The Banik Ostrava Herald
Squad31 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Banik Ostrava
Filip Kubala was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Market31 Aug 2026
Eyes on Jakub Pira again
The phone has started ringing about Jakub Pira again, and this time the name on the line is Pribram. Banik Ostrava are listening politely and promising nothing.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Words at Banik Ostrava training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Pablo Ortiz is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad31 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of David Buchta
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Marcos Minetti dropped after a run of poor form
The one version of being left out a player cannot argue with, and the one he takes worst. Somebody else has been better and the team sheet says so, in public, every week until it changes.
Match29 Aug 2026
Banik Ostrava and Slavia Prague cancel each other out
Nil-nil, and few chances worth the name. Slavia Prague came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.
In brief
- Player ratings Filip Kubala runs at them all day
- Market Felipe Ávila joins Banik Ostrava on a free
- Player ratings Jiří Boula spends the afternoon fouling
- Market The Marek Havran talk will not go away