http://prague.tv/czech-football Featuring Soccer News From Sam Beckwith's Czechfootball Yahoo! Group Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:05:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Czechs made a bitterly disappointing start to their Euro 2012 qualifying campaign last night (Tuesday), losing at home to Lithuania in Olomouc, at a stadium where they previously had a 100-percent record. After falling behind to a goal scored on the counter-attack -- the very thing Czech coach Michal Bilek ... http://prague.tv/czech-football/?p=2171 The Czech national team begin their Euro 2012 qualifying campaign tonight (Tuesday), against Lithuania in Olomouc, hoping to put recent disappointments behind them. Czech captain Tomas Rosicky is set to start, despite missing training on Thursday and Friday because of a groin problem. The Czech captain, who was also struggling with a ... http://prague.tv/czech-football/?p=2167 Graffin Vlasim stay top, despite being held to a goalless draw by Slovan Varnsdorf. With Sparta's reserve team's game postponed until next month and Viktoria Zizkov and Tescoma Zlin both losing, Dukla Praha move up to second with a 2-0 win over Banik Most. The Gambrinus liga (first division) resumes next weekend ... http://prague.tv/czech-football/?p=2165 There are no topflight games this weekend because of the international break, but seven second division games go ahead as usual. Zenit Caslav's game against Sparta's reserve side has been postponed until next month, however, because seven members of the Sparta squad have been called up to the Czech Under-19 team. DRUHA ... http://prague.tv/czech-football/?p=2163 The Czech national team squad had a light training session in Prague 6-Strahov yesterday (Tuesday), ahead of next Tuesday's Euro 2012 against Lithuania. The Czechs are due to travel to Olomouc, where the game's being played, by train tomorrow and will play a warm-up game against Sigma Olomouc on Friday. Five members ... http://prague.tv/czech-football/?p=2161 Ending a run of three consecutive defeats, Sparta Praha responded to talk of a crisis with a 5-0 win away to Brno, who remain bottom of the table. This was the last Gambrinus liga game before the international break. Following the national team's Euro qualifier against Lithuania (next Tuesday in Olomouc), ... http://prague.tv/czech-football/?p=2159 Viktoria Plzen go four points clear after winning 3-0 in Ceske Budejovice yesterday (Sunday). The only other unbeaten Gambrinus liga team, second-placed Sigma Olomouc, were held to a 1-1 draw away to Slavia. After a dismal start, Teplice moved up to fifth after winning 1-0 in Ostrava. Teplice have won three in ... http://prague.tv/czech-football/?p=2156 GROUP F CSKA Moskva (Russia) Palermo (Italy) Sparta Praha Lausanne (Switzerland) http://prague.tv/czech-football/?p=2154 League leaders Viktoria Plzen travel to that other great Czech brewing city, Ceske Budejovice, on Sunday for a potentially difficult game. Like Plzen, Dynamo Ceske Budejovice are unbeaten so far this season -- even if Budejovice have drawn five of their six games -- and are expected to give defender Roman ... http://prague.tv/czech-football/?p=2152 Sparta's slim chances of reaching the Champions League's group phase vanished last night following a 1-0 loss to Zilina, and the Prague side now go into the Europa League. If an early goal from Zilina's Gambian striker Momodou Ceesay hadn't already decided the contest, Jiri Kladrubsky's failure to convert a 54th-minute ... http://prague.tv/czech-football/?p=2149