Having reached the 1996 European Championship final after losing its opening game, the Czech Republic doesn't want to have to do it the hard way again.
The Czechs kick off Euro 2008 against Switzerland in Basel on Saturday before facing Portugal and Turkey in two other Group A matches in Geneva.
"It's surely important (to win the opening game), but I wouldn't say it's the most important because in the history we know the examples ... when a team lost the first game but went to the final," Czech Republic goalkeeper Petr Cech said. "I wouldn't say it's the most important game of the group."
The Czech Republic started the 1996 …
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