Czech Cup Fever in Havlíčkův Brod
The teams warm up before the game. Now a few days have passed following a somewhat disappointing result 'away' at Artis Brno, the footballing schedule waits for no man, and we're immediately back on the road again. This time, we're actually leaving Srbska, and even Brno for Havlíčkův Brod, as the MOL Cup enters the first round stage. Technically it's the third round of matches, though the first stage of the competition is the preliminary stage involving two rounds, in which teams as low as the fifth tier have the opportunity to enter the tournament proper. To my knowledge, it's usually teams that end up winning their respective regional fifth tier cup. The second preliminary round sees teams from the third tier enter, and to my knowledge, there haven't been any major upsets here. In fairness, I wouldn't know a major upset given the sheer array of teams in this round, with my knowledge below the second tier only really encompassing Moravia, and Silesia to...