Czechs show Bulgaria no mercy
Friday, October 5, 2001
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Bulgaria’s hopes of reaching next week’s UEFA European Under-21 Championship play-off draw suffered a severe set-back when they were thrashed 8-0 by the Czech Republic, who were already safely through as Group Three winners.
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Bulgaria’s hopes of reaching next week’s UEFA European Under-21 Championship play-off draw suffered a severe set-back when they were thrashed 8-0 by the Czech Republic, who were already safely through as Group Three winners.
Significant
The result in Teplice was not enough to deprive Bulgaria of second place in the group; however, with only the best seven of the nine group runners-up qualifying for the play-off, all results against the top four teams in each group are significant.
Seven different scorers
Lukas Zelenka (after 13 minutes), Martin Horak (23, 56), Rudolf Skacel (26), Jiri Kaufman (35), Libor Zurek (66), Vaclav Drobny (69) and David Kobylik (75) all got on the scoresheet for the hosts.