WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.419 You're listening to the Futglish podcast. Love 00:00:03.419 --> 00:00:09.220 football, learn English. What were the biggest 00:00:09.220 --> 00:00:11.759 upsets of the first round of the Czech League? 00:00:12.380 --> 00:00:15.539 Would Michal Beran be a good signing for Sparta 00:00:15.539 --> 00:00:19.059 Prague? What freak moment occurred during the 00:00:19.059 --> 00:00:22.699 Slavia -Prag -Haradec -Kralové game? And what 00:00:22.699 --> 00:00:46.200 verb is commonly used with the noun bet? Hello, 00:00:46.219 --> 00:00:48.840 everyone. Welcome back to the FootGlish podcast. 00:00:49.060 --> 00:00:52.280 If you've ever been wondering what FootGlish 00:00:52.280 --> 00:00:56.039 means, then it's very simple. Foot stands for 00:00:56.039 --> 00:00:59.600 football, glitch, English. This is an English 00:00:59.600 --> 00:01:02.799 learning podcast about football. I'm the host. 00:01:02.899 --> 00:01:06.000 My name is Danek Lukas. And I'm an English teacher. 00:01:06.200 --> 00:01:10.219 And as always, we have got a guest. And this 00:01:10.219 --> 00:01:13.620 one is really special. He is a returning guest. 00:01:14.079 --> 00:01:18.040 After about a year, it's my pleasure to welcome 00:01:18.040 --> 00:01:22.920 Stjepan Hayek back on the podcast. So Stjepan, 00:01:23.000 --> 00:01:26.239 welcome back on the FootGlish podcast. It's good 00:01:26.239 --> 00:01:28.659 to have you back, man. Thank you so much. It's 00:01:28.659 --> 00:01:30.579 a pleasure. I can't believe it's already a year 00:01:30.579 --> 00:01:34.000 since my last visit. Time flies when you're having 00:01:34.000 --> 00:01:40.319 fun. That's true. So, Stjepan, you are a football 00:01:40.319 --> 00:01:43.319 journalist and ex -football player. You used 00:01:43.319 --> 00:01:45.299 to play for Sparta Prague as well, didn't you? 00:01:45.719 --> 00:01:49.359 That's true. That's true. For six years, I guess. 00:01:49.439 --> 00:01:52.920 Yeah, six years. And now you work for several 00:01:52.920 --> 00:01:54.939 different platforms. So one of them is Kanal 00:01:54.939 --> 00:01:59.719 +, which is Premier League focused. channel or 00:01:59.719 --> 00:02:01.840 is it a streaming service or what is it is it 00:02:01.840 --> 00:02:06.799 a tv channel i would say it's a channel we have 00:02:06.799 --> 00:02:08.840 more tv channels of course but yeah i think you 00:02:08.840 --> 00:02:11.919 can call it either television or tv channel yeah 00:02:11.919 --> 00:02:14.740 yeah yeah so uh obviously the premier league 00:02:14.740 --> 00:02:18.039 hasn't started yet so that's Something we could 00:02:18.039 --> 00:02:20.919 talk about, maybe discuss some transfer rumors. 00:02:21.099 --> 00:02:24.780 But I invited you mainly to talk about the first 00:02:24.780 --> 00:02:27.080 round of the Czech League because you also happen 00:02:27.080 --> 00:02:30.819 to be obviously a big Sparta Prague fan. And 00:02:30.819 --> 00:02:33.240 I think you also work for Sparta Unlimited, if 00:02:33.240 --> 00:02:35.900 I'm not mistaken. Yeah, that's true. I'm still 00:02:35.900 --> 00:02:39.360 a commentator for some of the games of the B 00:02:39.360 --> 00:02:43.580 team, youth teams and some other stuff. Which 00:02:43.580 --> 00:02:46.750 means you have to. sort of be knowledgeable about 00:02:46.750 --> 00:02:50.469 the Czech League as well. So I think we have 00:02:50.469 --> 00:02:52.830 the right guest here. So what did you make of 00:02:52.830 --> 00:02:57.270 the first round? A lot of surprises, to be honest. 00:02:58.030 --> 00:03:00.129 I'm not sure if you are a fan of sports betting, 00:03:00.330 --> 00:03:05.030 but if you placed a bet on, I don't know, Sparta, 00:03:05.169 --> 00:03:09.069 Slavia, maybe Pilsen. Pilsen was the only one 00:03:09.069 --> 00:03:13.150 that won out of the favorites. But Sparta drew. 00:03:13.789 --> 00:03:16.750 Slavia as well. I think it was quite surprising. 00:03:17.250 --> 00:03:19.969 But I think we saw a lot of great games. I would 00:03:19.969 --> 00:03:23.669 say some of them were under the radar before 00:03:23.669 --> 00:03:27.129 the start of the match week. But for example, 00:03:27.289 --> 00:03:30.250 Mladá Boleslav against Liberec, it was 3 -3. 00:03:31.090 --> 00:03:34.150 Great matches. I have to say I'm quite satisfied 00:03:34.150 --> 00:03:36.939 with the start of the Šance Liga. Absolutely. 00:03:37.000 --> 00:03:39.560 Maybe it's a bit tougher to take as a Sparta 00:03:39.560 --> 00:03:42.080 fan, but for me as a neutral, I was impressed 00:03:42.080 --> 00:03:46.000 by what I saw. I also got the chance to see one 00:03:46.000 --> 00:03:50.580 game in person, which was amazing. And just to 00:03:50.580 --> 00:03:53.479 go back to what you suggested, I did actually 00:03:53.479 --> 00:03:58.219 bet on all of the games because, you know, I 00:03:58.219 --> 00:04:01.639 don't really bet much, but I'm always excited 00:04:01.639 --> 00:04:05.159 at the beginning of the season. this feeling 00:04:05.159 --> 00:04:08.180 even stronger or just to enjoy myself even more 00:04:08.180 --> 00:04:11.699 I go to the betting sports I join all the fantasy 00:04:11.699 --> 00:04:14.419 leagues and all that until I realize I'm very 00:04:14.419 --> 00:04:18.899 bad at all this and I fade away I had a great 00:04:18.899 --> 00:04:23.600 I wasn't a huge fan of fantasy football and I 00:04:23.600 --> 00:04:26.379 had an amazing debut season with the fantasy 00:04:26.379 --> 00:04:29.079 premier league and the second season which was 00:04:29.079 --> 00:04:32.860 the last season I was one of the worst but yeah 00:04:34.509 --> 00:04:37.170 I have a similar story, in fact. My first season, 00:04:37.329 --> 00:04:41.810 I think I was in top... Is it 1 million or something? 