Soccer Football - UEFA Nations League - League B - Group 2 - Slovakia v Czech Republic - Tehelne pole, Bratislava, Slovakia - September 4, 2020 Czech Republic's Michal Krmencik celebrates scoring their third goal with teammates REUTERS/Radovan Stoklasa
(Reuters) - The Czech Republic have called off next week's Nations League match against Scotland citing COVID-19 concerns hours after beating Slovakia 3-1 away in their opener on Friday.
Slavia Prague's chairman said shortly before the game against Slovakia that he would ask to withdraw his club's seven players from the Czech squad after another member of the national team staff tested positive for the new coronavirus.
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