Football: Čech to miss Wednesday friendly

Czech football goalie Petr Čech – the starter for the national squad – will miss next Wednesday’s friendly against Latvia as he is still not 100 percent fit, after injuring a calf muscle in July. The news was confirmed by former player turned manager Vladimír Šmicer. National team coach Michal Bílek has called up Jan Laštůvka – who plays for the Ukranian club Dnipropetrovsk to take Čech’s place.