Hladky shoot-out heroics ‘written in the stars’ following death of best friend Sural

St Mirren boss Oran Kearney felt it was “written in the stars” that goalkeeper Vaclav Hladky would be the club’s penalty shoot-out hero in their Ladbrokes Premiership play-off win over Dundee United.

The 28-year-old Czech goalkeeper was left heartbroken last month after best friend Josef Sural was killed when his bus crashed after playing for Turkish club Aytemiz Alanyaspor.

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