Souboj dvou celk\u016f ze st\u0159edu tabulky. Nebo souboj aspiranta na poh\u00e1ry se sestupov\u00fdm kandid\u00e1tem. A\u0165 u\u017e je na z\u00e1pas Evertonu proti Stoke City nahl\u00ed\u017eeno z jak\u00e9hokoliv \u00fahlu, je v\u00edcem\u00e9n\u011b z\u0159eteln\u00e9, \u017ee na Goodisonu bude k vid\u011bn\u00ed bojovn\u00fdch devades\u00e1t minut. Ani odhodlan\u00e1 povaha soupe\u0159e by ale Blues nem\u011bla, pota\u017emo nesm\u00ed zabr\u00e1nit v zisku t\u0159\u00ed bod\u016f, kter\u00e9 jsou automaticky o\u010dek\u00e1v\u00e1ny.<\/p>\n
T\u0159i z\u00e1pasy, dv\u011b v\u00edt\u011bzstv\u00ed, jedna rem\u00edza. To\u0165 dosavadn\u00ed \u0159\u00edjnov\u00e1 vizitka Evertonu. T\u00fdmu, je\u017e se je\u0161t\u011b koncem z\u00e1\u0159\u00ed „py\u0161nil“ smutn\u00fdm privilegiem jedin\u00e9ho anglick\u00e9ho profesion\u00e1ln\u00edho klubu bez t\u0159\u00edbodov\u00e9ho z\u00e1\u0159ezu v leto\u0161n\u00ed sezon\u011b. Obrat na sebe na\u0161t\u011bst\u00ed nenechal \u010dekat tak dlouho, jak b\u00fdv\u00e1 zvykem. Na v\u00fdhry nad Birminghamem a Liverpoolem Everton nav\u00e1zal bodem z White Hart Lane, a r\u00e1zem se ocitnul na jeden\u00e1ct\u00e9 p\u0159\u00ed\u010dce. Blues proto mohou sp\u0159\u00e1dat sebev\u011bdom\u00e9 pl\u00e1ny na dal\u0161\u00ed vzestup ligovou tabulkou. Do karet jim hraje nejen doufejme ji\u017e natrvalo z\u00edskan\u00e1 forma, n\u00fdbr\u017e i vcelku milosrdn\u00fd los, kter\u00e9ho by Toffees m\u011bli jaksepat\u0159\u00ed vyu\u017e\u00edt.<\/p>\n
Ne\u017e ov\u0161em za\u010dneme Potters p\u0159edem klasifikovat jako t\u00fdm, kter\u00fd z Goodisonu odjede z pr\u00e1zdnou, je t\u0159eba vr\u00e1tit se do minulosti, star\u00e9 jen pouh\u00fdch n\u011bkolik t\u00fddn\u016f. Podobn\u00fd v\u00fdvoj z\u00e1pasu toti\u017e Evertonians o\u010dek\u00e1vali i v dom\u00e1c\u00edch duelech s takov\u00fdm Wolverhamptonem nebo Newcastlem. A jak ona utk\u00e1n\u00ed dopadla, v\u0161ichni dob\u0159e v\u00edme. Bu\u010f jak bu\u010f, n\u00e1lepku velk\u00e9ho favorita Everton ale nezakryje. Phil Neville nav\u00edc p\u0159isp\u011bch\u00e1v\u00e1 s tvrzen\u00edm, \u017ee jeho t\u00fdm si v sobotu s n\u00e1tlakem porad\u00ed.<\/p>\n
\u201eProti Liverpoolu a Tottenhamu na n\u00e1s mo\u017en\u00e1 nele\u017eel takov\u00fd tlak, ale nyn\u00ed se jasn\u011b o\u010dek\u00e1v\u00e1, \u017ee zv\u00edt\u011bz\u00edme. Je to jin\u00e1 \u00farove\u0148 o\u010dek\u00e1v\u00e1n\u00ed, ale nem\u016f\u017eu si pomoct, proto\u017ee c\u00edt\u00edm, \u017ee jsme naho\u0159e. Sebev\u011bdom\u00ed je vysok\u00e9, hrajeme dob\u0159e, a t\u011b\u0161\u00edme se na ka\u017ed\u00fd z\u00e1pas,\u201c\u00a0<\/em>hl\u00e1s\u00ed kapit\u00e1n, kter\u00fd si je z\u00e1rove\u0148 