Nedved set to end international retirement

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懂捷克文的可以去他官網看最新一則，應該就是歸隊的消息。以下是Fifa官網看到的 http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/051014/6/4yw3.html Former Czech Republic captain Pavel Nedved said Friday that he was ready to come out of retirement to help the national team reach the 2006 finals. The 2003 European Footballer of the Year retired from international football after the 2004 European championships. But the 33-year-old midfielder said he was ready to return for their play-off matches against Norway on November 12 and 16 in a bid to get their ticket to Germany 2006. "Even if it's just for these two games I would be happy if I could help my country," said Nedved. According to his agent Zdenek Nehoda, Nedved has already spoken about his eventual return to national coach Karel Bruckner. Nedved's international teammates welcomed the decision of the midfielder, who has 83 caps and scored 17 goals for the national side. "It's great news, he's going to help us a lot. At the same time it's bad news for our rivals because there aren't a lot of European Footballers of the Year around," said midfielder Karel Poborsky, who has 109 caps. Nedved has not played internationally since the 2004 Euro Championship in Portugal, where he suffered a knee injury in the 1-0 semi-final loss to Greece. Nedved extended his contract with Juventus this summer through 2008. If he returns he will follow in the footsteps of France's Zinedine Zidane and Luis Figo of Portugal, both former European Footballers of the Year who came out of retirement to lift their national teams into the World Cup final. Nedved has competed in three European championship finals - runners-up in 1996 and semi-finals in 2004 - but has never competed in a World Cup. The Czech Republic last competed in the FIFA World Cup finals in 1990 in Italy as the former Czechoslovakia, losing in the quarter-finals to Germany. -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 220.135.9.20 ※ 編輯: flighto 來自: 220.135.9.20 (10/15 12:04)