Rosicky and Baros miss Czechs' Vienna date

Borussia Dortmund midfielder Tomas Rosicky, who is sick, and injured Liverpool striker Milan Baros have been ruled out of the Czech Republic side to play Austria in their Euro 2004 qualifier on October 11.

Czech coach Karel Bruckner called up uncapped Rudolf Skacel while Marek Heinz is back after a two year absence.

The Czechs lead Holland by three points but if they lose in Vienna and the Dutch beat Moldavia in their last match they will fail to qualify directly for the 2004 finals in Portugal.

They beat third-in-the-table Austria 4-0 in Prague.

Czech squad

Goalkeepers: Petr Cech (Rennes/FRA), Jaromir Blazek (Sparta Prague), Antonin Kinsky (Liberec)

Defenders: Rene Bolf (Ostrava), Zdenek Grygera (Ajax Amsterdam/NED), Miroslav Holenak (Liberec), Tomas Hubschman (Sparta Prague), Marek Jankulovski (Udinese/ITA), Martin Jiranek (Reggina/ITA), Petr Johana (Sparta Prague)

Midfielders: Tomas Galasek (Ajax Amsterdam/NED), Pavel Nedved (Juventus/ITA), Vladimir Smicer (Liverpool/ENG), Roman Tyce (Munich 1860/GER), Rudolf Skacel (Marseille/FRA)

Strikers: Vratislav Lokvenc (Kaiserslautern/GER), Jiri Stajner (Hanover/GER), Stepan Vachousek (Marseille/FRA), Marek Heinz (Ostrava)