v\u011bdom progresu, kter\u00fd Potters od sv\u00e9ho dva a p\u016fl roku star\u00e9ho postupu mezi elitu, u\u010dinili. \u201eStoke se zlep\u0161ilo ka\u017edou sezonu. N\u00e1lepky toho t\u00fdmu bojovn\u00edk\u016f se nezbavili, ale letos p\u0159idali i trochu v\u00edc kvality. St\u00e1le dokazuj\u00ed, \u017ee jsou ostr\u00fdm testem pro ka\u017ed\u00e9ho a v sobotu mus\u00edme podat maxim\u00e1ln\u00ed v\u00fdkon.\u201c<\/em><\/p>\n V Potteries se letos musej\u00ed c\u00edtit jako na houpa\u010dce. Jakmile se toti\u017e Stoke City jak\u017etak\u017e zpamatoval z b\u00eddn\u00e9ho vstupu do sezony, padla na n\u011bj nov\u00e1 deka.\u00a0<\/em>Celek, je\u017e by do t\u0159etice r\u00e1d zopakoval um\u00edst\u011bn\u00ed v poklidn\u00e9m st\u0159edu tabulky, prohr\u00e1l \u00favodn\u00ed t\u0159i z\u00e1pasy, kdy\u017e nesta\u010dil na Wolverhmapton, Tottenham ani Chelsea. V z\u00e1\u0159\u00ed se Pulisovo mu\u017estvo sice zvedlo, kdy\u017e vyzr\u00e1lo na Aston Villu, Newcastle a posl\u00e9ze i Blackburn, nicm\u00e9n\u011b od poloviny m\u011bs\u00edce Potters znovu jakoby ztratili sv\u016fj rytmus. Co\u017epak o to, dom\u00e1c\u00ed prohra s Manchesterem United se d\u00e1 p\u0159ekousnout, ale prohra na Reebok Stadium, u\u017e zamrzet mus\u00ed.<\/p>\n Stoke nav\u00edc svoje pozice vyklidilo i na front\u011b, kde m\u011blo svoji bitvu v\u00edce ne\u017e slibn\u011b rozehranou – v Carling Cupu. Od st\u0159ede\u010dn\u00edho postupu do \u010dtvrtfin\u00e1le na h\u0159i\u0161ti West Hamu Potters d\u011blilo jen n\u011bkolik minut, jen\u017ee utk\u00e1n\u00ed, kter\u00e9 nakonec dosp\u011blo do prodlou\u017een\u00ed skon\u010dilo 3-1 ve prosp\u011bch dom\u00e1c\u00edch. Hrn\u010d\u00ed\u0159i tak maj\u00ed v noh\u00e1ch n\u00e1ro\u010dn\u00fdch 120 minut, Tony Pulis nav\u00edc mus\u00ed s\u010d\u00edtat nov\u00e9 ztr\u00e1ty. Nemoc toti\u017e zkl\u00e1tila rekordn\u00ed posilu klubu, \u00fato\u010dn\u00edka Kenwyna Jonese a k\u0159\u00eddeln\u00edky Jermaine Pennanta i Matta Etheringtona. \u201eMus\u00edme oproti st\u0159ed\u011b trochu zah\u00fdbat sestavou a vyu\u017e\u00edt \u010derstv\u00e9 s\u00edly, ale bude to tak\u00e9 o tom, kdo bude p\u0159ipraven,“\u00a0p\u0159em\u00edt\u00e1 p\u0159ed v\u00fdletem na Goodison Pulis.\u00a0„Situace nen\u00ed ide\u00e1ln\u00ed, ale z\u016fst\u00e1v\u00e1me neoblomn\u00ed. \u010cty\u0159i z p\u011bti z\u00e1pas\u016f moment\u00e1ln\u011b hrajeme venku, a v tom jedin\u00e9m dom\u00e1c\u00edm jsme hr\u00e1li s Manchesterem United. Proch\u00e1z\u00edme obt\u00ed\u017en\u00fdm cyklem, ale mus\u00edme hr\u00e1\u010de\u00a0udr\u017eet v optimistick\u00e9 n\u00e1lad\u011b.