Italy coach Marcello Lippi
How the Czech Republic fare will depend greatly on whether (Jan) Koller recovers. He makes space in which his team-mates can attack. Without him they’ll have to rely on speed.
USA coach Bruce Arena
“Are we ready yet to win a World Cup? I don’t think so, but I think we’re ready to compete [...]

Since I am merely a guest blogger until Wendy returns from her much deserved vacation, I can stir up a little trouble, get you all to hate me and then leave for higher ground. With that plan fully in place, I’m ready to tell all the Czech Republic fans out there that your team [...]

It looked a bit gruesome when it happened, but the injury to keeper Petr Cech is not that bad. During Chelsea’s match with Everton, the Czech number one collided with his own teammate William Gallas and went down hard. “I went for the ball and I felt the pain and at first I [...]

If manager Cris Coleman has his way, Rudi Skacel might be headed to Fulham next season. Coleman reportedly is interested in acquiring the Czech midfielder, who has been loaned to Hearts this season from Marseille. Skacel has had a very nice year in Scotland, scoring 16 times in 31 matches. In my [...]

Milan Baros might just be his harshest critic. The Aston Villa striker says that this has been his worst season in England despite scoring 12 goals in 26 starts. Baros said: “It’s been frustrating for me because I’ve had some injuries which have held me back. It’s never easy to be out of [...]

While our intrepid Czech blogger Wendy takes a very well deserved vacation I’ll fill in with a post about her favorite player Milan Baros. The magical one looked absolutely outstanding today by scoring a double in Aston Villa’s 3-1 win against Birmingham. He’ll have a lot of pressure riding on him this summer, [...]

Apparently the only reference to a nickname for the Czech football team is “The Locomotive”.
Let’s hope they perform better than a Skoda.

1 GK CECH Petr – (Chelsea, ENG)
2 DF GRYGERA Zdenek – (Ajax, NED)
3 DF MARES Pavel – (Zenit St Petersburg, RUS)
4 MF GALASEK Tomas – (Ajax, NED)
5 MF KOVAC Radoslav – (Spartak Moscow, RUS)
6 DF JANKULOVSKI Marek – (AC Milan, ITA)
7 MF SMICER Vladimir – (Bordeaux, FRA)
8 MF POBORSKY Karel – (Ceske Budejovice, CZE)
9 FW [...]