Koller says one-off return to Czech football team a possibility

Footballer Jan Koller has said he would consider coming out of international retirement to play a World Cup qualifier against Slovakia in September. Koller, who holds the Czech goals record with 55 international goals, said he might play if three strikers “banned” by the Czech football association had not returned to the squad by then. In an interview for the newspaper Sport, he said he would definitely not play in the rest of the Czechs’ world cup qualifying campaign. Winning the Slovakia game is seen as the last realistic chance the Czech Republic have of keeping alive their hopes of reaching South Africa next year.