\u201c<\/em><\/p>\n Minul\u00e1 n\u00e1v\u0161t\u011bva Stoke City na Goodison Parku je star\u00e1 rok a p\u00e1r dn\u00ed k tomu. Potters se ocitili ve veden\u00ed, Leon Osman tak musel Blues zachra\u0148ovat alespo\u0148 bod. Podobn\u011b tomu bylo i v kv\u011btnu na Britannia Stadium. V nel\u00edtostn\u00e9m utk\u00e1n\u00ed se zrodila bezbrankov\u00e1 rem\u00edza, a\u010dkoliv Philu Jagielkovi byl odep\u0159en jasn\u011b regul\u00e9rn\u00ed g\u00f3l.<\/p>\n Klub byl zalo\u017een pod n\u00e1zvem Stoke Ramblers roku 1863, co\u017e z n\u011bj d\u011bl\u00e1 druh\u00fd nejstar\u0161\u00ed anglick\u00fd profesion\u00e1ln\u00ed klub. Pod p\u016fvodn\u00edm n\u00e1zvem hr\u00e1l pom\u011brn\u011b dlouho, zm\u011bna do dne\u0161n\u00ed podoby nastala v roce 1878, kdy se z\u00e1rove\u0148 p\u0159est\u011bhoval na sv\u016fj p\u016fvodn\u00ed st\u00e1nek Victoria Ground. P\u0159esn\u011b o dest let pozd\u011bji se Potters stali zakladateli Football League. Prvn\u00ed sezony v nov\u011b zformovan\u00e9 sout\u011b\u017ei ov\u0161em nedopadly dob\u0159e; v obou \u00favodn\u00edch sezon\u00e1ch Stoke skon\u010dil na chvostu tabulky. Prvn\u00ed sv\u011btov\u00e1 v\u00e1lka sice znamenala p\u0159eru\u0161en\u00ed fotbalov\u00e9ho d\u011bn\u00ed, nicm\u00e9n\u011b Potters nezah\u00e1leli a po \u010dty\u0159i v\u00e1le\u010dn\u00e9 roky byli \u00fa\u010dastn\u00edky neligov\u00e9 Lancashire Primary and Secondary League.<\/p>\n Rok 1930 si v\u0161ichni Stokies spojuj\u00ed s jedin\u00fdm – tohoto roku nastoupil v prvn\u00edm z\u00e1pase za Stoke nejv\u011bt\u0161\u00ed klubov\u00e1 legenda, a z\u00e1rove\u0148 jedna z nejv\u011bt\u0161\u00edch osobnost\u00ed anglick\u00e9 kopan\u00e9, Sir Stanley Matthews. Ani p\u0159esto v\u0161ak klub nedosahoval \u017e\u00e1dn\u00fdch \u00fasp\u011bch\u016f, a u toho z\u016fstalo a\u017e do vypuknut\u00ed sv\u011btov\u00e9ho v\u00e1le\u010dn\u00e9ho konfliktu \u010d\u00edslo 2. Po jeho skon\u010den\u00ed Stoke \u0161ahal po velk\u00e9m \u00fasp\u011bchu. V sezon\u011b 1946\/47 mu toti\u017e ligov\u00fd titul jen o vl\u00e1sek unikl, z\u00edskal jej Liverpool. Po skon\u010den\u00ed sezony ode\u0161el do Blackpoolu Matthews a v n\u00e1sleduj\u00edc\u00edm ro\u010dn\u00edku Potters neunikli sestupu.<\/p>\n Jako vysvobozen\u00ed z \u010dern\u00fdch sezon dorazil na Britannia Stadium\u00a0mana\u017eer Tony Waddington, mu\u017e, kter\u00fd s klubem vyhr\u00e1l jedinou cennou trofej v historii klubu. Potters se pod jeho rukou postupn\u011b zvedali a nem\u00e1lokdy se jim poda\u0159ilo dos\u00e1hnout solidn\u00edho ligov\u00e9ho um\u00edst\u011bn\u00ed. Z\u00e1sadn\u00ed zlom p\u0159i\u0161el roku 1972, kdy Stoke porazil ve fin\u00e1le Ligov\u00e9ho poh\u00e1ru favorizovanou Chelsea 2:1, co\u017e je doposud nejv\u011bt\u0161\u00ed \u00fasp\u011bch klubov\u00e9 historie. Rokem 1976\u00a0 ale poveden\u00e9\u00a0sezony skon\u010dily.