The Czech Republic football coach, Jaroslav Silhavy, announced his resignation this Monday, a few minutes after the team qualified for the final phase of Euro 2024, by defeating Moldova 3-0.
“Although I am now living a happy moment, before the game I had already decided that I would not continue,” the 62-year-old coach revealed to Czech public television in an interview after the game.
Silhavy, who led the Czech team to the quarterfinals of the last European Championship, was criticized for the team’s poor performance in Group E, where they finished second behind Albania, after winning only four games out of a total of eight.
The Czech national team was also rocked by a scandal less than 48 hours before the decisive match against Moldova, when three internationals – Vladimir Coufal (West Ham), Jakub Brabec (Aris Salonica) and Jan Kuchta (Sparta Prague) – were excluded from the announcement. .group after spending the night from Saturday to Sunday in a nightclub.
The Albanian team finished first in Group E, with 15 points, the same as the Czech Republic, which came in second place, followed by Poland, with 11, Moldova, with 10, and the Faroe Islands, with two.
Source: TSF
