Vlčim claimed a decisive 4:1 win against Victoria Žižkov in the third round of the FNL Regular Season on Friday evening. The hosts moved ahead early and never looked back after their visitors lost their discipline. By then the match had settled into a pattern the home side could control.
M. Honig opened the scoring in the thirty-eighth minute, catching the visitors off guard. Victoria responded through B. Djordjic just after the break, but J. Hrubes restored the lead before the hour mark. And here's the thing — the visitors' momentum died the moment D. Holasek received a red card in the fifty-ninth minute.
J. Dufek made it three goals for Vlčim in the sixty-sixth minute, capitalising on the numerical advantage. L. Musil added a fourth in the seventy-sixth to put the result beyond doubt. Victoria's only consolation came from Dufek's earlier strike, though the timing suggests it was a fleeting moment of promise.
The match produced five yellow cards and one dismissal, with both sides committing roughly equal numbers of attacks. Vlčim registered six shots on target against three off target, while Victoria managed five on target with six wide. Possession favoured the visitors at 58 per cent, but that meant little when the decisive moments went the other way.
Three shots on target and six off target for Vlčim tells you they were clinical rather than prolific. Victoria's five on target and six off target suggests they created opportunities but failed to convert. To be fair, the visitors had more throw-ins and corners, but the red card changed everything.
The result means Vlčim start the season with maximum points after two defeats in their first two outings. Victoria take a point from their third match, having won against Prostějov and lost to Vysočina Jihlava. The gap between them and the leaders remains wide, but the foundation is there for both sides to build on.