<\/p>\n V lednu\u00a076\u00b4 \u0159\u00e1dila nad Stoke vich\u0159ice, kter\u00e1 byla natolik siln\u00e1, \u017ee odnesla st\u0159echu tribuny Butler Stand. Pro jak\u00fdkoliv jin\u00fd klub jist\u011b nep\u0159\u00edjemn\u00e1, av\u0161ak \u0159e\u0161iteln\u00e1 v\u011bc, ne tak pro Stoke. Klubov\u00e9 veden\u00ed toti\u017e jaksi „zapomn\u011blo“ tribunu pojistit. V\u00fddaje spojen\u00e9 s n\u00e1hradami \u0161kod tak zp\u016fsobily znovu bou\u0159i, ale tentokr\u00e1t v klubov\u00e9 pokladn\u011b. Opravy klub st\u00e1ly 250,000 liber, co\u017e Stoke uvrhlo do zna\u010dn\u00fdch finan\u010dn\u00edch pot\u00ed\u017e\u00ed. Jedinou mo\u017enost\u00ed jak zvl\u00e1dnout nast\u00e1lou situaci, byl prodej nejlep\u0161\u00edch hr\u00e1\u010d\u016f. Z Victoria Ground tak ode\u0161li\u00a0osobnosti jako\u00a0Alan Hudson, Mike Pejic, \u010di Jimmy Greenhoff. Zna\u010dn\u011b oslaben\u00fd t\u00fdm rok po ne\u0161\u0165astn\u00e9 ud\u00e1losti, sestoupil\u00a0o sout\u011b\u017e n\u00ed\u017e.<\/p>\n V ni\u017e\u0161\u00edch\u00a0lig\u00e1ch na\u0161el Stoke pro dlouh\u00e9 nadch\u00e1zej\u00edc\u00ed sezony sv\u016fj nov\u00fd domov. Na konci 80. let na tom Potters byli tak b\u00eddn\u011b, \u017ee sestoupili a\u017e do Third Division. Frustraci si klub i fanou\u0161ci trochu vynahradili ziskem Football League Trophy v roce 1992. V dal\u0161\u00ed sezon\u011b se Hrn\u010d\u00ed\u0159i probojovali zp\u011bt do druh\u00e9 nejvy\u0161\u0161\u00ed sout\u011b\u017ee, kde se dok\u00e1zali stabilizovat a ke konci tis\u00edcilet\u00ed byl klub p\u0159ipraven vstoupit do sv\u00e9 nov\u00e9 \u00e9ry. Po 120 letech toti\u017e Stoke opustil sta\u0159i\u010dk\u00fd Victoria Ground a nov\u00fd domov na\u0161el na nov\u00e9m Britannia Stadium s kapacitou 27,500 div\u00e1k\u016f.<\/p>\n O dva roky pozd\u011bji p\u0159i\u0161lo do Staffordshire ps\u00e1t novou kapitolu klubov\u00fdch d\u011bjin jist\u00e9 islandsk\u00e9 konsorcium, kter\u00e9 se stalo nov\u00fdmi majiteli klubu. Sever\u0161t\u00ed investo\u0159i si do klubu p\u0159ivedli mimojin\u00e9 sv\u00e9ho \u010dlov\u011bka – b\u00fdval\u00e9ho tren\u00e9ra islandsk\u00e9 reprezentace, Gudjona Thodarsona, kter\u00fd sice zpo\u010d\u00e1tku \u010delil u Stokies velk\u00e9 kritice, nakonec se ale v Potteries stal obl\u00edbencem. Poda\u0159ilo se mu toti\u017e znovu vyt\u00e1hnout Stoke ze t\u0159et\u00ed ligy, kam mezit\u00edm op\u011bt spadnul. V Championship se Stoke ji\u017e pod veden\u00edm Tonyho Pulise dok\u00e1zal probojovat mezi lep\u0161\u00ed celky a pod Pulisov\u00fdm veden\u00edm si Stoke po bezm\u00e1la t\u0159iceti letech znovu vychutn\u00e1v\u00e1 \u00fa\u010dast mezi elitn\u00ed dvac\u00edtkou anglick\u00e9ho fotbalu.