PRAGUE, June 13: Czech stars Tomas Rosicky and Petr Cech have excellent chances of being fit for their side's final Euro 2012 Group A clash against co-hosts Poland after undergoing scans on Wednesday.Both players — two of the few remaining players still in the squad from the flair-filled Czech side that reached the Euro 2004 semi-finals — would be huge losses to the Czechs were they unable to play.

“We could see them both play (against Poland on Saturday) in the end. There's a big chance,” the website of the DNES broadsheet quoted chief team doctor Petr Krejci as saying after the scans.

In their last Group A game, the Czechs need a win against Poland to advance to the quarter-finals, or a draw if Greece don't beat group leaders Russia in the other game.—AFP

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