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Slavia recorded a first win in the group stage of the UEFA Cup after defeating CSKA Sofia 4:2, the goals were scored by Pavel Fort (2), Stanislav Vlcek and Karel Pitak. The spectacular match ended with celebrations! More to come.

Attacking play a two early goals
Slavia missed only Patrik Gedeon and Adauto who are recovering from their injuries and midfielder Cesareo Victorino who is not available for this stage of the UEFA Cup. The spectacular evening started with Slavia attacking and early goal in the net of keeper Dejan Maksic. Stranislav Vlcek sent a low cross from the left wing and our forward Pavel Fort directed the ball with a one-touch shot to the counter movement of the keeper.

Emil Garagov equalises in 10th minute
The tenth minute brought an equaliser. After a reluctant touch of our defence Sakaliev prepared the back bass to Garagov whose low shot went to the net. But Slavia were not stunned by the response and capitalised on the mistakes of Bulgarian midfield which led to counter-attacks of Matej Krajcik and Stanislav Vlcek.

Slavia take the lead again
The one-touch passing attacks led to Slavia second goal. Karel Pitak prolonged the ball to Stanislav Vlcek and our in-form forwad sent it with the first touch to the net. Pitak then could have added the third, but his volley from the penalty box flew over the bar.

Two more goals within two minutes
The third and fourth goals were scored within a short time. Karel Pitak had a solo attack which he ended with a shot that was blocked by Maksic back to him and the rebound was easy. A minute later Stojko Sakaliev lit up the hope of the visitors with a precise header.

Pavel Fort seals the win
Dusan Svento ran through CSKA defence on one of his typical unstoppable runs in 75th minute and sent the ball to Pavel Fort, our forward made a dummy move and falling scored the decisive fourth goal. Few minutes later his header missed the left post which meant our forward missed hattrick he would have deserved for his performance.

Pavel Fort happy to help the team
"I am happy I could help my team to win with two goals, we all deserved it. The first goal was very nicely prepared by Stanislav Vlcek and it was a clear chance which should be taken. On the other hand I was lucky to have scored the second, I was falling and did not see the shot. Our win is important at this stage of the group," Pavel Fort, the man of the match, said.

Goals: 5. a 75. Fort, 36. Vlcek, 56. Pitak - 10. Gargorov, 57. Sakaljev.

Slavia: Kozacik - Krajcik, Latka, Suchy, Hubacek - Pitak, L. Jarolim (90. Kratochvil), Hrdlicka, Svento - Fort (87. Pesir), Vlcek (90. Svec).

CSKA: Maksic - Todorov, Zabavnik, Gueye, Tiago - Janev (71. Dah Zadi), Jakirovic, Gargorov, Jurukov (46. Ivanov) - V. Dimitrov (90. Matko), Sakaljev.

Source: slavia.cz