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Russia vs Czech Republic Prediction & Betting tips
In the Rostov Arena in Rostov, Russia and the Czech Republic will play a friendly match on Monday-evening. Both countries are currently each other’s opposites. Russia is on the rise, while Czech football is in a free fall.
Russia:
Russia surprisingly managed to reach the last eight of the World Cup as organizer this summer by finishing with the big Spain in the eighth finals. The euphoria holds for a while, as Sbornaya had a great start of the Nations League last Friday by winning 1-2 in and against Turkey thanks to goals by Denis Cheryshev and captain Artem Dzyuba. Russia played a strong game, so the national media was quite rightly laudatory.
All in all, we can say that Russia has managed to keep the strong World Cup shape. Especially Cheryshev and Dzyuba are excellent in shape, so that the Russians hardly feel the absence of support pillars like Aleksandr Golobin and the Miranchuk twins.
Czech Republic:
In the Czech Republic people are less enthusiastic about the national team. The days of Tomas Rosicky, Jan Koller, Peter Cech and of course Pavel Nedved are history. The country grabbed a starting permit for the World Cup and is currently building a new team. That goes with fits and starts, because last Thursday the country lost 1-2 to Ukraine for its own public.
The days of Tomas Rosicky, Jan Koller, Peter Cech and of course Pavel Nedved are a thing of the past, now Theodor Gebre Selassie, Pavel Kaderabek and Borek Dockal are the ones who have to pull the cart. Gebre Selassie and Kaderabek are only simple water carriers in the German Bundesliga and Dockal earns its living in the American MLS, a competition that is still far behind its big European counterparts. The biggest problem of the Czechs, however, is that the talent pond seems to have dried up. The only potential top player in the current selection is striker Patrick Schick, although last season he did no more than two goals on behalf of AS Roma in 22 gigs.
Russia vs Czech Republic head to head matches
01.06.16 FI Russia Czech Republic 1 : 2
08.06.12 EUR Russia Czech Republic 4 : 1
19.06.96 EUR Russia Czech Republic 3 : 3