Rosicky fit for Euro 2012

Czech Republic coach Michal Bilek has revealed Tomas Rosicky will start the team’s opening match of Euro 2012 against Russia on Friday.

The creative midfielder had missed both of his side’s warm-up games against Israel and Hungary after sustaining a calf injury in Arsenal’s last English Premier League match of the season against West Brom.

Despite a replacement being called up as a precaution, he has now been declared fit for Euro 2012.

“Rosicky will play in the opening match,” Bilek told reporters. “He showed his qualities even during training.

“When he gets the ball, he is able to find space for a clever pass. He is decisive with the ball.

“Today showed how much he is looking forward to playing. I believe that he will boost the quality of our line-up.”

Czech Republic will also face Greece and co-hosts Poland in Group A.

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Tomas Rosicky has been included in the Czech Republic's final 23-man squad for Euro 2012 despite concerns over the midfielder's fitness.

Rosicky: Going to the Euros

The Arsenal man was struggling with a calf injury, but Czech Republic coach Michal Bilek has given Rosicky the green light to travel to the finals.

Bilek has also axed FK Teplice goalkeeper Tomas Grigar from his 24-man draft selection, while Vladimir Darida had already replaced Daniel Pudil after impressing in Saturday's 2-1 win against Israel.

The Czechs meet Hungary in Prague on Friday ahead of their opening Group A game against Russia in Wroclaw on 8 June.

"It was not pleasant, especially for the withdrawn players," Bilek told UEFA's Euro 2012 website."During the last week the fitness of Rosicky made things more complicated as he was not 100 per cent.

"Ideally we would play our strongest possible starting line-up (for Friday's friendly against Hungary]) but in this case the most important thing is that Tomas is fit and ready for the first game at Euros."

Czech Republic squad: Goalkeepers: Petr Cech (Chelsea), Jaroslav Drobny (Hamburg), Jan Lastuvka (Dnipro).

Defenders: Theodor Gebre Selassie (Slovan Liberec), Roman Hubnik (Hertha Berlin), Michal Kadlec (Bayer Leverkusen), David Limbersky (Viktoria Plzen), Tomas Sivok (Besiktas), Marek Suchy (Spartak Moscow).

Midfielders: Vladimír Darida (Viktoria Plzen), Tomas Hubschman (Shakhtar Donetsk), Petr Jiracek (Wolfsburg), Daniel Kolar (Viktoria Plzen), Milan Petrzela (Viktoria Plzen), Vaclav Pilar (Wolfsburg), Jaroslav Plasil (Bordeaux), Frantisek Rajtoral (Viktoria Plzeò), Tomas Rosicky (Arsenal).

Forwards: Milan Baros (Galatasaray), David Lafata (FK Jablonec), Tomas Necid (CSKA Moscow), Tomas Pekhart (Nurnberg), Jan Rezek (Anorthosis Famagusta).

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