00:04:41.970 --> 00:04:46.250 Which is pretty good, right? I was in top 5 % 00:04:46.250 --> 00:04:48.430 or 10 % or something like that. But the following 00:04:48.430 --> 00:04:54.189 seasons, I got only worse. Yeah, maybe luck of 00:04:54.189 --> 00:04:57.069 the beginner. Yeah, beginner's luck, as they 00:04:57.069 --> 00:05:02.160 say. Good phrase. And of course... Going back 00:05:02.160 --> 00:05:04.019 to the Czech League, a lot of surprises, a lot 00:05:04.019 --> 00:05:08.639 of upsets, as we say. And honestly, only Plzeň, 00:05:08.680 --> 00:05:12.319 which was the opening game, Plzeň of the favourites, 00:05:12.360 --> 00:05:15.680 they are the only team from the top five teams 00:05:15.680 --> 00:05:19.680 that finished last season that won. And convincingly, 00:05:19.680 --> 00:05:23.480 we have to say, they beat my university city, 00:05:23.740 --> 00:05:28.240 my alma mater, Pardubice, 5 -1 away from home. 00:05:28.959 --> 00:05:32.620 But I think nobody could expect anything different, 00:05:32.899 --> 00:05:36.439 really. What do you think? I think so. Unfortunately, 00:05:36.839 --> 00:05:41.000 if I have to place a bet, I'm going to use this 00:05:41.000 --> 00:05:45.079 phrase again. Who's going to be relegated? I 00:05:45.079 --> 00:05:47.800 think it's going to be Paderubice. Because they 00:05:47.800 --> 00:05:51.220 are not the strongest side in the Chancelliga. 00:05:53.360 --> 00:05:57.360 Yeah, well, maybe they will have some good players 00:05:57.360 --> 00:06:00.180 in the winter transfer window. But right now, 00:06:00.180 --> 00:06:03.540 I would say they are the favorites to go down. 00:06:03.759 --> 00:06:06.560 Yeah, this is what most of the experts and pundits 00:06:06.560 --> 00:06:08.860 say these days. And the podcasters, right? I 00:06:08.860 --> 00:06:11.980 always hear the same. It's Pardubice going down. 00:06:12.120 --> 00:06:18.920 Yeah, it looks like that. It does. And a 5 -1 00:06:18.920 --> 00:06:24.379 defeat at home to Pelsen doesn't help. They started 00:06:24.379 --> 00:06:27.579 in a great fashion, Blazang, right? Last season, 00:06:27.600 --> 00:06:30.000 they finished second. Now they are in the Champions 00:06:30.000 --> 00:06:32.839 League qualifier. I think tonight they are playing 00:06:32.839 --> 00:06:36.379 Cerveceneva. I don't know how to pronounce it. 00:06:36.500 --> 00:06:45.629 I don't know myself. Well, we'll see. I don't 00:06:45.629 --> 00:06:50.670 know, man. Okay, but let's talk about those two 00:06:50.670 --> 00:06:53.850 main favorites, supposedly, Sparta and Slavia, 00:06:53.970 --> 00:06:57.290 the greatest teams in the Czech League, historically 00:06:57.290 --> 00:07:00.189 the strongest teams. What happened there? They 00:07:00.189 --> 00:07:05.009 both dropped points. I think it's a bigger surprise 00:07:05.009 --> 00:07:08.569 that Slavia drew at home against Radec Kralové. 00:07:08.930 --> 00:07:12.189 But as we said that Pardubice are favorites to 00:07:12.189 --> 00:07:15.879 get relegated, I think... I think Hradec maybe 00:07:15.879 --> 00:07:19.139 is a dark horse of the league because they have 00:07:19.139 --> 00:07:22.060 a really strong side. They have great players. 00:07:22.220 --> 00:07:25.500 They signed Vladimir Darida, who is, I would 00:07:25.500 --> 00:07:28.720 say, a former international. And he played in 00:07:28.720 --> 00:07:31.019 Bundesliga for a long, long time, right? Yeah, 00:07:31.139 --> 00:07:33.800 for like, I would say maybe 10 years. I think 00:07:33.800 --> 00:07:36.980 he played in Hertha, Hertha Berlin and Freiburg, 00:07:37.040 --> 00:07:41.079 I guess. And yeah, a lot of great players. So 00:07:41.079 --> 00:07:44.879 it was surprising, but not... As surprising as 00:07:44.879 --> 00:07:48.180 Sparta. Sorry, it was more surprising than Sparta. 00:07:48.379 --> 00:07:51.779 Yes, it was. Drew in Jablonec. And you've been 00:07:51.779 --> 00:07:54.399 there. What was the atmosphere like? In Jablonec. 00:07:54.519 --> 00:08:00.040 I was in Jablonec. I was invited by one of my 00:08:00.040 --> 00:08:02.899 students. I'm not going to name him, but I got 00:08:02.899 --> 00:08:06.319 the tickets. It was amazing. And as I was entering 00:08:06.319 --> 00:08:11.740 the gate, I saw Vladimir Schmitzer and also Ivan 00:08:11.740 --> 00:08:15.519 Hasek. So it was great. And the atmosphere was 00:08:15.519 --> 00:08:19.240 amazing. The stadium was sold out. The sun was 00:08:19.240 --> 00:08:23.240 shining the first half. It was a bit hard to 00:08:23.240 --> 00:08:27.279 see the players because of the sun. As far as 00:08:27.279 --> 00:08:29.699 the football goes, oh my God, that was such a 00:08:29.699 --> 00:08:32.159 good game. Both teams wanted to play football. 00:08:33.299 --> 00:08:37.600 And obviously huge expectations, mainly from 00:08:37.600 --> 00:08:41.840 Sparta fans, as their coach, Brian Priske, had 00:08:41.840 --> 00:08:49.779 returned. But they didn't seem to be in great 00:08:49.779 --> 00:08:54.059 shape, which I guess was sort of expected. Jablonec, 00:08:54.100 --> 00:08:56.970 on the other hand. picked up where they left 00:08:56.970 --> 00:09:03.289 off. I thought they played really well. I think 00:09:03.289 --> 00:09:07.429 so. I think the manager of Jablonec or head coach, 00:09:07.610 --> 00:09:11.450 sorry, that's like in England, in Premier League, 00:09:11.509 --> 00:09:13.429 there is always the managers. Almost always there 00:09:13.429 --> 00:09:16.149 are the managers. So yeah, I think head coach, 00:09:16.190 --> 00:09:19.049 head coach is more suitable for Czech League. 00:09:19.190 --> 00:09:22.529 So head coach Lubos Kozal, he's great. He's great. 