Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Sat, 25 Jul 2026 14:36:43 +0200https://english.radio.cz/petr-cech-seen-fighting-chelsea-place-8286733© 2026 Radio Prague International After lots of speculation, the goalkeeper for the Czech national soccer team, Petr Čech, found himself on the bench during Chelsea’s first game of the new season on Monday, replaced by the young Belgian keeper Thibaut Courtois. Čech was the team’s first-choice keeper from the time he joined the club in 2004 and has helped Chelsea win three League titles and one Champions League, among other trophies. I asked Karel Häring, a football specialist for Deník Sport, why he thought Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho had decided to drop Petr Čech: encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/cech_petr2_1.jpg?timestamp=1591364783 https://english.radio.cz/petr-cech-seen-fighting-chelsea-place-8286733 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9