Aidan Fitzmaurice’s final wrap from Prague
Can a place that’s better known by locals as ‘Eden’ also be hell? That’s the question the Czech football nation has in mind for the evening when Heimir Hallgrimsson and his Ireland side visit the city in just 17 days’ time.
And there was a taste of that here in the home of Slavia Prague last night when the hosts endured trouble and strife for an hour. In fact, they were on the verge of disaster, before they turned it around to win a game that could define their year.