9.4.2010
American football team COLLECT POINT PRAGUE PANTHERS will have an extremely difficult weekend. The Panthers will play against the best team in Europe and the winner of the European league (EFL) Swarco Raiders Tirol on Saturday the 10. of April. The Panthers will also play the first game in ČAAF (The Czech league of American football) against The Plzeň Patriots on Sunday the 11. of April. The both games will be played on the rivals grounds. The game on Saturday starts at 3 pm at the Tivoli Stadium in Innsbruck and the Sundays’ game starts at 2 pm at the Josef Žaloudek stadium in Plzen.
The Saturdays’ game against the winner of Euro Bowl will be the second game in the frame of the AFL league (Austria Football League). The Prague panthers were defeated by the Graz Giants 14 days ago on the home ground. It was the first game of the season. The Panthers will try in an extremely difficult game to surprise and lift their heads.
“The Raiders Tirol are currently the best team in Europe, it will be tough for us, but we are able to play an equable duel against them. Last time, we just lacked a little bit “assesses the chances the Prague Panthers head coach John Shrholec and he adds” If we want to succeed in AFL, we have to make an overall improvement in our game, we have to be faster, to score and to be better in defense. That is the way to the victory.
It is interesting that these two teams already met once in 2002. The Raiders were defeated by The Panthers 20:54..
The Collect Point Prague Panthers will enter the CAAF (Czech league of American football) on Sunday. The team will play against The Pilsen Patriots. “An extremely difficult season is a major challenge for us. We want to teach the young players, it will be a test for them whether they can replace the experienced ones. The team will be mixed, so that we send into the ground as broad cadre as possible and we will test the players also. Plzeň will be certainly a difficult team to play, the Patriots might surprise us, but our goal is to win the league and therefore we can not afford to hesitate.”
The opponents competed last season in the base part of the ČAAF. Panthers won on the Pilsen ground 62:0.
Collect Point Prague Panthers is the team of American football, who won eleven times the Czech championship. Panthers are also the winners of EFAF Cupu 2009 (club cup of European federation of American football EFAF). The team plays in the Czech league, in Austrian league (Austria Football League) and the premier league - EFL (European Football League) in the season 2010. John Srholec, the head coach of the team, is an experienced man with “the Czechoslovakian roots”.
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