<\/p>\n Abychom se stali sv\u011bdky posledn\u00edho v\u00edt\u011bzstv\u00ed Stoke nad Evertonem, stroj \u010dasu by n\u00e1s musel vr\u00e1tit o rovn\u00fdch 28 let. V prosinci 1982 Potters triumfovali na sv\u00e9 p\u016fd\u011b, je\u0161t\u011b o rok d\u0159\u00edve se jim ov\u0161em poda\u0159ilo vyloupit i Goodison. Ani v \u00e9\u0159e Premier League nemaj\u00ed Blues s Potters \u0161patnou bilanci. V p\u0159edminul\u00e9 sezon\u011b Everton zv\u00edt\u011bzil v obou z\u00e1pasech, v lo\u0148sk\u00e9m ro\u010dn\u00edku se pak zrodily dv\u011b rem\u00edzy. Celkov\u011b znovu v\u00e9vod\u00ed Toffees s 57 v\u00fdhrami ku 30 prohr\u00e1m Potters a 30 rem\u00edz\u00e1m.<\/p>\n Modr\u00fd i \u010dervenob\u00edl\u00fd dres b\u011bhem sv\u00fdch kari\u00e9r obl\u00e9kalo hned n\u011bkolik fotbalist\u016f. Pr\u00e1v\u011b ze Stoke do Evertonu za rekordn\u00ed sumu v roce 1982 zam\u00ed\u0159il \u00fato\u010dn\u00edk Adrian Heath, jeho\u017e stejn\u00fdm sm\u011brem o dva roky pozd\u011bji n\u00e1sledoval z\u00e1lo\u017en\u00edk Paul Bracewell. Na sklonku sv\u00e9 kari\u00e9ry si potom vyzkou\u0161el kr\u00e1tk\u00e9 p\u016fsoben\u00ed na Britannia Stadium legend\u00e1rn\u00ed brank\u00e1\u0159 Neville Southall. Ostatn\u00edmi dv\u011bma g\u00f3lmany, kte\u0159\u00ed si zachytali za oba kluby jsou Steve Simonsen a Carlo Nash, jen\u017e do Stoke zam\u00ed\u0159il v l\u00e9t\u011b. Zbyl\u00fdmi hr\u00e1\u010di, kte\u0159\u00ed figuruj\u00ed v z\u00e1pisech obou celk\u016f jsou obr\u00e1nce Mick Pejic a k\u0159\u00eddeln\u00edci Peter Beagrie s Mickey Thomasem.<\/p>\n M\u011bs\u00edc a p\u016fl. T\u00e9m\u011b\u0159 p\u0159esn\u011b tak dlouho ji\u017e uplynulo od posledn\u00ed por\u00e1\u017eky, kdy Blues ostudn\u011b podlehli Newcastlu. Od poloviny z\u00e1\u0159\u00ed tak Everton proch\u00e1z\u00ed sout\u011b\u017e\u00ed bez v\u011bt\u0161\u00edch z\u00e1drhel\u016f. Zakulatit neprohern\u00ed s\u00e9rii na \u010d\u00edslo p\u011bt proto nebude od v\u011bci, stejn\u00e9 cifry v leto\u0161n\u00ed sezon\u011b nav\u00edc m\u016f\u017ee dos\u00e1hnout ve velk\u00e9 form\u011b hraj\u00edc\u00ed Tim Cahill, kter\u00fd nejen\u017ee se \u010dty\u0159mi trefami v\u00e9vod\u00ed klubov\u00e9 tabulce st\u0159elc\u016f, ji\u017e jedin\u00fd g\u00f3l mu tak\u00e9 chyb\u00ed do hranice pades\u00e1ti branek v Premier League. O jistojist\u00e9 jubilanty ale tak\u00e9 nouze nebude. Stane se j\u00edm Phil Neville, kter\u00fd bude m\u00edt po z\u00e1pase odkop\u00e1no ji\u017e 600 utk\u00e1n\u00ed v kari\u00e9\u0159e, a tak\u00e9 Leighton Baines, jen\u017e v nejvy\u0161\u0161\u00ed sout\u011b\u017ei za Everton nastoup\u00ed post\u00e9.