00:09:23.230 --> 00:09:26.340 I would say a lot of people, underestimate him. 00:09:26.460 --> 00:09:29.100 He used to be a coach of Slovan Liberec, which 00:09:29.100 --> 00:09:32.399 is the biggest rival of Jablonec. Those two cities 00:09:32.399 --> 00:09:34.320 are quite close. They are connected by the tram, 00:09:34.460 --> 00:09:40.320 which is really interesting. To be honest, apart 00:09:40.320 --> 00:09:45.100 from the game against Sparta Prague, I'm a fan 00:09:45.100 --> 00:09:48.279 of Lubos Kozel and his work. Which means right 00:09:48.279 --> 00:09:51.259 now I wasn't satisfied after the match. But yeah, 00:09:51.360 --> 00:09:54.840 I think Jablonec is going to be pretty strong. 00:09:55.500 --> 00:09:58.539 I would say at home definitely this season. Yeah. 00:09:58.639 --> 00:10:02.779 And their first five fixtures are really tough 00:10:02.779 --> 00:10:05.720 because not only do they have Sparta, they also 00:10:05.720 --> 00:10:09.960 have Slavia and Plzen there. Yeah. So it's really 00:10:09.960 --> 00:10:15.450 a tough run out. And it's great to get... a point 00:10:15.450 --> 00:10:18.710 I think at home against Sparta even though you 00:10:18.710 --> 00:10:21.129 know at some point as I was watching the game 00:10:21.129 --> 00:10:24.370 I thought actually Jablonec could nick the win 00:10:24.370 --> 00:10:28.929 but in the end Sparta equalized and the game 00:10:28.929 --> 00:10:33.350 ended in a 1 -1 draw yeah well I would say it 00:10:33.350 --> 00:10:35.990 was I'm not sure if I'm saying it right but it 00:10:35.990 --> 00:10:39.259 was up for grabs for both of the teams i like 00:10:39.259 --> 00:10:41.340 that phrase from from english english commentators 00:10:41.340 --> 00:10:43.919 so uh yeah i would say i would say both of the 00:10:43.919 --> 00:10:47.120 teams could have won but uh i think i think draw 00:10:47.120 --> 00:10:50.179 is a is a good result for yablonets and i think 00:10:50.179 --> 00:10:53.399 sparta is gonna get better and better with each 00:10:53.399 --> 00:10:56.419 game under brian yeah yeah yeah well at least 00:10:56.419 --> 00:11:00.860 i hope so let's hope so for sparta fans and um 00:11:00.860 --> 00:11:04.080 they have a few issues though and if i look at 00:11:05.080 --> 00:11:07.639 the changes they have made. It seems a bit weird 00:11:07.639 --> 00:11:10.779 because it seems like there are more outgoings 00:11:10.779 --> 00:11:14.159 than incomings. I know they got Kadeřábek also 00:11:14.159 --> 00:11:17.860 from Bundesliga, a big sort of, we could say, 00:11:17.879 --> 00:11:21.899 Sparta. Could we say legend? Maybe not a legend, 00:11:21.960 --> 00:11:25.200 but someone who used to play for Sparta and has 00:11:25.200 --> 00:11:28.679 a Sparta heart. I would say maybe fan favorite. 00:11:28.899 --> 00:11:34.070 Fan favorite, maybe. At the age of 33. He's a 00:11:34.070 --> 00:11:36.309 wingback, right? Right wingback, we could say. 00:11:36.450 --> 00:11:39.549 And so he was one of the best Sparta players, 00:11:39.710 --> 00:11:43.149 I thought. And then there is one player, ironically, 00:11:43.230 --> 00:11:46.830 from Jablonet, Holi. And that's it, right? That's 00:11:46.830 --> 00:11:50.309 it. No more signings for Sparta yet. I think 00:11:50.309 --> 00:11:53.889 so. I think so. Maybe the player from Liberec, 00:11:53.889 --> 00:11:57.850 Santiago Eneme. I think he was also one of the 00:11:57.850 --> 00:12:00.649 addition to the team. But as you said, it's absolutely 00:12:00.649 --> 00:12:04.740 correct. more outgoings. I think they will definitely 00:12:04.740 --> 00:12:09.120 need at least one more midfielder after the Albanian 00:12:09.120 --> 00:12:12.539 international Csazi Mlaci left to Rizaspor. He 00:12:12.539 --> 00:12:15.000 went to Turkey, which was surprising for me, 00:12:15.039 --> 00:12:17.299 I have to say, because they finished, I don't 00:12:17.299 --> 00:12:19.620 know, sixth or seventh in the Turkish league. 00:12:19.720 --> 00:12:24.000 I definitely understand that his income is going 00:12:24.000 --> 00:12:28.960 to be much higher in Turkey. But, yeah, I'm quite 00:12:28.960 --> 00:12:32.679 sad because he was a... Like a proper hard man 00:12:32.679 --> 00:12:36.019 in the central midfield. He was playing with 00:12:36.019 --> 00:12:42.159 his heart. And I loved his style of play, even 00:12:42.159 --> 00:12:45.820 though sometimes individually, definitely he 00:12:45.820 --> 00:12:48.860 made some mistakes. Who doesn't? But I really 00:12:48.860 --> 00:12:52.580 liked his style. I think his legacy will be there, 00:12:52.700 --> 00:12:55.039 you know, because it was also him we need to 00:12:55.039 --> 00:12:58.379 remind everyone. It was him who made it possible 00:12:58.379 --> 00:13:02.690 for Sparta to be in Europe. With that goal that 00:13:02.690 --> 00:13:06.850 they needed in order to get a draw at home. Absolutely. 00:13:07.389 --> 00:13:10.610 Otherwise, Jablonec would be playing the Conference 00:13:10.610 --> 00:13:13.750 League now. So, Celsim Laci, I think, left his 00:13:13.750 --> 00:13:16.789 mark on Sparta. And Sparta fans will remember 00:13:16.789 --> 00:13:19.450 him fondly, I'm sure. And it's a shame. It's 00:13:19.450 --> 00:13:23.350 a shame that of all these players that you might 00:13:23.350 --> 00:13:29.149 potentially think of letting go, he was not the 00:13:29.149 --> 00:13:33.059 one, right? Absolutely. He was not the one. I 00:13:33.059 --> 00:13:37.059 could name other players that I think, I'm not 00:13:37.059 --> 00:13:41.759 sure if it's too harsh, but they deserve to leave. 