Hušek rejoins Czech contingent

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The AC Sparta Praha midfielder was omitted from the squad in the autumn after he disappeared for several days before the UEFA European Under-21 Championship play-off against Bosnia-Herzegovina, but Škorpil has now forgiven the 23-year-old, saying: "I had to show him that he is not indispensable, but the bitterness is gone and he is part of the squad again."

Youngsters excused
The Czechs will play Slovenia and the winners of Portugal's match against Estonia on 6 and 8 February respectively. Škorpil has decided to do without younger players Michal Švec, Petr Janda and Tomáš Necid, all from SK Slavia Praha, as well as Jan Blažek from FC Slovan Liberec, saying: "They are practising for the FIFA U-20 World Cup and we don't want to disturb their training. However they could be in the squad for [this summer's finals in] the Netherlands."

Czech Republic squad
Goalkeepers: Josef Kubásek (FC Baník Sokolov), Zdenek Zlámal (FC Zlín).

Defenders: Josef Kaufman (FK Teplice), Jirí Kladubský (SK Dynamo Ceské Budéjovice), Martin Klein (FK Teplice), Martin Knakal (Skoda Xanthi FC), Martin Latka (SK Slavia Praha), Daniel Pudil (FC Slovan Liberec).

Midfielders: Tomáš Frejlach (FC Slovan Liberec), Mario Holek (1. FC Brno), Luboš Hušek (AC Sparta Praha), Tomáš Jirsák (FK Teplice), František Rajtoral (FC Baník Ostrava), Ladislav Volešák (SK Dynamo Ceské Budejovice).

Forwards: Martin Fillo (FC Viktoria Plzen), Jan Holenda (FC Slovan Liberec), Daniel Kolár (AC Sparta Praha), Michal Papadopulos (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).