Baros blow for Czechs

Czech Republic striker Milan Baros has joined the injury list for the world’s second-ranked team.

The Aston Villa hitman had to be substituted in the first half of the last Czech friendly in Prague against Trinidad & Tobago after feeling a prickling sensation in his foot.

Team doctors have ordered the 24-year-old, who was top scorer in Euro 2004, to rest for two days.

He joins midfielders Tomas Rosicky and Tomas Galasek on the treatment table.

The Czechs will travel to Germany on Tuesday and their first World Cup match is scheduled on June 12 against USA in Gelsenkirchen.