Czech National Team’s EURO 2022 Preparations: Young Talents & Squad Updates

Under normal circumstances, national team coach Jaroslav Šilhavý could select several interesting young men from the twenty-one and test them in Montenegro. The date and opponent would be ideal for that. “Of course it would be offered, the boys could show off,” admitted Šilhavý at Friday’s nomination press conference.

But the EURO 2012 is approaching, where the Czech team will face a tough group with England, Germany and Israel. The Lions will play their first match on June 22, i.e. five days after the qualifying battle of A in the Faroe Islands and two days after the stop in Montenegro.

While in March, Šilhavý borrowed namesakes David, Matěj Jurásk, Martin Vitík and Tomáš Čvančara from the twenty-one, this time he pointed to only one of them. “With Honza Suchopárek, we only agreed on David Jurásk, we left the rest to him,” Šilhavý said.

The dynamic left back Jurásek was one of Slavist’s mainstays in the last season, and there is talk of interest from foreign addresses. He also got excited during his debut in the national team, when he scored a goal for his teammate Čvančar from the 21st team right from the edge of the qualifying prologue with Poland.

Now Jurásek belongs to the group of players who only travel to the Faroe Islands with Šilhavé’s team. After returning, he and five other fighters will detach from the expedition in Prague. In theory, he could also pursue a trip to Georgia, but coach Suchopárek already said in March: “It is out of the question that the players who will be in the A team would go to the European Championship with us.” Does he insist? See you on Monday , Slavia’s point of view is also key, of course.

It can be expected that on June 19, the mainstays from the successful qualification, led by goalkeeper Matěj Kovář, stopper Vitík and captain Filip Kaloč from Baník, will board the plane to Batumi. And one more hot topic: will Spartan striker Tomáš Čvančara fit into the nomination? He has had the season of his life, but at the end of the spring he did not play for a month due to muscle problems. In the league farewell with Pilsen, he surprisingly started for the final eight minutes and may eventually be available for the twenty-first team, for which he has started only three times so far.