One of the players that made history for the Czechs is, without a doubt, Karel Poborsky.

“The national team is a closed chapter to me,” the 34-year-old told Czech Television. “Now I am only a fan.”
The 2006 FIFA World Cup™ in Germany marked the final appearance on the international stage for the most capped Czech […]

Karel Bruckner tries to look for reasons for his team’s early sent off, but the result stays: Czech Republic goes home, Italy goes through.

Karel BRUCKNER (CZE)
We didn’t make the most of our set-pieces. Football is a game where you have to find solutions and it’s difficult to change the game with ten against 11. Jan […]

Italy is qualified, Czech Republic goes home. Who wouldhave thought?

Marco MATERAZZI (ITA), Budweiser Man of the Match
I’ve often come in for criticism and not always fairly, so I think today was a bit of divine justice. I came on for Alessandro Nesta, who for me is the best defender in the world, and I scored […]

Czech Republic is out of the World Cup after losing 2-0 to Italy! The results combined tonight to eliminate Czech Republi, the 2nd place in the FIFA nations chart.
The biggest surprise of the World Cup so far is, without a doubt, Ghana. Ghana qualified to the final 16 following a win over Czech Republic (2-0) […]

Important matches should be carefully refereed. Let’s hope no major mistakes will occur.

Match 41
CZECH REPUBLIC-ITALY
22.06.2006
HAMBURG
Referee: ARCHUNDIA Benito (MEX)
Assistant Referee 1: RAMIREZ Jose (MEX)
Assistant Referee 2: VERGARA Hector (CAN)
Fourth Official: RUIZ Oscar (COL)
Fifth Official: NAVIA Jose (COL)
Match 42
GHANA-USA
22.06.2006
NUREMBERG
Referee: MERK Markus (GER)
Assistant Referee 1: SCHRAER Christian (GER)
Assistant Referee 2: SALVER Jan-Hendrik (GER)
Fourth Official: KAMIKAWA Toru (JPN)
Fifth Official: […]

Shocking result: Czechs lost 2-0 to World Cup debutants Ghana. Do you even have doubts about reactions?

Karel BRUCKNER (CZE)
Firstly congratulations to the Ghana team. We don’t take injury and tiredness as excuses for our defeat because our opponents played splendid attacking football today. We made defensive errors and our rivals looked constantly dangerous with their […]

Czech Republic and Ghana have finished 2-0. But, not for the Czechs, as expected, but for Ghana. A surprise? It is the least we can say.

Michael ESSIEN (GHA), Budweiser Man of the Match
I’m very happy that we’ve won our first game and that we scored twice. We felt no fear before the match. Their goalkeeper […]

Unfortuantely I haven’t had time to see the games in their entirety, with the exception of Portugal - Iran.
When I got home, I couldn’t believe my eyes: Ghana beat Czech Republic 2-0 and Italy draws with USA: 1-1 in a game that saw the most eliminations in the World Cup so far: 3.
Things got way […]

Ghana and Czech Republic: two teams that have totally different expectations from the game. Ghana wants to at least make a point, while a point would be almost similar to a defeat for the strong Czech team.

How things stand:
In the view of many observers, the Czech Republic performed as impressively as anyone in the […]

Koller went out injured in the match the Czechs played against USA. Though initially thought to be a bad and nasty injury, the later news proved they were not as bad as it could have been.

The giant striker will only miss his next game, against Ghana, but he will almost be there on the pitch […]