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Sparta Prague midfielder Hugo Sochurek was included successful the Czech Republic squad for the World Cup aft helium became the youngest subordinate for the nationalist squad successful a warmup crippled against Kosovo.
The Czechs won 2-1 and 17-year-old Sochurek came connected arsenic a substitute connected Sunday (May 31, 2026). Immediately aft the game, manager Miroslav Koubek chopped his archetypal enactment of 29 to the last 26.
FC Cincinnati midfielder Pavel Bucha, Mladá Boleslav guardant Christophe Kabongo and Viktoria Plzen midfielder Tomáš Ladra didn't marque the last cut.
"Probably the worst infinitesimal of my coaching career," said Koubek, the 74-year-old veteran.
In bully quality for the Czechs, attacking midfielder Adam Hložek of Hoffenheim, who has precocious recovered from semipermanent calf and ft injuries, returned to the squad to play his archetypal crippled for the nationalist squad since June and scored a goal.
The 23-year-old has played 42 planetary games, scoring 5 times.
The squad was scheduled to permission for the United States aboriginal Sunday to play 1 much warmup against Guatemala successful New Jersey connected June 4.
The squad mainstays included Lyon midfielder Pavel Šulc, Bayer Leverkusen striker Patrik Schick and West Ham midfield Tomáš Soucek.
Koubek besides included 2 Slavia Prague players — guardant Tomáš Chorý and defender David Doudera — who were suspended for disciplinary reasons by the nine for the remainder of the play and transfer-listed.
During the World Cup, the Czechs volition beryllium based successful Mansfield, Texas.
They volition unfastened the tourney co-hosted by the United States, Mexico and Canada against South Korea connected June 11 successful Guadalajara, Mexico. Their different Group A opponents are South Africa (Atlanta, June 18) and Mexico (Mexico City, June 25).
The Czechs qualified for the World Cup for the archetypal clip since 2006.
Squad
Goalkeepers: Lukáš Hornícek (Braga), Matej Kovár (PSV Eindhoven), Jindrich Stanek (Slavia Prague).
Defenders: Vladimír Coufal (Hoffenheim), David Doudera (Slavia Prague), Tomáš Holeš (Slavia Prague), Robin Hranác (Hoffenheim), Štepán Chaloupek (Slavia Prague), David Jurásek (Slavia Prague), Ladislav Krejcí (Wolverhampton), Jaroslav Zelený (Sparta Prague), David Zima (Slavia Prague).
Midfielders: Lukáš Cerv (Viktoria Plzen), Vladimír Darida (Hradec Králové), Lukáš Provod (Slavia Prague), Michal Sadílek (Slavia Prague), Hugo Sochurek (Sparta Prague), Alexandr Sojka (Viktoria Plzen), Tomáš Soucek (West Ham), Pavel Šulc (Lyon), Denis Višinský (Viktoria Plzen).
Forwards: Tomáš Chorý (Slavia Prague), Adam Hložek (Hoffenheim), Mojmír Chytil (Slavia Prague), Jan Kuchta (Sparta Prague), Patrik Schick (Bayer Leverkusen).
