I really wish clubs would release their players and we would go to the championship with the strongest team, says Suchopárek before the U21 European Championship

The Czech national twenty-one team won the qualification to the European Championships, which will be held in Georgia and Romania in the summer. Coach Jan Suchopárek has his biggest coaching challenge ahead of him, which he would like to turn into success. What are his feelings a few months before the tournament?

Coach Jan Suchopárek’s team finished the group stage in second place, three points behind England. It was certain that the Lions would face a difficult barrage.

The Czech footballers faced Iceland, which they defeated 2:1 away and defended a goalless draw at home in a nerve-wracking match, thus qualifying for the European Championship.

In November, also due to the cup matches of the top league, some of the mainstays did not show up for the reunion, so the friendly matches with Portugal and Norway ended in failure.

However, at least some of the youngsters who tried to fight for a place in the roster had a chance to prove themselves. “Now we will watch our players in the games, our top competition starts soon. In March we will have our last preparatory double match.

We will also communicate with the clubs about the release of players so that we will be in the strongest line-up ready not only for the two matches in March, but especially for the European Championship,” Suchopárek told the national team’s website.

The players have to earn their nomination especially by their performances in the spring. Realistically, there is a risk that some of the qualifying mainstays will not make the nomination if they stagnate in the spring.

“How the players perform in the spring part of the season will also be important. There are now some five months to go until the Euros and the form of the players is different at the moment,” the former Slavia player added.

What is the goal of the national team, which will play England, Germany and Israel during the group stage, going to the European Championship?

“Before each tournament or the beginning of the qualification cycle, we set a goal in front of us in the form of how the team should look at the end of that stage. To develop and to be able to play to the limit. There are several paths to this. It also depends on a piece of luck and form, which is hard to gauge now in January.

First and foremost, I really wish that clubs would release their players to us and we would go to the championship with the strongest team of our choice. Then there will be a great chance to fight for promotion from the group, which I think would be very interesting. In the playoffs, things happen in tournaments that are hard to predict…” he concluded.

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