00:13:42.240 --> 00:13:45.320 They deserve to be fired. They deserve to be 00:13:45.320 --> 00:13:53.299 fired, yeah. I'm mostly happy about Pavel Kadežábek 00:13:53.299 --> 00:13:56.799 because when I was in the B team, I played one 00:13:56.799 --> 00:14:00.500 game for the A team. And I played with him. He 00:14:00.500 --> 00:14:03.580 scored two goals. And I would say, even though 00:14:03.580 --> 00:14:06.299 it was preseason friendly, I would say it was 00:14:06.299 --> 00:14:09.440 his breakthrough game. After that, I think he 00:14:09.440 --> 00:14:14.440 didn't leave the starting lineup. Sometimes I'm 00:14:14.440 --> 00:14:17.899 saying I was the one who made it work. Did you 00:14:17.899 --> 00:14:20.220 also provide one of the assists perhaps? I did 00:14:20.220 --> 00:14:24.019 not. What about pre -assists then? No, unfortunately 00:14:24.019 --> 00:14:27.340 not. Did you motivate him with a speech before 00:14:27.340 --> 00:14:29.440 the game or something? There must have been something. 00:14:30.539 --> 00:14:34.279 Absolutely. I think my presence was the most 00:14:34.279 --> 00:14:38.139 important part of his progress. It was paramount. 00:14:38.139 --> 00:14:41.179 It was key to that. Yeah. Okay. Great. That's 00:14:41.179 --> 00:14:47.720 a great story. And so, yeah, as far as Jablonex 00:14:47.720 --> 00:14:50.240 goes, I don't know. So I assume you watched the 00:14:50.240 --> 00:14:53.840 game. But for me, the best player on the pitch 00:14:53.840 --> 00:14:57.340 from the Jablonex side was Beran. I have to say. 00:14:58.059 --> 00:15:00.720 I know everybody has been raving about this player. 00:15:00.860 --> 00:15:03.139 I know a lot of people have been praising him, 00:15:03.220 --> 00:15:06.639 including Lubos Kozel. But it's different when 00:15:06.639 --> 00:15:09.139 you are actually in the stadium. You sort of 00:15:09.139 --> 00:15:11.779 see everything from a different perspective, 00:15:11.919 --> 00:15:14.779 you know. And I saw so many things there because 00:15:14.779 --> 00:15:17.120 I was focusing specifically on that player. Oh, 00:15:17.139 --> 00:15:25.159 my God. He is so calm on the ball. And he doesn't 00:15:25.159 --> 00:15:27.039 lose the ball. And he makes great decisions. 00:15:27.870 --> 00:15:31.169 And he takes risks. And he's so positive. He 00:15:31.169 --> 00:15:34.490 doesn't pass the ball back much. Not at all. 00:15:34.610 --> 00:15:38.350 He's always looking forward to find a player 00:15:38.350 --> 00:15:41.590 in a good position and technically gifted. I 00:15:41.590 --> 00:15:47.889 think Sparta might be the team that should buy 00:15:47.889 --> 00:15:51.710 someone like that. What do you think? I think 00:15:51.710 --> 00:15:54.090 it's a rumor that is circulating on social media 00:15:54.090 --> 00:15:56.909 that Sparta should, or the Sparta fans, maybe 00:15:56.909 --> 00:15:59.889 it's more a wish than a rumor. Sparta fans are 00:15:59.889 --> 00:16:05.629 like writing like crazy that Sparta should buy 00:16:05.629 --> 00:16:10.250 Beran instead of Laci, who loved. So I think 00:16:10.250 --> 00:16:11.870 he's definitely one of the names. And as you 00:16:11.870 --> 00:16:14.730 said, it was greatly said. If you are in the 00:16:14.730 --> 00:16:17.629 stadium, you can focus on so many things. I was 00:16:17.629 --> 00:16:20.629 at the Bohemians against Banikostrava game. I 00:16:20.629 --> 00:16:24.070 was in the second row and I heard everything 00:16:24.070 --> 00:16:26.690 on the pitch. Like the Jolicek, the stadium of 00:16:26.690 --> 00:16:32.029 Bohemians. I'm not sure that you can describe 00:16:32.029 --> 00:16:34.549 it with words. I think you have to be there because 00:16:34.549 --> 00:16:39.169 the main stand, acoustic, everything. And you 00:16:39.169 --> 00:16:43.750 are in the game. So as you said, it's absolutely 00:16:43.750 --> 00:16:45.929 different perspective. And back to your question, 00:16:46.129 --> 00:16:49.519 but I think he's the... type of player that's 00:16:49.519 --> 00:16:52.860 part i should go for yeah but if i'm lubos coz 00:16:52.860 --> 00:16:56.320 i don't want him to leave honestly because he's 00:16:56.320 --> 00:17:00.940 such an integral part of that team yeah so he 00:17:00.940 --> 00:17:03.419 it's interesting because he's not the kind of 00:17:03.419 --> 00:17:05.460 player the flashy player that would score you 00:17:05.460 --> 00:17:09.819 a lot of goals or even make assists but yet he's 00:17:09.819 --> 00:17:12.319 so important for the team in the build -up phase 00:17:12.319 --> 00:17:16.359 and to he's so important to the way lubos coz 00:17:16.359 --> 00:17:19.799 wants to play This combination football, right? 00:17:19.900 --> 00:17:25.700 So I think, however, he can't stay at Jablonets 00:17:25.700 --> 00:17:28.960 for too long for his own sake, for his own career 00:17:28.960 --> 00:17:31.039 and development. And I think everybody knows 00:17:31.039 --> 00:17:34.640 it. Yeah, I agree. I agree. Those type of players 00:17:34.640 --> 00:17:36.559 are the players that you definitely need on the 00:17:36.559 --> 00:17:40.960 pitch. Sometimes the people, they don't value 00:17:40.960 --> 00:17:44.339 their work of those players. But I think they 00:17:44.339 --> 00:17:48.069 are, as you said, an integral part of... Of a 00:17:48.069 --> 00:17:50.630 team, of a side that plays combination football, 00:17:50.910 --> 00:17:54.390 that depends on build -up. So definitely, really, 00:17:54.470 --> 00:17:57.730 really important player for Ablohats. Okay. So 00:17:57.730 --> 00:18:01.349 what about Slavia then? So again, they lost to... 00:18:01.349 --> 00:18:04.789 They drew to Hradec, probably the biggest surprise 00:18:04.789 --> 00:18:09.710 of the round. And there was one moment, right, 00:18:09.809 --> 00:18:15.640 that everybody talks about now. So... It was 00:18:15.640 --> 00:18:20.559 Tomáš Holeš who thought that the ball left the 00:18:20.559 --> 00:18:23.279 pitch, right? And he thought he would have a 00:18:23.279 --> 00:18:26.839 throw -in and stopped playing. But it stayed. 