266 00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:50,000 And then I just gave up. 267 00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:52,000 Yeah, yeah, makes sense. 268 00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:53,000 It didn't make sense. 269 00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:57,000 But what I wanted to highlight here is that he really cares. 270 00:27:57,000 --> 00:28:05,000 And even at that time, when I was 16, 17, so he was the manager of the team of teenagers. 271 00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:11,000 He really cared for the structure of the team. 272 00:28:11,000 --> 00:28:22,000 So he was not only interested in the way how you play football, but also the way of the impact on the pitch on the team. 273 00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:26,000 And I think that's something what you can see even nowadays. 274 00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:39,000 That he is not just picking the players based on their performance on the pitch, but also the approach to the training and the character. 275 00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:45,000 Yeah, I think to be honest, I think this is a trend in the world anyway. 276 00:28:45,000 --> 00:28:53,000 But of course, in a lot of aspects, the Czech League and Czech football is behind, still behind. 277 00:28:53,000 --> 00:28:57,000 We don't have time to go into the details and why that is the case. 278 00:28:57,000 --> 00:29:02,000 But let's be honest, it's nice to see some progressive managers in the Czech League. 279 00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:05,000 And he is definitely one of them. 280 00:29:05,000 --> 00:29:10,000 And now the question is, what if you don't win anything again? 281 00:29:10,000 --> 00:29:16,000 Not that I wish it on you, not at all, but there is a real possibility because let's be honest, 282 00:29:16,000 --> 00:29:22,000 Sparta, Prague, Plozenj and other teams, Liberec, Ostrava, they look really strong this season as well. 283 00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:24,000 So anything could happen. 284 00:29:24,000 --> 00:29:31,000 So there is a voice at Slavia Prague from the fans. 285 00:29:31,000 --> 00:29:37,000 A lot of fans are getting tired of Terpichovsky, even though he has a strong position. 286 00:29:37,000 --> 00:29:44,000 But if the whole, the entire fan base turn against him, then it could be quite tough for him. 287 00:29:44,000 --> 00:29:46,000 So what would you do? 288 00:29:46,000 --> 00:29:54,000 Would you keep him at the club or do you think there might be time for him to go as a Slavia Prague fan? 289 00:29:54,000 --> 00:29:56,000 Yeah, it depends. 290 00:29:56,000 --> 00:30:03,000 It depends, I think, what goals they want to achieve, whether they want to get the title in Czech League 291 00:30:03,000 --> 00:30:15,000 or if they want to get some points in the European matches in Champions League or different European matches. 292 00:30:15,000 --> 00:30:17,000 And it very much depends. 293 00:30:17,000 --> 00:30:26,000 I think if you are successful in Europe, then it means that you do not have to win the title 294 00:30:26,000 --> 00:30:35,000 and still the season is very well evaluated by the fans. 295 00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:54,000 So it depends and it seems to me that the management of Slavia Prague is willing to give him some time 296 00:30:54,000 --> 00:30:58,000 and to focus on the Europe, on the matches in Europe. 297 00:30:58,000 --> 00:31:00,000 I'm glad to hear that. 298 00:31:00,000 --> 00:31:01,000 I hope so. 299 00:31:01,000 --> 00:31:02,000 I don't know. 300 00:31:02,000 --> 00:31:05,000 We don't know into his head. 301 00:31:05,000 --> 00:31:08,000 We don't know what his motivation is. 302 00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:14,000 Yeah, I can't see into his head either, but maybe you can because you used to be one of his players. 303 00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:18,000 So, I mean, if anyone is close to him, it's you Tomáš. 304 00:31:18,000 --> 00:31:25,000 But I have to say thank you very much for telling us about Slavia Prague in this episode of the Footbush podcast. 305 00:31:25,000 --> 00:31:27,000 It was a pleasure to talk to you again. 306 00:31:27,000 --> 00:31:35,000 Hopefully next time I see you, we play another racket sport because we wanted to play tennis last time. 307 00:31:35,000 --> 00:31:44,000 But since it rained, we had to resort to playing badminton, which was nice as well. 308 00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:47,000 Don't get me wrong, but I was a bit rusty. 