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.

Off came Milan Baros and on went Tomas Pekhart. The switch caused the biggest cheer of the night, and as Baros trundled towards the bench, the cheers grew louder.

They may have been directed at Baros, but they were not for him: almost everyone in Prague’s Letna Stadium was jeering him.