Slavia heroes named to national squad for upcoming qualifiers

The head of the national football team, Karel Bruckner, has named Slavia Prague's Champions League qualification heroes, striker Stanislav Vlcek and goalkeeper Martin Vaniak, to the squad for upcoming Euro 2008 qualifiers against San Marino and Ireland. Vlcek scored a brace of goals against Ajax on Wednesday night, putting Slavia into the Champions League group stages for the first time. In the same game, Vaniak pulled off a string of spectacular saves. The Czechs play minnows San Marino away on September 8th and host qualification rivals Ireland four days later.