00:18:27.099 --> 00:18:29.740 It stayed on. And the play continued. And the 00:18:29.740 --> 00:18:34.059 player called Sojka, right? Also surprised by 00:18:34.059 --> 00:18:37.599 this situation. Realized that he's alone. Nobody 00:18:37.599 --> 00:18:41.640 was following him. And he went all the way and 00:18:41.640 --> 00:18:46.460 scored. How did you see that moment then? I think 00:18:46.460 --> 00:18:50.039 all the coaches that I had in my football career 00:18:50.039 --> 00:18:53.539 said one same thing. Do not stop playing until 00:18:53.539 --> 00:18:56.059 you hear the whistle. And I think Tomáš Hole 00:18:56.059 --> 00:19:00.059 should definitely know that. I had immediate 00:19:00.059 --> 00:19:03.799 flashback from the World Cup of Japan against, 00:19:04.079 --> 00:19:06.599 I'm not sure if it was Germany or Spain, because 00:19:06.599 --> 00:19:10.640 they had both in the group stage. And then Zdeněk 00:19:10.640 --> 00:19:15.309 Folprecht was the bandit. for one play one play 00:19:15.309 --> 00:19:19.549 sport he also also said the same thing so i had 00:19:19.549 --> 00:19:22.470 immediate flashback and i think this time the 00:19:22.470 --> 00:19:26.609 ball didn't look as out of play as it was in 00:19:26.609 --> 00:19:32.049 the japan game which means uh i don't know i 00:19:32.049 --> 00:19:35.390 i think i think it if i have to say i think it 00:19:35.390 --> 00:19:38.130 wasn't out of play but yeah i don't think it 00:19:38.130 --> 00:19:40.309 was and we have technology for this now right 00:19:40.309 --> 00:19:44.009 so i think unfortunately I think, unfortunately, 00:19:44.150 --> 00:19:46.309 we have it only on the goal line. They don't 00:19:46.309 --> 00:19:48.750 have it around the pitch. Are you sure? Are you 00:19:48.750 --> 00:19:50.549 sure VAR didn't check it? I thought VAR were 00:19:50.549 --> 00:19:52.849 checking it. Yeah, but not with the technology. 00:19:53.109 --> 00:19:56.589 They had to check it with the cameras. Okay. 00:19:56.769 --> 00:19:58.509 With the cameras they have. I think it's like 00:19:58.509 --> 00:20:01.470 10 or 12 cameras they have. But still, there 00:20:01.470 --> 00:20:04.890 is no camera from the bird's view. How do you 00:20:04.890 --> 00:20:09.950 call it? Bird's perspective. Yeah. But to be 00:20:09.950 --> 00:20:14.279 honest. No matter what, it was Holes' mistake. 00:20:14.619 --> 00:20:17.519 And he admitted to it in the post -match conference. 00:20:17.740 --> 00:20:20.500 I was actually pretty sportsmanlike from him 00:20:20.500 --> 00:20:22.519 to do that. And I wouldn't expect anything less 00:20:22.519 --> 00:20:24.880 because, in my opinion, he's a gentleman of football. 00:20:25.500 --> 00:20:28.539 Absolutely. And he admitted to making a huge 00:20:28.539 --> 00:20:31.259 mistake. But that's something that shouldn't 00:20:31.259 --> 00:20:34.359 happen because, as you said, I don't know what... 00:20:34.539 --> 00:20:37.579 the coaches, what your coach would do if you 00:20:37.579 --> 00:20:40.460 did that? Would they give you a lot of stick 00:20:40.460 --> 00:20:44.240 for that? Absolutely. A lot of screaming, a lot 00:20:44.240 --> 00:20:47.279 of shouting. And yeah, I think it's going to 00:20:47.279 --> 00:20:50.579 be going to be quite, quite crazy in the locker 00:20:50.579 --> 00:20:52.700 room. But I have to say one more thing. I was 00:20:52.700 --> 00:20:57.259 also surprised by my Igor Ogbus movement of the 00:20:57.259 --> 00:21:00.480 central back. Because Sojka, the player of Radec 00:21:00.480 --> 00:21:02.900 Králové, by the way, I think he's on loan from 00:21:02.900 --> 00:21:09.339 Viktoria Pilsen. And Ogbu opened the way to goal. 00:21:09.900 --> 00:21:12.720 Absolutely easy. I understand. When there are 00:21:12.720 --> 00:21:14.680 two players against one, where is the situation? 00:21:14.799 --> 00:21:19.259 Two against one. You have to close the pass, 00:21:19.440 --> 00:21:26.480 but also anticipate what he's going to do. So 00:21:26.480 --> 00:21:29.940 you have to make a movement and make it a little 00:21:29.940 --> 00:21:33.440 bit harder for him. And he had like... Five seconds 00:21:33.440 --> 00:21:35.759 to realize what he's going to do with the ball. 00:21:37.059 --> 00:21:41.960 It was incredible. It almost looked like Sojka 00:21:41.960 --> 00:21:45.920 was surprised by the fact that he had so much 00:21:45.920 --> 00:21:47.960 space suddenly and that he could do whatever 00:21:47.960 --> 00:21:51.859 he wanted. And to be fair, I didn't play at such 00:21:51.859 --> 00:21:53.500 a high level as you. I always played village 00:21:53.500 --> 00:21:55.579 football. But I have to say, I like to score 00:21:55.579 --> 00:21:59.579 a goal or two as well as a midfielder. But every 00:21:59.579 --> 00:22:03.259 single time I had a chance like that. It was 00:22:03.259 --> 00:22:06.200 the hardest for me. Like when I'm in front of 00:22:06.200 --> 00:22:08.259 the goalkeeper or if I have like three, four 00:22:08.259 --> 00:22:10.700 seconds to decide what I want to do because there 00:22:10.700 --> 00:22:13.079 is no one around me. If I'm going alone on the 00:22:13.079 --> 00:22:16.720 keeper, that is always the toughest for me. I 00:22:16.720 --> 00:22:19.359 don't know what it says about me. Probably it 00:22:19.359 --> 00:22:21.460 explains why I didn't make it into professional 00:22:21.460 --> 00:22:24.440 football. But these are the hardest ones. And 00:22:24.440 --> 00:22:27.420 he just dealt with it in such a calm manner. 