<\/p>\n St\u0159ede\u010dn\u00ed prohra v prodlou\u017een\u00ed Ligov\u00e9ho poh\u00e1ru na Upton Parku je t\u0159et\u00ed por\u00e1\u017ekou Potters v \u0159ad\u011b. Za nep\u0159\u00edznivou formou celku ze Staffordshire v\u011bz\u00ed n\u011bkolik faktor\u016f, nicm\u00e9n\u011b st\u011b\u017eovat si ve Stoke tak trochu mohou i na nep\u0159\u00edze\u0148 fotbalov\u00e9ho \u0161t\u011bst\u00ed. Ji\u017e sedmkr\u00e1t letos toti\u017e Potters rozezvonili brankovou konstrukci, zaru\u010den\u011b nej\u010dast\u011bji ze v\u0161ech t\u00fdm\u016f.<\/p>\n Do sestavy se pravd\u011bpodobn\u011b po jednoz\u00e1pasov\u00e9 pauze zavin\u011bn\u00e9 probl\u00e9my s kolenn\u00ed \u0161lachou vr\u00e1t\u00ed Mikel Arteta. Navr\u00e1tilcem v\u0161ak bude jedin\u00fdm. Mimo hru z\u016fst\u00e1v\u00e1 Victor Anichebe, Marouane Fellaini, Leon Osman a Jack Rodwell, a\u010dkoliv posledn\u011b jmenovan\u00fd ji\u017e tr\u00e9nuje a jeho n\u00e1vrat je ot\u00e1zkou nejbli\u017e\u0161\u00edch z\u00e1pas\u016f.<\/p>\n Tony Pulis mo\u017en\u00e1 bude nucen poskl\u00e1dat t\u00fdm bez t\u0159ech opor. S virem bojuje Kenwyne Jones, Matt Etherington i Jermaine Pennat. Jejich start, p\u0159\u00edpadn\u011b pozd\u011bj\u0161\u00ed \u00fa\u010dast v utk\u00e1n\u00ed, ov\u0161em rozhodn\u011b vylou\u010dena nen\u00ed. Dal\u0161\u00ed otazn\u00edky pak vis\u00ed nad Danny Collinsem a Ricardo Fullerem. Zcela jist\u011b nenastoup\u00ed Sidibe, jen\u017e l\u00e9\u010d\u00ed dlouhodob\u00e9 zran\u011bn\u00ed achillovky.<\/p>\n Everton:<\/strong> Howard, Mucha, Neville, Hibbert, Jagielka, Distin, Duffy, Heitinga, Baines, Coleman, Arteta, Pienaar, Gueye, Bilyaletdinov, Cahill, Beckford, Yakubu, Saha, Baxter<\/p>\n Stoke City:<\/strong> Sorensen, Begovi\u0107, Huth, Faye, Collins, Higginbotham, Wilson, Shawcross, Delap, Wilkinson, Etherington, Pennant, Whelan, Pugh, Walters, Tuncay, Gudjohnsen, Jones<\/p>\n Vyda\u0159en\u00e9mu \u0159\u00edjnu bude z\u00e1hodno p\u0159idat onu t\u0159e\u0161ni\u010dku dal\u0161\u00edm v\u00edt\u011bzstv\u00edm. Na Goodison Park doraz\u00ed Potters, c\u00edlem proto nen\u00ed nic men\u0161\u00edho, ne\u017e…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":25543,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[],"class_list":["post-3314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-zapasy"],"yoast_head":"\nHistorie soupe\u0159e<\/strong><\/h4>\n
Z\u00e1pasov\u00e1 fakta<\/strong><\/h4>\n
Everton<\/strong><\/h4>\n
Stoke City<\/strong><\/h4>\n
Vz\u00e1jemn\u00e1 bilance<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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Absence<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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