Czech Republic-Armenia is a friendly and is played Tuesday at 8 p.m.: news, stats, likely lineups, predictions, live TV and streaming.
Ivan Hasek, the Czech Republic’s new selector for a few months, made his debut with a win. Thanks to a goal on a free kick by Fiorentina midfielder Antonin Barak, Schick and his teammates on Friday got the better of Haaland’s Norway, giving the “globetrotting” coach – in the course of his career he has even worked in Lebanon – his first success since agreeing to take over from the resigning Silhavy, who last November decided to leave despite qualifying for the European Championship.
The Czech Republic on the whole played better than the Norwegians in its first friendly match of 2024: it did not lose heart after going down in the first half hour, finding the equalizing goal almost immediately and then overturning the Scandinavians with ten minutes left (1-2). The federation has asked Hasek for a change of course: yes, because in the Euro 2024 qualifying campaign the Czechs did not impress at all, finishing second behind Albania and risking being overtaken on the last day by Poland. They will need to arrive in Germany prepared, since in the group, in addition to Portugal, there are tricky teams such as Turkey and one between Georgia and Greece (engaged in the final playoff). Hasek expects another convincing performance in the friendly with Armenia, fresh off a narrow loss to Kosovo (0-1). For the Caucasians, it was yet another setback: in fact, Oleksandr Petrakov’s men continue to postpone their appointment with victory, which has been missing since last June. Armenia failed to qualify for the European Championship: only eight points won in Group D, which also included Turkey, Wales, Croatia and Latvia.
The prediction
We hypothesize a round win by the Czech Republic, ready to take advantage of Armenia’s negative period, never winning in its last seven games and unable to keep its goal unbeaten for almost two years: at least two goals difference.
Czech Republic-Armenia
likely lineups.
REPUBLIC (4-2-3-1): Stanek; Doudera, Holes, Zima, Zeleny; Soucek, Krejci; Lingr, Barak, Hlozek; Schick.
ARMENIA (4-3-3): Cancarevic; K. Hovhannisyan, Andre Calisir, Haroyan, G. Harutyunyan; H. Harutyunyan, Bichakhchyan, Spertsyan; Briasco, Ranos, Zelarayan.
POSSIBLE RESULT: 3-0