Czech football icon Pavel Nedved says he has every faith in his nation’s ability to get past Ireland in a World Cup play-off in March and go all the way to the finals in North America. And while he admits that the current crop are short on the stellar names he played with like Poborsky and Baros, he says the present squad are good enough to compete with Ireland.

Source: Irish Independent January 26, 2026 16:56 UTC