Slavia Prague made it four from four in their pre-season fixtures with a 4:0 victory over Colín at the host club's ground on Wednesday evening. The visitors took full control early and never looked back, while Colín's recent scoring form evaporated completely against a side that had beaten them 4:2 just nine days earlier.
By then you could sense the gap in quality opening up. Slavia moved the ball with a rhythm Colín simply could not match, and once the first goal went in the hosts stopped pressing forward altogether. And here's the thing — this is the third time in as many weeks that Colín have failed to score against Slavia, a pattern that would worry any coach watching from the stands.
To be fair, Colín had looked dangerous in their 4:3 win over Pardubice Dynamo B on Monday, but that energy disappeared by the time the visitors arrived. They were out of sight by the half-hour mark, and the rest of the afternoon played out without much contention. The coaching staff must have been studying the middle third, where Slavia's movement created space that Colín's defence could not close.
The visitors' recent results tell their own story. After a heavy 5:4 defeat to Tábor on Monday, Slavia bounced back with a 4:2 win over Sokolov, then added this statement performance. They have nothing to prove at this stage of preparations, but the clean sheet and the scoreline suggest they are on a good run heading into the campaign.
Colín's form has been uneven at best. Four wins and two losses in their last six matches, with that 5:0 hammering by Pardubice Dynamo B standing out as the low point. This result extends Slavia's unbeaten run against them to three, and the history between them adds an edge that will not disappear in competitive fixtures.
The final tally leaves Colín with a goal difference of -10 across their recent window, while Slavia sit at +11. Both sides have work to do before the season proper begins, but tonight belonged entirely to the visitors from Prague.