Sparta plays Arsenal who have lost Thiery Henry but will still be dangerous with Czech international Tomas Rosicky. Slavia, having got past Zilina of Slovakia drew Ajax. Should be interesting to see what comes out of this year's CL.
I'm going to be in Prague on Aug. 29, hoping to get tickets to the Slavia/Ajax match. Not a big fan of Strahov (I prefer Eden), but hopefully I'll be able to get a couple for my wife and I. Any ideas whether this will be possible?
Should not be a problem. If they are playing at Strahov, there are like 250,000 seats. Even at Eden I doubt you would have a problem.
I think Rosickeho (Strahov) holds like 19,500--actually. I'm not sure if Slavia have filled it since 96 when they played Bayern, if they even did so then. No matter, I'll see what I can do. The last time I was there was the Slavia/Dukla cup final in 97, and it was probably half full, if that. Here's hoping Sparta and Slavia both go through.
Rosickeho isn't the same as Strahov. Rosickeho holds about 19,000 but it's not even in the same part of town as Strahov. I know that when they were playing the Sparta Slavia Derby at Strahov they came close to filling it, but that was a good 10 years ago as well. I actually was at that cup final as well, it was one of the first football matches I ever had the chance of seeing in the Czech Republic.
And nice to see Adu come in for Benefica. Hopefully there he will get what RSL and MLS couldn't give him.