Former Liverpool midfielder Vladimir Smicer has admitted defeat in his battle to make the World Cup.
The 33-year-old’s hamstring injury has been improving only slowly and today he conceded he would not be fit for the first World Cup finals the Czechs have reached since splitting with Slovakia.
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