Czeching-in as German second-string let in three

CZECH REPUBLIC booked their spot in next summer’s European Championships last night with a 3-0 victory over Germany in Munich.

The hosts had already qualified for the 2008 spectacle but gave up the lead at the top of Group D with the defeat — the three-time European champions’ first loss in European qualifying in nine years.

Libor Sionko gave the visitors a second-minute lead before Marek Matejovsky added a second midway through the first half. Jaroslav Plasil scored a third just after the hour mark to complete the victory.