They Did Not Win Any Match and That Is Why They Did Not Qualified
"I am disappointed that we have not gone through but any of the players did not disappointed me," said the head-coach of Mladá Boleslav Dušan Uhrin after the tie in Tel Aviv with a tinge of defeat. "Unfortunately, Poláček missed all three good scoring chances in the first half," sighed the president of FK Mladá Boleslav, Josef Dufek.
Mladá Boleslav did not win any of four matches and scored the least number of goals of all participants of the group G of the UEFA Cup. These are the main causes of eliminating from the European cup. Three ties and one defeat were enough only for the last fifth position. Rapid Bucharest that also did not win any match and tied all four matches was ranked on the fourth position. The Rumanian quarterfinalist of the last year of the UEFA Cup and the seventh team of the world ranking of football clubs according to IFFHS was eliminated, too. Panathinaikos Athens, Paris Saint Germain and Hapoel Tel Aviv qualified from the group G of the UEFA Cup for the spring battles. Greeks won twice while French and Israelis once. When looking at the final standings, it is apparent how levelled the group in which the team of Mladá Boleslav passed his European premiere was. "Each international match is big experience for both all players and the complete club," repeated the head-coach Uhrin frequently during autumn.
The supporters of FK Mladá Boleslav will see in spring 2007 whether experience gathered will pay. The players will have a rest for a month with individual regeneration of strength at first and then demanding winter preparation and even more exhausting spring part of the season with clashes against rivals in the first Gambrinus league and in the Czech cup later is ahead of them. The objective is participation in a European cup again.
