Monday 11 June 2012

Scotland 0-5 Czech Republic

Midfielder Pozánek scored a treble to help Scots crumble to an embarrassing defeat

Czech Republic shocked the football community on all corners of the continent with a 5-0 thrashing of heavily favoured Scotland in Grozny - captain Marek Pozánek chipping in with the first hat-trick of EuroCup 12.

Marek Plájtl also scored a brace to defeat a Scottish side who had finished third at 2010's CSA World Cup.


Scotland: 1 Stuart McDonald; 2 Kris Dunleavy, 5 Iain Gregory, 4 John Jeffries, 3 Matt Ferguson; 7 Kevin MacRae, 6 Adam Partridge, 8 Gary McManus; 11 Aaron McLeod, 10 Craig Wisniewski, 9 Mark Danicoletta

Czech Republic: 16 Frantisek Fremcek; 2 Lubos Balásek, 13 Marek Radlinský, 5 Jiri Lenschmann, 3 Lubommir Zdenkovský; 4 Tomás Vladicek; 10 Robert Remcek, 8 Marek Pozánek, 14 Jiri Hlinka; 12 Marek Plájtl, 9 Petr Klimcek

Referee: Francisco Rojas Villalta (Spain)

Goals: Plájtl 32', 59', Pozánek 40', 45', 65'

Man of the Match: Marek Pozánek (Czech Republic)

Highlights: