Our prediction for this Nations League match:
Andruv stadion will be packed when Czech Republic and Georgia lock horns in a highly-anticipated Nations League game. Czech Republic are eager to clinch top position in the standings, but Tuesday’s clash will be anything but a walk in the park for the hosts. Both Tomas Soucek and Tomas Chory are banned for the match, while Bayer Leverkusen attacker Patrik Schick has been omitted.
The Georgians, on the other hand, aim to put an end to their three-game winless run in Group 1. Earlier in the process Georgia crushed Czech Republic 4-1 in Tbilisi, meaning that the hosts are hungry for revenge. As Ivan Hasek’s troops are a real force to be reckoned with at home, we do not believe that the visitors are capable of grabbing something from the match. As always, a man to watch in the away team will be Napoli superstar Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, who produced a fine performance in a 1-1 draw with Ukraine on Saturday.
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.