Czechia boss says 'average' Ireland a typical island team

New Czechia manager Miroslav Koubek noted Ireland play with "enormous heart."

Czechis forward Adam Hlozek Pic: MICHAL CIZEK/AFP via Getty Images)

Czechia will be without injured striker Adam Hložek as they prepare to face an Ireland side which their new manager Miroslav Koubek has described as ‘average’.

In the week ticket allocations and prices were set for the World Cup playoff semi-final in Prague on March 26, Heimir Hallgrímsson’s Irish are receiving plenty of motivation to cause an upset.