After winning the non-ardent first match against Switzerland, the Czech trainer Mr. Brückner and his squad reviewed videos of Portual squad matches and discussed the tactics for tonight. According to Mr. Brückner, they will stick to their basic 4-5-1 formation since there isn’t enough time left to make huge changes to the squad. However, he indicated that the Portguese tactics are predictable, and there’s a (IMO, “positive”) possibility to pull out Jan Koller and David Jarolím and add Milan Baroš and Marek Matějovský to replace them. YES! We don’t need a striker who doesn’t strike!

On the Portguese side, Deco announces his humble statement(<a href=”http://www.afp.com”AFP>: “The Czechs are the ones you better not undervalue. We wouldn’t make a mistake for getting our heads in the clouds more than we need. I show a great sense of respect to them paradoxically. It looks like a bit more difficult match than the previous game against Turkey. It means nothing to us the fact that Czechs won against Switzerland even though they had some problems.” Deco also adds, “We haven’t achieved anything yet, which means we are yet to be delighted.”

He also confesses that he is not in a 100% good shape as he had expected due to injuries he suffered during the last season in Barcelona. “My condition, I have to say, is likely to be perfect for the Turkey game, however, can’t say I’m fine for the Czech game.”

The probable starting line-up:

Portugal: Ricardo – Jose Bosingwa, Pepe, Ricardo Carvalho, Paulo Ferreira – Joao Moutinho, Petit, Cristiano Ronaldo, Deco, Simao Sabrosa – Nuno Gomes

Venue: Stade de Geneve, Geneva, Switzerland
Kick-off: 18 o’clock at local time

and of course, ČEŠI, DO TOHO!

Czech Republic(4-4-1-1?):

Čech

Grygera
Ujfaluši
Rozehnal
Jankulovski

Vlček
Polák
Plašil
Jarolím
Baroš

Koller

Lithuania(sorry but I don’t speak Lithuanian and didn’t do enough research so I only mention the players’ names in Czech. if interested, please visit:Lithuanian Football Association webste for more details):

Karčemarskas

Šemberas, Dedura, Alunderis, Skerla, Kučys, Danilevičius, Klimavičius, Česnauskis, Stankevičius, Poškus.

Česká Televize doesn’t show the match on any of their channels. Damn! Here’s the ticker on the Czech Republic FA website. It doesn’t automatically reload so you need to keep refreshing your browser.

ČEŠI, DO TOHO!!