The Jihlava Post
Match10 Oct 2026
The wait goes on for Jihlava
12 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Player ratings12 Oct 2026
No sign of nerves from Youssoupha Sanyang at 21 — 8.58
The hardest thing about being 21 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Youssoupha Sanyang did not need any: 8.58, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Tempers go at Jihlava
David Jurásek 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.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Stefan Jovanoski is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 20 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Patrick Kpozo falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Match10 Oct 2026
Youssoupha Sanyang’s goal not enough for Jihlava
Youssoupha Sanyang scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑2 to Slovacko, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.
The terraces12 Oct 2026
The crowd has taken to Youssoupha Sanyang
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.
Squad12 Oct 2026
The manager makes an example of José Luis Gamonal
“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.
Player ratings12 Oct 2026
Luan Santos keeps on missing
Shots: 5, not one of them in. A centre forward is paid for one thing, and on this evidence he has forgotten which thing it is.
In brief
- Player ratings The one thing Roger Tamba could not do
- Player ratings Off the pace: Tomáš Kocour
- Market The shop window has Martin Sládek in it