Returnee Huebschmann named captain of untried Czech football squad

Tomáš Huebschmann will captain the Czech national football team in a friendly against Malta in Jablonec nad Nisou on Friday. The 27-year-old Shakhtar Donetsk defender last played for the Czech Republic four years ago, but is judged the most experienced player in a largely untried squad selected by coach František Straka. Straka was appointed in May; it is not clear if he will be kept on following the election of a new Czech football association executive later this month.