Person: Michal Bilek

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Defeat for Scots leaves McLeish on the brink

Scotland manager Alex McLeish claimed he was “pretty good at bouncing back” as he brushed off questions over his future in the wake of a 3-0 defeat in Kazakhstan.

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Ronaldo firedup for a fight

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Ronaldo: Portugal 'ready for the fight'

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Ronaldo does it his way

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Ronaldo secures semi-final place for Portugal

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Ronaldo has chance to grab Euros by scruff of the neck

Early Euro 2012 exit for co-hosts Poland

Czech Republic 1 Poland 0

Sat, 16 Jun, 2012

Rosicky faces race to be fit

Tomas Rosicky was today in a race against time to be fit for Czech Republic’s final European Championship Group A match against Poland tonight.

Sat, 16 Jun, 2012

Baros short of Czech mates

IT’S easy to be misled by scorelines.

Sat, 16 Jun, 2012

Czechs sweat on fitness of playmaker Rosicky and Cech

Czech Republic captain Tomas Rosicky’s latest injury concern threatens to derail a team that finally came up with a potent attacking display against Greece.

Thu, 14 Jun, 2012

Resurgent Czechs back in the groove

And we think we were living a nightmare against Croatia.

Wed, 13 Jun, 2012

Greeks facing defensive dilemma

Greece and the Czech Republic have defensive problems ahead of their Euro 2012 clash in Group A today with the Greeks missing their first-choice central defence and the Czechs desperate to plug a leaky back line.

Tue, 12 Jun, 2012

Greeks facing defensive dilemma

Tue, 12 Jun, 2012

Dzagoev on the double as Russia take control

Russia 4 Czech Republic 1

Fri, 08 Jun, 2012

Work, rest, or play the ultimate balancing act

Enough was enough.

Fri, 08 Jun, 2012

Cautious Trap plays it cool on McClean plans

Giovanni Trapattoni last night declared his belief in James McClean but dodged the question as to whether he will find a place in his European Championship squad for the young Sunderland winger.

Thu, 01 Mar, 2012

Trapattoni happy with performance

Giovanni Trapattoni was a satisfied man after seeing his Republic of Ireland team fight back to claim a hard-fought draw with the Czech Republic.

Wed, 29 Feb, 2012

Bad-boy Baros still the talk of Czech football

Applause rang out across the stadium when, just after the hour-mark of Czech Republic’s Euro 2012 qualifying defeat to Spain last October, coach Michal Bilek decided to make a change.

Wed, 29 Feb, 2012

Doyle and Fahey set to recover for Czech clash as Henderson gets call-up

Fulham’s Stephen Kelly is out of tomorrow’s friendly against the Czech Republic. And Portsmouth goalkeeper Stephen Henderson has been called into Giovanni Trapattoni’s squad to replace Kieran Westwood, who sustained a wrist injury in training yesterday.

Tue, 28 Feb, 2012

Cech and Rosicky in Czech squad for Aviva

Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech and Arsenal midfielder Tomas Rosicky were included in the Czech Republic squad for next week’s friendly against Ireland.

Wed, 22 Feb, 2012