Sverkos: I'm convinced we'll qualify

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Sverkos: I'm convinced we'll qualify

S77EFT 27/08/2009, 3:17 PM
The Vltava is at its most majestic as it flows through Prague. Even when the storm clouds gather, the river sweeps on its unruffled way, broad, stately and powerful.

How the football community in the Czech Republic wishes that same calm strength could be transposed on to the national team. In the light of a thoroughly disappointing 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa qualifying campaign and the need for closure on an urgently-required rejuvenation process, the team currently finds itself navigating an uncertain course through choppy waters.

The Czechs currently lie fifth in Group 3 of European Zone qualifying, with eight points from six matches. Only San Marino are doing worse, hardly the kind of achievement to set the bars and clubs in Prague and the rest of the country buzzing with chatter.