Lost to the Faroe Islands! Czech coach: Croatia only won 1-0 in away games

In the European group stage of the World Cup preliminaries, the Czech Republic, ranked 39th in the world, lost 1-2 in an away game to the Faroe Islands, ranked 136th in the world. Czech coach Hasek attended the press conference and accepted questions from Czech media iSportu.

Have you accepted your fate?

"Of course I can't decide all this, yes, I feel sorry, I would like to participate in the play-offs, we have this opportunity, the boys will continue to fight, it is possible... but I have no right to decide more."

Talking about the World Cup preliminaries play-offs

"If we think we can beat Croatia... .We tried, but we were not better than them. Still, we will try to qualify for the play-offs and now we need to prepare for it. As for whether I will still be in charge then, I can't tell you because it is not something I can decide."

Is this the worst moment in coaching the national team?

"Well, I have to say, it is. When we were scored 5 goals, the situation was obviously bad. The games in Croatia and Georgia were also unpleasant."

Shame?

"I don't know if you watched their games against other opponents, I watched all the games and other teams also had big difficulties in the Faroe Islands. Some managed to cope, but we didn't, although we were maybe a little too aggressive in the game. But, is it a shame? This is football, sometimes you beat good teams and sometimes you lose to weak teams. They are in good form now and we should avoid making mistakes. Is it a shame? I don't OK. Of course, it may be shameful for you to write this, but I don’t think the players didn’t try their best or gave up anything. I didn’t see anyone showing slack. I felt that we lacked something in the offense. We should have created more opportunities, but the opponent’s 541 system was really a headache on the counterattack. We should deal with this situation better. This is obvious.”

What did you talk about with Nedved?

"We bumped into each other shortly after the game, but we haven't spoken yet."

Have you ever thought about resigning?

"I don't think I should shirk my responsibilities. We are currently ranked second in the group. I insist that there is only one goal, which is to qualify for the World Cup. Whether through the play-offs or other methods, the players are working towards the same goal."

Is this team worthy of the World Cup?

"Every game is different and against Croatia we were equal in every aspect and all indicators were very close. Croatia also only won 1-0 in the Faroe Islands and they also had a difficult game. Do we deserve to be in the World Cup? ? I don't know... Frankly, we lost this game and the game did not meet our expectations, but I don't think this can be a criterion for whether the team deserves to go to the World Cup. Whoever advances through the play-offs will go to the World Cup."

Do the players lack confidence? Any self-criticism?

"I don't think we lack confidence or don't want to win. We want to win every game, but unfortunately we didn't do it this time. This is competitive sports. The players also know to reflect on themselves. Everyone understands that if we lose the game here, we will be in big trouble. . We should have performed better. Everyone was frustrated in the dressing room and very disappointed with the result, but it can't be helped. It's so uncomfortable to lose to the Faroe Islands, but they are all reviewing themselves."