Our prediction for this match:
Czech Republic will be aiming to build on a hard-fought 2-1 win over Norway when they face Armenia in yet another warm-up game. The Czechs want to prepare for the upcoming EURO 2024 finals in the best way possible and we are positive that they will take Tuesday’s friendly very seriously. Bayer Leverkusen striker Patrik Schick could be given a rest, with Plzen man Tomas Chory being ready to step up.
Fiorentina midfielder Antonin Barak is pushing for a start as well after scoring the winner as a substitute against Norway. The Armenians, on the other hand, failed to impress in a 1-0 loss to Kosovo and given their difficulties on the road, anything but a routine home win would be a big surprise. To make things even worse for the away team, goalkeeper Stanislav Buchnev suffered an injury in the last friendly game.
Highlighted Team (Czech Republic):
Czech Republic national team is the natural successor of the Czechoslovakia side that dominated world football during the 20th century, winning one European Championship trophy and coming second at 1934 and 1962 World Cups. After the separation of the country in 1992, Czech Republic continued the proud tradition by qualifying for each of the next six European Championship finals, losing to Germany in the final of the 1996 tournament.
The Czechs also reached the last eight at the 2012 finals, but their World Cup record of late is pretty disappointing. Since separating from Slovakia, Czech Republic only qualified for one of five World Cup finals. The 1996 generation, featuring players like Pavel Nedved, Karel Poborsky and Patrik Berger, will forever remained etched in the fans’ memory, while the likes of Milan Baros, Jan Koller, Petr Cech and Tomas Rosicky are some of the other notable footballers.
Highly rated goalkeeper Petr Cech is the team’s most capped player, whereas towering forward Jan Koller tops the goalscoring charts with 55 strikes in 91 games.