00:22:27.839 --> 00:22:31.980 So kudos to him. absolutely absolutely kudos 00:22:31.980 --> 00:22:34.359 to him and i think i think even the professional 00:22:34.359 --> 00:22:38.180 players has the same mindset as you had because 00:22:38.180 --> 00:22:40.279 when you're running through a goal and you are 00:22:40.279 --> 00:22:43.960 running for like 20 meters yeah like a lot of 00:22:43.960 --> 00:22:46.140 things going through your head which means exactly 00:22:46.140 --> 00:22:48.880 am i gonna am i gonna shoot for the far post 00:22:48.880 --> 00:22:52.240 am i gonna aim for the between the legs am i 00:22:52.240 --> 00:22:57.079 gonna like just close my eyes and I don't know, 00:22:57.180 --> 00:23:01.180 try to lift the ball under the crossbar. I don't 00:23:01.180 --> 00:23:05.420 know. It's never easy to go one -on -one with 00:23:05.420 --> 00:23:08.880 the keeper. Never easy. And it's the same for 00:23:08.880 --> 00:23:12.640 the players on the village and the players in 00:23:12.640 --> 00:23:15.140 the Champions League. Okay, yeah. You've made 00:23:15.140 --> 00:23:19.539 me feel better now. Okay, and we have to mention 00:23:19.539 --> 00:23:22.240 the second goal that Hradec scored, the equalizer, 00:23:22.240 --> 00:23:25.240 because that's the opposite case. That player, 00:23:25.819 --> 00:23:29.599 It was a long range screamer, basically. Fantastic 00:23:29.599 --> 00:23:34.039 shot into top bins. And that's the moment where 00:23:34.039 --> 00:23:37.720 he didn't have almost any time and he made the 00:23:37.720 --> 00:23:43.099 most of it. And I think he was substituted like 00:23:43.099 --> 00:23:45.240 four or five minutes before and maybe it was 00:23:45.240 --> 00:23:48.640 his first or second touch with the ball. So quite 00:23:48.640 --> 00:23:54.660 impressive. What's his name? Hodek? I'm not sure 00:23:54.660 --> 00:23:57.700 about his first name. I'm going to have a look 00:23:57.700 --> 00:24:01.480 right after we finish. But yeah, amazing. What 00:24:01.480 --> 00:24:07.660 a shot. When Slavia scored the goal to make it 00:24:07.660 --> 00:24:10.420 2 -1, I was 100 % sure that they are going to 00:24:10.420 --> 00:24:14.420 win. But this was out of this world. Yeah, okay. 00:24:14.539 --> 00:24:17.839 That's another good phrase. And speaking of betting 00:24:17.839 --> 00:24:22.440 again, I actually placed another bet on this 00:24:22.440 --> 00:24:26.619 game, which said that I needed four goals to 00:24:26.619 --> 00:24:30.160 be scored in that game. I needed 3 .5. And I 00:24:30.160 --> 00:24:32.819 only placed this bet because I thought Slavia 00:24:32.819 --> 00:24:37.059 would absolutely thrash Radetz. And how happy 00:24:37.059 --> 00:24:40.420 was I when Radetz scored that goal to make it 00:24:40.420 --> 00:24:44.210 2 -2. yeah yeah i can i can imagine i can imagine 00:24:44.210 --> 00:24:47.210 i uh i did i didn't place a bet on the first 00:24:47.210 --> 00:24:50.470 round but as you said before there is the beginning 00:24:50.470 --> 00:24:53.450 of all the leagues and uh yeah we are we are 00:24:53.450 --> 00:24:55.990 so looking forward for it so i think i think 00:24:55.990 --> 00:24:58.690 i'm gonna i'm gonna play some small small bet 00:24:58.690 --> 00:25:02.670 definitely until i start losing and realize leads 00:25:02.670 --> 00:25:07.200 nowhere because This podcast is not sponsored 00:25:07.200 --> 00:25:12.200 by any betting company yet. So I can be cynical 00:25:12.200 --> 00:25:17.079 and negative about betting. Yeah, yeah. It's 00:25:17.079 --> 00:25:19.839 interesting. You mentioned you went to see Bohemians 00:25:19.839 --> 00:25:22.900 versus Bani, but we didn't actually say what 00:25:22.900 --> 00:25:24.480 happened in that game because that was another 00:25:24.480 --> 00:25:28.160 big surprise, I would say, because Bani Ostrava 00:25:28.160 --> 00:25:32.079 lost. They finished third last season, right? 00:25:32.240 --> 00:25:35.519 Yes, they did. And they lost their opening game 00:25:35.519 --> 00:25:41.559 against Bohemians. You would not think that they 00:25:41.559 --> 00:25:46.539 would be able to do that, to beat Ostrava. So 00:25:46.539 --> 00:25:52.819 how did that happen? I would say the performance 00:25:52.819 --> 00:25:55.680 of Banik Ostrava was one of the biggest letdowns 00:25:55.680 --> 00:25:59.519 of the first round. Because their best players, 00:25:59.779 --> 00:26:02.940 there is the Brazilian captain Everton. There 00:26:02.940 --> 00:26:06.579 is Matěj Šín. There is Tomáš Rigo, the Slovakian 00:26:06.579 --> 00:26:11.539 international. Unfortunately for Baník and their 00:26:11.539 --> 00:26:16.500 fans, we packed up the opposite stand to the 00:26:16.500 --> 00:26:20.380 main stand. They didn't play. They didn't play 00:26:20.380 --> 00:26:23.140 well. And Bohemians had a great structure. They 00:26:23.140 --> 00:26:27.619 have a great tactic. They had like four important 00:26:27.619 --> 00:26:31.960 players in the attack. There is the striker Jusuf. 00:26:32.279 --> 00:26:37.819 than two wingers. Where is he from? He's somewhere 00:26:37.819 --> 00:26:41.700 from Bahrain. Wow, that's a very exotic place 00:26:41.700 --> 00:26:45.640 for a player, right? So it's surprising. Is it 00:26:45.640 --> 00:26:49.660 somewhere near United Arab Emirates, that country? 00:26:49.880 --> 00:26:54.339 I think it is. Bahrain, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, 00:26:54.400 --> 00:26:58.180 Saudi Arabia. I would say somewhere close. Yeah, 00:26:58.180 --> 00:27:01.940 me too. Yeah, and I would say... I would say 00:27:01.940 --> 00:27:04.440 pretty small country with a really nice flag. 00:27:04.619 --> 00:27:07.000 I'm a fan of flags, so they have a really nice 00:27:07.000 --> 00:27:08.900 flag. Is it the green one? Does it have a green 00:27:08.900 --> 00:27:13.640 flag? I think they have a white and red and it's 00:27:13.640 --> 00:27:17.460 shaped like... But maybe you can correct me. 00:27:17.519 --> 00:27:22.200 Maybe I'm wrong. Sorry, it's shaped like... It's 00:27:22.200 --> 00:27:25.400 like... Zigzag. I'm looking at it right now. 00:27:25.619 --> 00:27:29.759 Yeah, you're right. That is an interesting flag. 00:27:29.859 --> 00:27:33.369 You're right. I like it. I like it. It's a unique 00:27:33.369 --> 00:27:36.390 shape of the flag. It is. And a unique player 00:27:36.390 --> 00:27:39.190 as well. And I'm sure Bohemians are happy to 00:27:39.190 --> 00:27:42.349 have him. Definitely. He scored the only goal, 00:27:42.509 --> 00:27:46.809 the decisive goal. He was composed with his finish. 