“I think the game will be very important to stay in the top group. I don’t want to underestimate Switzerland, because they have a very strong team, great individuality. It can be seen from the results. But rivals are waiting for us after that. , Portugal and Spain, are also very difficult, and from that point of view, the match is very important for us,” Ilhav told a news conference.

In June, his squad will play an unusually four duels in 11 days. After the game against Switzerland, Spain will also be welcome in Eden, then they will feature in Portugal and then they will hit back in Spain. He will start the other two games in September. The worst team will drop from the elite group.

“We want to build a strong team in every game. We certainly don’t plan for one team to play one game and another game after another. We will see, depending on the injury, how it develops. We think tomorrow is a good game. very important match for us. We are trying to build it as best we can for tomorrow’s success,” said ilhav.

“There was a small health issue today, but I’m sure everyone will be fine tomorrow. We already have the line-up in our heads. If there will be a surprise? I think there may be new players. We definitely want to surprise the players. Switzerland, not only the players, but also our performance,” added the 60-year-old coach, whose contract was extended by association management in early May.

He admits he may return to the three-back system as in March, losing 0:1 after extra time in Sweden in the World Cup playoff semi-finals and further training in Wales (1:1).

“The last game we played like this wasn’t bad. This is an opportunity we can play tomorrow. We have trained him. We can also take advantage of the opponent who is waiting for us, but I consider his style to be more defensive,” he said.

He regretted that due to health reasons he lacked 13 players, including the support of striker Patrik Schick and midfielder Antonín Barák. “Of course it’s not fun, especially when we play in the Champions League at a national level or a minor European Championship. It’s a shame that our best player, who will not be lost in the nominations, is not available. Again, they had the opportunity to show other players. and talk about a place in the next nomination,” said ilhav.

“We thought about the absence. We also saw nominations from Portugal and Spain, there were very few of those apologies, there were a lot of us. Even the selection for Switzerland is bigger. So a very strong group. we want it. I’m sure we’ll do everything we can to keep up and have a confrontation,” he added.

On Monday, he also called up midfielder Alex Král, who has only played 45 minutes of cup games at the club this year for West Ham.

“We’ve thought about it. Alex’s workload wasn’t what we wanted it to be. However, he was here with us in the national team from the start, he was included in the starting line-up. He knows how we work. the way we want to play. We take it into account, we take into account the other players who come into play. We expect criticism, but we stand behind it,” added Ilhav.