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Not even 4-5 months on the sidelines could stop Adam Hložek, the most dominant Czech teenager since forever. Five MotM honours from Deník Sport as well as their average mark of 6.9 led the team, while he contributed to an incredible 27 goals out of the 53 he was on the pitch for (ie. 50.9%), celebrating every 28.5 minutes.

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The summer before, I wondered whether his hefty pricetag was justified. Turns out a fully healthy Dávid Hancko absolutely can move the needle, both as a centre back and a left back, grading out as 7th, 5th, 7th and 1st in all four areas of one centre back’s game. Complete.

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In a Ladislav Krejčí snub, I went with the man who made the remarkable turnaround happen. Haraslín wasn’t part of the early-season struggles, mostly really participating on 21-game-long Sparta’s unbeaten streak. On the first try, his pair of assists helped to silence revolting Pardubice; on the fourth try, he posted 1+1 to slash Slovácko; on the fifth try, he knocked out Budějovice with a sole goal of the last autumn game...

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A collective triumph of the formidable triumvirate. Kuchta landed a helping hand to the most goals (33 when you count indirect contributions), Haraslín and Birmančević were the only Sparta players per my models who dominated the most on their positions. Who then? The closing argument: 16 of Birmančević’s 27 points coming in close game states.

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What could've been, had Lukáš Haraslín managed to make himself available for more than just the 44.7% of the time? In just over 15.5 appearances, Haraslín got shortlisted for the official Team of the Week twelve times, delivered as many vital goals as Šulc (8), almost as many goal contributions as Matěj Vydra (16 to 17), fetching marginally less expected points (11.5) than Ewerton or Chorý.