The Slavia Prague Gazette
The dugout12 Apr 2027
Daniel Šmiga says Slavia Prague went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad12 Apr 2027
The step up is real for Martin Pancíř
At 18 he is doing things this season that he could not do last season, and doing them every week. Form comes and goes; this has stayed long enough to be called something else.
Market12 Apr 2027
Antonin Darida steps up from the Slavia Prague academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Antonin Darida has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market12 Apr 2027
Slavia Prague promote Filip Sykora from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Filip Sykora has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market12 Apr 2027
Slavia Prague promote Stanislav Sima from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Stanislav Sima has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market12 Apr 2027
Antonin Holes steps up from the Slavia Prague academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Antonin Holes has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Squad12 Apr 2027
Words exchanged at Slavia Prague
Daniel Šmiga and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
The dugout12 Apr 2027
Ivan Schranz has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Slavia Prague will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
The dugout12 Apr 2027
Jakub Markovič gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
In brief
- Loan watch Matěj Zachoval has made Karviná’s shirt his own
- Squad Štěpán Chaloupek is the talk of the training ground
- Loan watch Ondřej Kolář's loan at Karviná nearly up