Czechs complicate path to Euros with away loss to Albania

Czechia were beaten 3:0 in Albania on Thursday night in a qualifying game for football’s Euro 2024 competition. The Czechs played the whole of the second half with 10 men after Mojmír Chytil was sent off at the end of the first.

The result complicates their efforts to reach the European Championship. Albania lead the group on 13 points, ahead of Poland on nine. The Czechs are in third, on eight points, but have played one game fewer.