Coach Jaroslav Šilhavy’s men have a two-point advantage over their opponents in the second place of the table, and they only need a draw in the last game of the year to advance directly to the championship next year. The representatives do not intend to rely on a draw and want to defeat the outsider, with whom they broke up without goals in Chisinau in March, in front of a sold-out stadium. The Moldovans are aiming for their first participation in the final tournament.
The outsider from the post-Soviet republic loses two points from the fourth place in the group to the Czech Republic after Friday’s 1:1 draw with leader Albania, and only a sensational victory would ensure his progress. The third Poles are already out of the game. If Šilhavé’s men were to fail and suffer a defeat at Hané, they would face a playoff for the championship, which they are already certain at worst.
Captain Tomáš Souček will be available to Šilhavé, who suffered a head injury in Poland after being accidentally kicked by an opponent in a duel. The 28-year-old midfielder scored the last two goals of the Czech national team in a win over the Faroe Islands and a draw in Poland.
The atmosphere in the team was marked by the night incident in Olomouc after the team moved from Warsaw on Saturday. Experienced players Brabec, Coufal and Kuchta broke the rules of the national team by going to a disco on Hané, where they stayed until the early hours of the morning, and subsequently had to leave the team. All three were in the starting line-up against Poland.
2023-11-20 09:39:09
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