00:27:47.349 --> 00:27:54.690 He looks maybe sometimes too composed. He's quite 00:27:54.690 --> 00:27:58.509 fast. He can shield the ball from the defenders 00:27:58.509 --> 00:28:01.539 really well. And as I said, they have two quick 00:28:01.539 --> 00:28:04.319 wingers, Vaclav Drkhan and Vladimir Zeman. They 00:28:04.319 --> 00:28:07.460 played really, really good. So, yeah, fair play, 00:28:07.539 --> 00:28:11.019 fair play to Bohemians. And Banik has to improve 00:28:11.019 --> 00:28:14.279 because they are playing the Europa League game. 00:28:14.779 --> 00:28:17.259 How do you call it? Not preliminary round. Qualifier, 00:28:17.380 --> 00:28:21.039 yeah. Exactly. Against Legia, Legia Warsaw. Legia 00:28:21.039 --> 00:28:23.640 Warsaw, that will be a big game as well. Yeah. 00:28:23.900 --> 00:28:26.380 It's almost like a derby because Banik is close 00:28:26.380 --> 00:28:30.190 to Poland. I think there are some Polish fans 00:28:30.190 --> 00:28:34.789 as well in the Banik, you know, among the Banik 00:28:34.789 --> 00:28:38.089 fans. And that's, yeah, that's going to, I think 00:28:38.089 --> 00:28:41.009 this league is started in a great fashion and 00:28:41.009 --> 00:28:44.609 we have some rising stars and some players have 00:28:44.609 --> 00:28:47.130 let us down as well, but I think it's only the 00:28:47.130 --> 00:28:51.849 start, so anything can happen. Yeah, Paweł Schulz, 00:28:51.849 --> 00:28:54.950 right? He became the... best footballer in the 00:28:54.950 --> 00:28:58.190 Czech League for the previous season and won 00:28:58.190 --> 00:29:01.029 the Ballon d 'Or of the Czech Republic. Czech 00:29:01.029 --> 00:29:07.430 Ballon d 'Or. Czech Ballon d 'Or. And so obviously 00:29:07.430 --> 00:29:10.230 everybody thought that he would leave Pilsen, 00:29:10.309 --> 00:29:13.369 that it was time to go for him and he is an ambitious 00:29:13.369 --> 00:29:18.309 person, an ambitious player and he doesn't shy 00:29:18.309 --> 00:29:21.099 away. from talking about his ambitions, I think. 00:29:21.279 --> 00:29:24.440 And he was linked with several teams, including, 00:29:24.480 --> 00:29:27.839 I think, Bournemouth of the Premier League. But 00:29:27.839 --> 00:29:31.140 he's still staying at Plasenian in his first 00:29:31.140 --> 00:29:36.420 game. He scored a goal that probably, I don't 00:29:36.420 --> 00:29:40.359 know, someone like, who would score a goal like 00:29:40.359 --> 00:29:47.769 that? Who's going to shoot from this angle? Maybe 00:29:47.769 --> 00:29:51.329 Messi from the other side? It was a Messi -like 00:29:51.329 --> 00:29:55.329 goal. It was such a beautiful, well -worked goal. 00:29:55.529 --> 00:29:58.730 And just the finish and the trajectory of the 00:29:58.730 --> 00:30:02.430 ball. Oh my God, it was just so nice. And when 00:30:02.430 --> 00:30:05.769 he was celebrating, it was as if this is nothing 00:30:05.769 --> 00:30:07.950 special as well. Did you see that celebration? 00:30:08.309 --> 00:30:12.369 Yeah, I did. It was like, yeah, this is the daily 00:30:12.369 --> 00:30:15.730 work. I do this every day. Exactly, exactly. 00:30:16.170 --> 00:30:18.630 But yeah, he's such an interesting, interesting 00:30:18.630 --> 00:30:22.990 player. And I would be more than happy if he 00:30:22.990 --> 00:30:25.549 is going to go to English Premier League because 00:30:25.549 --> 00:30:27.930 there was rumors about Tottenham. There were 00:30:27.930 --> 00:30:31.890 rumors about Manchester City even. Really? I 00:30:31.890 --> 00:30:35.369 think it was back in winter. And then, as you 00:30:35.369 --> 00:30:38.269 said, Bournemouth. And I think Bournemouth for 00:30:38.269 --> 00:30:42.299 his development. It would be a great choice because 00:30:42.299 --> 00:30:45.539 the coach, Androne Irala, or the manager, I have 00:30:45.539 --> 00:30:50.859 to be clear. Precise. Yeah, precise. He is amazing. 00:30:51.200 --> 00:30:54.720 That's exactly the manager that you want to work 00:30:54.720 --> 00:30:58.660 under. And he would probably get the chance to 00:30:58.660 --> 00:31:01.279 play there as well. I think so. A place like 00:31:01.279 --> 00:31:05.079 Manchester City where you wouldn't think that 00:31:05.079 --> 00:31:08.140 he would be the starter. I think he would be 00:31:08.140 --> 00:31:10.859 a squad player. I think you can call it squad 00:31:10.859 --> 00:31:13.799 player. If he's lucky. If he's lucky, yeah, because 00:31:13.799 --> 00:31:18.039 with the players there. Exactly. All right, Stjepan, 00:31:18.079 --> 00:31:21.579 is there anything else to add? Do you think we've 00:31:21.579 --> 00:31:24.619 covered most of the most important moments in 00:31:24.619 --> 00:31:28.099 the league? I think we did. I think we did. I'm 00:31:28.099 --> 00:31:31.839 going to Pilsen tonight for the Victoria against 00:31:31.839 --> 00:31:34.579 Servet. Let's stay with Servet. Servet FC is 00:31:34.579 --> 00:31:37.019 the official name. We're going to have a look 00:31:37.019 --> 00:31:42.819 for the Geneva pronunciation. I'm really looking 00:31:42.819 --> 00:31:45.480 forward. I'm really looking forward because Canal 00:31:45.480 --> 00:31:47.859 Plus Sport is going to be broadcasting the second 00:31:47.859 --> 00:31:50.220 game. So me and my friend who is going to be 00:31:50.220 --> 00:31:56.359 in Switzerland for the second game. I'm going 00:31:56.359 --> 00:31:59.440 to... Tell him some information about Czech League 00:31:59.440 --> 00:32:01.839 because he's mostly focused on Premier League. 