309 00:31:47,000 --> 00:31:54,000 So I look forward to playing a game of tennis against you and all the best to Slavia, 310 00:31:54,000 --> 00:32:03,000 especially in the Europe in European games, because I really follow it closely and always cheer for you. 311 00:32:03,000 --> 00:32:04,000 Thank you. 312 00:32:04,000 --> 00:32:06,000 And thank you for having me here. 313 00:32:06,000 --> 00:32:08,000 It was a pleasure as last time. 314 00:32:08,000 --> 00:32:10,000 Yeah, likewise, Tomáš. 315 00:32:10,000 --> 00:32:12,000 Take care and all the best. 316 00:32:12,000 --> 00:32:13,000 Bye bye. 317 00:32:13,000 --> 00:32:14,000 Take care. Bye bye. 318 00:32:19,000 --> 00:32:21,000 Welcome back to the Language Corner. 319 00:32:21,000 --> 00:32:26,000 In this part of the show, as always, I will do my job, which is the English teacher. 320 00:32:26,000 --> 00:32:30,000 And I'm going to talk today about something really interesting. 321 00:32:30,000 --> 00:32:32,000 And that is the word chemistry. 322 00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:41,000 First of all, the most important thing you should all know is that chemistry used to be my least favorite subject at high school. 323 00:32:41,000 --> 00:32:42,000 That's right. 324 00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:44,000 I used to hate this subject. 325 00:32:44,000 --> 00:32:47,000 And that is actually the first meaning of this word. 326 00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:50,000 It is a subject that you study. 327 00:32:50,000 --> 00:32:51,000 You can study right. 328 00:32:51,000 --> 00:32:54,000 Chemistry is all about all those elements. 329 00:32:54,000 --> 00:33:02,000 So you have like oxygen and nitrogen and you have different solutions and acids and all kinds of things. 330 00:33:02,000 --> 00:33:05,000 I'm not talking about this sort of chemistry, though. 331 00:33:05,000 --> 00:33:16,000 I would like to talk about the phrase that Tomáš used in this episode of the Footgris podcast, because he said I lacked chemistry in the team. 332 00:33:16,000 --> 00:33:22,000 He was talking about Slavia Prague and I think he was referring to the first few games of the season. 333 00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:26,000 He said I lacked chemistry chemistry in the team. 334 00:33:26,000 --> 00:33:33,000 If you lack something, it means you kind of don't have enough of something or you miss something. 335 00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:39,000 So he he kind of wanted to see chemistry in the Slavia Prague team, but he didn't see it. 336 00:33:39,000 --> 00:33:42,000 Now, what does the word chemistry actually mean here? 337 00:33:42,000 --> 00:33:45,000 Are we talking about the school subject? 338 00:33:45,000 --> 00:33:46,000 No, not really. 339 00:33:46,000 --> 00:33:53,000 Here it really means good relationship or partnership of the players on the pitch. 340 00:33:53,000 --> 00:34:04,000 The word that the players kind of gel the the cohesion of the team, the way they sort of work together as a unit. 341 00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:07,000 And that is the sort of chemistry we talk about here. 342 00:34:07,000 --> 00:34:12,000 Of course, we can also use it to talk about relationships. 343 00:34:12,000 --> 00:34:18,000 For example, if you go on a date with someone and this date maybe isn't going really well, 344 00:34:18,000 --> 00:34:24,000 but perhaps it's because there is no chemistry between you and your partner. 345 00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:34,000 Yeah, if there's no chemistry, it means maybe there's not enough attractiveness or maybe you are unable to talk to each other or something like that. 346 00:34:34,000 --> 00:34:38,000 So as you can see, this word has more meanings. 347 00:34:38,000 --> 00:34:43,000 And that is all for today's episode of the Footgrish podcast. 348 00:34:43,000 --> 00:34:50,000 And what I would like to ask you for is, as always, to support this podcast. 349 00:34:50,000 --> 00:34:56,000 It's still quite new, so people need to hear that this podcast exists. 350 00:34:56,000 --> 00:34:59,000 That's why I would like to ask you to spread the word. 351 00:34:59,000 --> 00:35:09,000 If you have any friends, a husband, a wife, a girlfriend, a boyfriend, a lover, your dog, your hamster, a guinea pig, 352 00:35:09,000 --> 00:35:16,000 whoever you want to tell about the Footgrish podcast, it will make a huge difference. 353 00:35:16,000 --> 00:35:19,000 So please share this podcast with them. 354 00:35:19,000 --> 00:35:33,000 Thank you very much for listening and I'll speak to you soon again. 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