Rosický pulled out of the Czech Rep. NT

By: Méd'a | May 10th, 2008 | No Comments »

At last night’s press conference(note:in the Czech language), Arsenal FC midfielder Tomáš Rosický officially announced his declinature from the Czech Republic national team for European Championship 2008.

The main cause of his declination is his long-lasting hamstring problem which started torturing him since the FA Cup match Arsenal FC - Newcastle United back in January.

The “Little Mozart” has been receiving medical treatment in Prague since March under permission of Arsenal FC’s topsiders, however, he has made a new decision to undergo surgical operation in London, UK next Tuesday, which is likely to get him out of the pitch at least for 2 months and naturally leads to the declination from the EURO2008 squad.

For his replacement, Rosický positively named Jan Polák(RSC Anderlecht), Jaroslav Plašil(CA Osasuna), Marek Matějovský(Reading FC), and David Jarolím(1. FC Nürnberg), adding possibility of the second comeback of Pavel Nedvěd(Juventus Turin) as one of the options left for the trainter Mr. Karel Brückner and the entire Czech squad.

Temporary captaincy will be taken either by ACF Fiorentina defender Tomáš Ujfalsi(ACF Fiorentina) or by Chelsea FC goalkeeper Petr Čech(Chelsea FC).

Tags: Czech Republic, Tomáš Rosický, injury, EURO 2008, group A, Euro 2008

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