Archive for March, 2007

Grygera Out for Rest of Season + News

Friday, March 30th, 2007

GRYGERA OUT FOR REST OF SEASON
Zdenek Grygera will be out action for at least a month and a half after injuring his knee in Wednesday’s Euro qualifier against Cyprus.
The Ajax defender has torn cartilage in his left knee and will now miss the rest of the Dutch league season.
It’s still to be decided [...]

Weekend Fixtures

Friday, March 30th, 2007

GAMBRINUS LIGA 2006/07
20TH ROUND
SATURDAY, MARCH 31ST, 2007
Slovacko vs. Dynamo Ceske Budejovice (7pm)
SUNDAY, APRIL 1ST, 2007
Viktoria Plzen vs. Tescoma Zlin (3pm)
Kladno vs. Banik Ostrava (5pm)
Jablonec vs. Marila Pribram (5pm)
SIAD Most vs. Teplice (5pm)
Brno vs. Slovan Liberec (5pm)
Sigma Olomouc vs. Slavia Praha (8:15pm) — Live on CT4
MONDAY, APRIL 2ND, 2007
Sparta Praha vs. Mlada Boleslav (5:15pm) — Live [...]

Czech Press Calls on Bruckner to Quit + News

Thursday, March 29th, 2007

CZECH PRESS CALLS ON BRUCKNER TO QUIT
Yesterday’s narrow victory over Cyprus has done little to improve the Czech national team’s image in the media, with several newspapers today calling on coach Karel Bruckner to resign.
The country’s two best-selling newspapers, Blesk and Mlada fronta Dnes, share the same headline: “Dekujeme, odejedete” — roughly, “Thank You, Now [...]

Euro 2008 Qualifier – Czech Republic 1, Cyprus 0

Thursday, March 29th, 2007

EURO 2008 QUALIFIERS
GROUP D
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28TH, 2007
Czech Republic 1, Cyprus 0
Half Time: 1-0
Goal: 21st Kovac
Attendance: 9,310
It wasn’t a happy day for the Czechs but a Radoslav Kovac header was enough to earn a 1-0 win in Liberec yesterday.
(Jan Koller appeared to get a touch on Kovac’s header, and was credited with the goal in [...]

Euro 2008 Qualifier – Czech Republic vs. Cyprus

Wednesday, March 28th, 2007

EURO 2008 QUALIFIERS
GROUP D
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28TH, 2007
Czech Republic vs. Cyprus (5:25pm)
Venue: Stadion U Nisy, Liberec
Czech TV Coverage: Live on TV Nova
Following Saturday’s loss to Germany and the scandal surrounding Tomas Ujfalusi’s birthday party later that night, the Czech Republic take on Cyprus in Liberec today.
Going with an attack-minded 4-3-2-1 formation, national team coach Karel [...]

Frejlach to Miss U-21 Euro Finals + News

Wednesday, March 28th, 2007

LIBEREC’S FREJLACH TO MISS U-21 EURO FINALS
Slovan Liberec player Tomas Frejlach must undergo an operation on the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee, and is expected to be out of action for around six months. The lay-off means that the midfielder will almost certainly miss the finals of the UEFA Under-21 Championship, which takes [...]

Czech Players Deny Prostitute Report + News

Tuesday, March 27th, 2007

EURO 2008 QUALIFIERS
CZECH PLAYERS DENY PROSTITUTE REPORT
The Czech squad have collectively been fined a million crowns over a party at the team’s Prague base following Saturday’s 2-1 loss to Germany.
According to a report in the Czech tabloid Sip, the squad got drunk and, in the early hours of the morning, five players — Tomas [...]

Weekend Second Division Results

Monday, March 26th, 2007

DRUHA LIGA (SECOND DIVISION) 2006/07
18TH ROUND
FRIDAY, MARCH 23RD, 2007
Vitkovice 1, Bohemians 1905 2
SATURDAY, MARCH 24TH, 2007
Trinec 2, Blsany 0
HFK Olomouc 2, Jihlava 1
SUNDAY, MARCH 25TH, 2007
Zizkov 3, Hradec Kralove 1
Usti nad Labem 1, Sokolov 1
Bystrc 0, Opava 1
TUESDAY, MARCH 27TH, 2007
Jakubcovice vs. Sigma Olomouc B (4pm)
Hlucin vs. Caslav (4pm)
SECOND DIVISION STANDINGS
MONDAY, MARCH 26TH, 2007
TOP FOUR
1st [...]

Report: Czech Players in Prostitute Scandal

Monday, March 26th, 2007

There are reports in the Czech media that national team coach Karel Bruckner has threatened to resign after five Czech players — Tomas Rosicky, Tomas Ujfalusi, Jan Polak, Martin Jiranek and Marek Cech — invited prostitutes to the team’s hotel room during a party on Saturday night celebrating Ujfalusi’s 29th birthday. The squad as a [...]

Bruckner Disappointed With Defence + News

Monday, March 26th, 2007

EURO 2008 QUALIFIERS
BRUCKNER DISAPPOINTED WITH DEFENCE
Karel Bruckner had harsh words for his team’s defensive performance at Saturday’s post-game press conference, and admitted that Germany deserved to win the game.
“We weren’t able to prevent fast moves on the left side, and had big problems there, like we did in the centre of defence,” the Czech coach [...]