1.  Czech international goalkeeper Tomas Postulka has been given a show of faith by Sparta Prague coach Zdenek Scasny for the return match against Dynamo Kiev.

2.  German soccer league officials suspended Czech goalkeeper Petr Kouba of Kaiserslautern for four weeks Wednesday for using banned anabolic steroids to treat a career-threatening knee injury.

3.  The Norwegians responded with a strong offensive but despite of a number of chances they did not manage to get past Czech goalkeeper Petr Kouba.

4.  The Norwegians responded with a strong offensive but despite of a number of chances they did not score against Czech goalkeeper Petr Kouba.

5.  Unlike Cole, he needed time to control the ball before firing a powerful shot wide of Czech goalkeeper Pavel Srnicek.

6.  Czech goalkeeper Planicka got his hands to the ball but it was too powerful to hold.