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Slavia tighten grip with Chinese money

After 301 days, Bohemians achieved what no other club in the Czech league had done: they beat Slavia Prague.

The reigning Czech champions emerged from the midwinter break with 17 wins and three draws in the first half of the season. Buoyed by Chinese owners and led by coach Jindrich Trpisovsky, Slavia are too good for the rest of the Czech league. Or they were. Shorn of a host of influential players, Slavia struggled to overcome a dogged Bohemians side backed by the usual cacophony of smoke bombs and drums in their crumbling Dolicek stadium. After a goalmouth scramble, Jan Vodhanel stabbed home for a 1-0 win.

“We did what Barcelona could not and we scored at home against Slavia,” laughs Martin Kurka, Bohemians’ gregarious supporter liaison officer.

Slavia only picked up two points in this season’s Champions League – one

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