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Manchester United loanee Radek Vitek saved a clear sheet towards Champions League outfit Purple Bull Salzburg as his FC Blau-Weiß Linz impressively beat them 2-0.
The house facet totally deserved their win as they’d 14 photographs on aim to their opposition’s 5.
Vitek’s facet needed to make do with little of the ball nonetheless, as they solely had 23% of possession however recurrently hit their blunt opponents on the counter assault.
The Czech keeper has settled into life properly in Austria and has performed a complete of 9 matches, solely lacking some video games resulting from damage earlier within the season.
The teenager, who was as soon as described as having an analogous model to Peter Schmeichel by The Athletic, had a quiet afternoon between the sticks and saved his fourth clear sheet for his new facet.
Vitek was given a rating of 6.8 by Sofascore given he didn’t should make any kind of save because the Champions League facet struggled to put a glove on the house staff on the Hofmann Private Stadion.
He had 22 touches of the ball and made 9 out of his 14 passes for a hit price of 64%. He additionally efficiently accomplished 5 out of his tried lengthy balls in the course of the recreation.
Like his time at Accrington Stanley final season, BW Linz are hardly a possession obsessed staff, so he has been unable to point out his consolation in possession on too many events this 12 months.
The 21 12 months previous additionally made two clearances in the course of the recreation.
Vitek can be delighted with the best way he as seamlessy returned to the primary staff after damage and has continued to rack up minutes for his new facet.
He will even be delighted to have the chance to tackle European high quality sides reminiscent of LASK and their opponents yesterday, who’ve simply come off a formidable 3-1 away victory over Feyenoord within the Champions League.
Vitek will subsequent be in motion when BW Linz host Grazer AK on Sunday the twenty fourth of November after the worldwide break.
