Lyfe Oldenstam

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30 Jul 2028
Sunday
Process

Marked for Lyfe Oldenstam

83 Edition

The Slovan Liberec Post

28 Feb 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Player ratings

Both of them Jakub Hodek's — 8.26

2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.26, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.

Market

Ermin Mahmić puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Slovan Liberec, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

A falling-out at Slovan Liberec

Lukáš Masopust and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

The terraces

The crowd has taken to Lyfe Oldenstam

At 21 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.

Match

Jakub Hodek sends Slovan Liberec past Karviná

It finished 2‑0, and it was Jakub Hodek’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Slovan Liberec.

Squad

Words at Slovan Liberec training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jan Mikula 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.

Loan watch

Aleko Basiladze wants to come home

“I did not go to Zlate Moravce to sit and watch. I want to come back to Slovan Liberec and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 5 matches say the rest.

Loan watch

Nobody is scoring past Ivan Krajčírik at Universitatea Craiova

10 shut-outs in 24 games. A goalkeeper’s loan is judged on the afternoons when nothing happened at all, and Ivan Krajčírik has been having a lot of them.

The dugout

A satisfied Petr Provod

“The players deserve the credit. My job was easy today.” It was not, and everybody in the room knew it; after 2‑0, Petr Provod could afford to be generous.

In brief

Back issues
81 Edition

The Slovan Liberec Post

14 Feb 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings

Lukáš Letenay scores twice — 8.65

Two goals and a mark of 8.65 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.

Market

Jan Knapík hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Slovan Liberec can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Lyfe Oldenstam arrives at the club he grew up with

Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Lyfe Oldenstam has, at Slovan Liberec, and the first month will show what that does to a man.

Squad

Vojtěch Sychra signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Vojtěch Sychra commits to Slovan Liberec for another 4 years.

Squad

Words at Slovan Liberec training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Marek Icha 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.

The terraces

The crowd has taken to Milan Lexa

At 23 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.

Match

Lukáš Letenay the difference as Slovan Liberec beat Jablonec

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Lukáš Letenay. 2‑0 against Jablonec, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

Player ratings

Vojtěch Sychra in the eights

A performance of 8.01 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

The dugout

The manager makes an example of Lukáš Hůlka

“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.

In brief