FC Viktoria Plzeň welcomed SK Dynamo Ceske Budejovice to the Doosan Arena in the last match of 2024. The match ended in a high-scoring 7:2 shootout. Jan Kopic scored a hat-trick.
The main referee hasn´t had time to blow the whistle and Viktoria is already taking the lead. In the second minute, Lukáš Červ scored with a long-range shot, which did not give the goalkeeper the slightest chance. Moments later, our opponent managed to equalize at 1:1 and we lost the early lead. However, Jan Kopic stepped up and put the ball in the net with a beautiful shot. The fans in the Doosan Arena didn´t even have time to sit down and were already rejoicing again. Daniel Vasulin got right in front of the goalkeeper. He signalled Janáček´s shot and then rounded him and finished into the empty net.
It looked like the Victorians were saving all the goals for the last game of the year. It was only half an hour into the game and the number four was lighting up the scoreboard. The author of the goal was Matěj Vydra, who found a suitable space inside the sixteen and from the first cleaned between the three bars. In the 43rd minute, Jan Kopic played a promising standard situation, but none of his teammates could reach his centre. Just before the end of the half Matěj Vydra could have scored again. However, his shot was blocked by Budějovice´s Brabec.
The second half started at the same pace as the first. Both teams didn´t hold anything back and one action followed the other. The fans must have thought they were at a shooting range today instead of a football game. Not even twenty minutes into the game and three goals were scored again. Jan Kopic scored for the second time in the game, creating space inside the penalty area with a beautiful pull-up and sending the ball under the top bar. Unfortunately, the visitors managed to reduce the score to 5:2. Less than two minutes later the Victorian striker Daniel Vasulin scored again and increased the score to 6:2. Everybody thought that it was already over and both teams would finish the match in peace. Jan Kopic had a different opinion, he topped the match with a hat trick! The result of the match did not change. Viktoria closed the year 2024 victorious, winning against České Budějovice 7:2.