Lukas Hornicek produced an impressive stoppage-time save for Czechia despite their 2-1 Nations League defeat to Croatia on Saturday night.
The Newcastle United goalkeeper started in Prague and played the full 90 minutes as Czechia began their League A campaign with a narrow loss.
Croatia captain Luka Modric opened the scoring shortly after half-time before Adam Karabec equalised seven minutes later.
Marco Pasalic restored Croatia’s advantage in the 77th minute when his header crossed the line despite Hornicek getting a hand to the effort.
However, the Newcastle goalkeeper prevented the visitors adding a third late on.
Sport.cz’s live report records Hornicek producing a superb save in the 93rd minute to push Nikola Vlasic’s curling effort narrowly past his right post.
Lukas Hornicek continues busy Newcastle season
Saturday represented another important senior international appearance for the 24-year-old after establishing himself as Matthias Jaissle’s first-choice goalkeeper at Newcastle.
Read Newcastle reported before the game that Hornicek had been selected to start against Croatia.
Fresh details also emerged this weekend about the deal that brought him to Tyneside, with Braga president Antonio Salvador revealing that Newcastle paid €30.57million for Hornicek.
Czechia are back in action against England on Tuesday, potentially giving Hornicek another opportunity to strengthen his position at international level.
Read Newcastle’s international tracker will continue to follow every Magpies player throughout the break.
