Rosicky to captain Czech Republic

Tomas Rosicky admits that the Czech Republic's Euro 2012 prospects will be in "big trouble" if they don't beat Scotland today.

The Arsenal midfielder is expected to captain his country in Prague and Rosicky knows that a win is imperative after the Czechs suffered a shock defeat to Lithuania in their opening Group I fixture.

European and world champions Spain are the hot favourites to win that group and, according to the 30-year-old, that makes tonight's match even more important.

"Absolutely, it is the key game in the group," Rosicky told Arsenal TV Online.  "We lost the first game and if we don't win this game we will be in big trouble. It is already a very big game at the start of the qualification group.

"We have Scotland now and we need to win. We have a point to prove because we lost the last game. It's a big one for us."