00:32:02.039 --> 00:32:04.039 Martin Minha, I think he was in your podcast. 00:32:04.119 --> 00:32:05.880 Yeah, he has been on this podcast before. And 00:32:05.880 --> 00:32:10.220 hopefully, I want to invite him again. So definitely, 00:32:10.440 --> 00:32:13.440 definitely, he's someone I want to have back 00:32:13.440 --> 00:32:18.180 on. Yeah. Enjoy the games, Japan. And I think 00:32:18.180 --> 00:32:21.039 I have to publish this episode soon before the 00:32:21.039 --> 00:32:25.640 game now. It's too much about that hype. Yeah, 00:32:25.660 --> 00:32:27.700 but I'm going to watch this game. Obviously, 00:32:27.700 --> 00:32:30.940 because it's an important game for Plasenia as 00:32:30.940 --> 00:32:34.160 well. Absolutely, absolutely. By the way, thanks 00:32:34.160 --> 00:32:36.740 for the invitation. I'm sure all of us from Canal 00:32:36.740 --> 00:32:38.460 Plus Sport are going to accept the invitation 00:32:38.460 --> 00:32:41.799 because it's always nice to have a proper English 00:32:41.799 --> 00:32:45.640 conversation with a football, I would say, football 00:32:45.640 --> 00:32:49.480 fan. Or, yeah, let's say football fan. Yeah, 00:32:49.500 --> 00:32:52.500 thank you very much for coming on. And yeah, 00:32:52.619 --> 00:32:55.220 perhaps I will talk to you again next year. Why 00:32:55.220 --> 00:32:58.480 not? No worries. Well, anytime, just text me. 00:32:58.559 --> 00:33:01.619 I think I'm going to definitely find 30 minutes 00:33:01.619 --> 00:33:04.819 or more. Lovely. We can even talk about the Premier 00:33:04.819 --> 00:33:07.880 League if you want. Why not? Yeah, I would be 00:33:07.880 --> 00:33:10.980 maybe a little bit more sure. But I love Czech 00:33:10.980 --> 00:33:13.619 League. It always had a soft spot in my heart, 00:33:13.720 --> 00:33:16.019 the Czech League. But Premier League is something 00:33:16.019 --> 00:33:19.640 else, you know. Yes, the same for me, man. Okay, 00:33:20.160 --> 00:33:22.279 you take care of yourself and enjoy the game 00:33:22.279 --> 00:33:24.940 tonight. Take care, Zdeněk, and speak to you 00:33:24.940 --> 00:33:32.119 soon. Thank you. Bye, Štěpan. Bye -bye. Welcome 00:33:32.119 --> 00:33:35.140 back to the Language Corner. As always in this 00:33:35.140 --> 00:33:38.240 part of the show, what I like to do as an English 00:33:38.240 --> 00:33:42.619 teacher, I like to clarify usually some vocabulary 00:33:42.619 --> 00:33:45.660 from the interview. And because the interview 00:33:45.660 --> 00:33:48.890 was quite long, I'm going to keep... This part, 00:33:49.049 --> 00:33:52.190 short and sweet, and I will only explain one 00:33:52.190 --> 00:33:55.349 collocation. What's a collocation? Collocation 00:33:55.349 --> 00:33:58.730 is a combination of two words that often go together. 00:33:59.089 --> 00:34:03.390 And what I liked was when Stepan said, I didn't 00:34:03.390 --> 00:34:08.309 place a bet on the first round. So when we talk 00:34:08.309 --> 00:34:11.949 about betting on sports, we can basically use, 00:34:12.110 --> 00:34:14.650 I would say, two verbs, to place a bet or to 00:34:14.650 --> 00:34:18.000 make a bet. And as far as I know, To place a 00:34:18.000 --> 00:34:21.099 bet is slightly more official, slightly more 00:34:21.099 --> 00:34:24.139 formal, and it's more common in this betting, 00:34:24.219 --> 00:34:28.360 gambling, casino type of context. Whereas to 00:34:28.360 --> 00:34:31.780 make a bet is more common for everyday conversation 00:34:31.780 --> 00:34:34.300 when you are making a bet with a friend maybe 00:34:34.300 --> 00:34:37.440 or something like that. So how about you guys? 00:34:37.500 --> 00:34:40.500 Have you placed any bets in the past? Why don't 00:34:40.500 --> 00:34:43.699 you let me know in the comments if you like to 00:34:43.699 --> 00:34:48.440 bet on sports or not. And when was it your last 00:34:48.440 --> 00:34:53.420 time you bet on sports or a football game? And 00:34:53.420 --> 00:34:58.820 also, do you bet on your own games? Please don't, 00:34:58.820 --> 00:35:01.400 because this is illegal. This is match fixing. 00:35:01.559 --> 00:35:04.639 And this is something several players, even in 00:35:04.639 --> 00:35:08.420 the Premier League, have already been charged 00:35:08.420 --> 00:35:11.920 for. For example, now we have a case of Lucas 00:35:11.920 --> 00:35:14.440 Paqueta, which we still don't know how it will 00:35:14.440 --> 00:35:18.539 end. But it's not looking good for him. Not at 00:35:18.539 --> 00:35:22.280 all. Speaking of betting and games, there is 00:35:22.280 --> 00:35:27.280 another thing that is about to unravel, that 00:35:27.280 --> 00:35:29.840 is about to start. And that's, of course, the 00:35:29.840 --> 00:35:35.139 Fantasy Premier League. I have made an entry 00:35:35.139 --> 00:35:38.679 for the Footgrish Podcast Mini League. You guys 00:35:38.679 --> 00:35:41.460 can join. There is a link. In the show notes, 00:35:41.599 --> 00:35:43.659 there's a link in the description of this episode. 00:35:43.820 --> 00:35:46.780 So just click it and make your own team. I think 00:35:46.780 --> 00:35:50.940 you have about three weeks until the start of 00:35:50.940 --> 00:35:54.059 the season. Is it three or four weeks to make 00:35:54.059 --> 00:35:58.179 your own team and join this popular competition 00:35:58.179 --> 00:36:02.539 online? Okay, and that's all from me. Thank you 00:36:02.539 --> 00:36:05.380 very much for watching. If you did enjoy this... 00:36:07.159 --> 00:36:09.320 and you watched it as a video on the YouTube 00:36:09.320 --> 00:36:12.820 channel, would you mind hitting the like button, 00:36:12.900 --> 00:36:17.260 please? That's it from me. Thank you very much 00:36:17.260 --> 00:36:18.320 and I'll speak to you soon.