The second match in the prep period in Malaga finished in a draw. After a goalless performance Pavel Vrba’s team tied with Hungarian Puskás Akadémia.

Mid-season, Thu 24th Jan 2019, 16:00, Arroyo Enmedio, Estepona

Plzeň: Hruška – Ekpai, Piroch, Hubník (C), Kovařík – Šulc (73. Pačinda), Bucha, Hořava, Čermák – Bakoš, Kepl (73. Chorý)

Puskás Akadémia: Hegedüs (C) (46. Danilović) – Szolnoki, Poór (87. Heris), Hadzhiev, Trajkovski (77. Bokros) – Balogh (46. Szakály), Mioč (77. Urblík), Kiss – Tamás (46. Knežević), Radó (46. Latifi), Vega (46. Prosser)

YC: Ekpai – Szolnoki, Referees: Juan Gabriel Gallegos.

In the first half mostly Pavel Šulc was teasing Hungarian defensive line when playing on the right side. Several times he succeeded in going through into the box where he crossed balls to his teammates. Marek Bakoš having the biggest chance missed one step in order to net the ball.

Aleš Hruška stretched himself towards a free kick by Benedik Mioč but he had no problems to stop it near his right upright.

After break Puskás were the first to push themselves in goal. Aleš Hruška saved two free-kick attempts as well as a counterattack from the left side and a sharp-angle shot.

Another bigger threat for Hungarian goal was seen in the 70 minutes when Pavel Bucha shot a rebounded ball from a good position, however, this effort was hit by the goalkeeper on a corner. At the end of the match Pačinda and Chorý were given a chance but neither of them was successful to break the goalless score.

Roman Hubník’s Commentary

“We didn’t know who exactly we’re playing against and how strong they are. At the beginning we wanted to touch the ball first and they had some long runs behind the defence but we saved them. We played very responsibly with safe defence. It’s a shame we didn’t turn some our chances into goals,” the skipper Roman Hubník evaluates the second friendly match.