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So, I think both of them were demanding. Yesterday, it turned around today. Yesterday we were fumbling in the first half, and today, I think on the contrary, we played the first half very well. We were on the ball more often, we were creating chances, but then in the second half it turned around and we came under pressure. There were lapses that shouldn't happen. Nevertheless, we are at the beginning of the season, and I saw that even the guys, physically, that these two matches so far, it's quite a lot after the summer preparation and after the start of the league, that some players were treading water, and I dare to say that we rotated the whole team, but it's definitely a valuable victory, the guys worked for it, and that's mainly why I'm glad that they worked for it and that they really, uh, went all out. I would say, even two valuable victories, because at the start of the season to beat a team like Finland twice, that's a really good start to the season. It's a very good start to the season, and again, for confidence, it's very good, and mainly I'm glad that the new guys, who are actually newcomers, even today, Špáná's first start from the beginning for the whole match. Adam Roula was great. I was very pleasantly surprised by his performance. Jirka Zápotocký had a great performance yesterday, he jumped into it today too, so I'm glad for these guys too, and it showed that we have a wider squad and that the guys can fight for it. Adam Rouela celebrated a goal right with you. Does it please the coach a lot when a player comes to high-five and hug the coach? Yes, it pleases him. Adam was relatively unknown in Czechia. I had been in contact with him for a long time on social media, and when the opportunity arose, we connected before this season, and I just wanted to see him. So, basically, nobody knew that such a player even existed, and I'm glad that he actually defended his nomination and that he showed himself in a very good light. The Finns came at you with an unusual tactical element. They regularly substituted their goalkeeper, and both goalkeepers troubled Michal Špáník quite unpleasantly, and yesterday Michal Hula as well. So, how can one react to something like that, and how did you solve it? Well, we were preparing for it from the very beginning. We saw in the qualification that the left-handed goalkeeper scored two goals against the Italians from his own half with direct shots. The guys knew it. It's hard to defend, it costs energy. We tried different variations, but I think in the end they didn't get anything out of it. But it's an unpleasant element, and when you have a goalkeeper who can shoot from his own half and still hit the target, it's really unpleasant, but the guys handled it well. One more word about David Drozd, who had his 100th start yesterday, 101st today, and scored in both matches. Yes, David is an experienced player. He is actually part of the team's core, and even though they arrived at the training camp in a somewhat gloomy mood from the start of the league, I think that over this week they have lifted their spirits, relaxed their minds a bit, cleared their heads, and I think they will now restart at the club level in Chrudim, that they will restart now, because I think it was a lapse that won't happen again. In October, you will host France in Ústí nad Labem. That's an opponent on another level. Yes, definitely. I think they might not run as much as the Finns, but they will be more technical. They will keep the ball a lot, and they are actually the fourth team from the World Championship and have made tremendous progress, and there are players who play in the best teams in Spain, and so it's an incredibly high-quality opponent, I would say, again on the level of Ukraine, but they play with a different style of game, so again, great preparation with a top team in the world. Thanks, we'll look forward to it, Cedaří. Thanks. Okay.