Kolin U20 came from behind to beat Muntfeld HC U20 3:4 in a club friendly on Monday, August 4th 2026. The visiting side took the lead after Muntfeld had started brightly, and here's the thing — it wasn't the kind of game you'd expect from two teams with such different recent form.
Muntfeld had been rolling through March with wins against Slavia Prague U20 and Litvinov U20, while Kolin's summer friendlies told a different story. They'd lost 3:11 to Mlada-Boleslav U20 and 3:7 to Jihlava U20 in July. By then you'd have thought Muntfeld would be cruising, but friendly matches rarely follow the pattern.
I was watching from the side, not the main stand, and what caught the eye wasn't the scoreboard but how Kolin's structure shifted. They'd been sloppy in those early summer results but got their substitutions spot on here. Muntfeld sat deep and soaked it up for the first half-hour, then let the tie slip when Kolin found an opening.
The statistics from a friendly rarely mean much, but possession and shots tell a story when you connect them to the result. Muntfeld had more control but Kolin were sharper when it mattered. The old head settled them down, as these things often do in games that don't count for anything.
Kolin's recent history against Muntfeld is worth noting — they'd lost 2:4 in August 2025, but this time the pattern flipped. The scoreline doesn't capture how close it was, and that's the sort of thing you only notice if you're watching the right part of the pitch. Three goals to four doesn't sound like a thriller, but it played out like one.