Coronavirus: Confusion over Scotland football match as Czechs cancel game but UEFA insists it's on

The Scotland football team will play their Nations League match on Monday, UEFA has insisted - after the Czech Republic said the game was off without telling the opposition.

The Czech football association announced on Friday that the fixture had been cancelled due to the "current situation with the COVID-19".

The Scottish FA was taken by surprise by the announcement, saying it had "not received any official notification" that the match was off.

It came after two Czech footballers were told to self-isolate following contact with a backroom staff member who tested positive for coronavirus.

A spokesman for UEFA, European football's governing body, insisted on Saturday that the game will be played.

"The match is going ahead as scheduled," he said.

The Scotland squad, led by manager Steve Clarke, were due to travel to the Czech city of Olomouc on Sunday.

Their training session at their Oriam base on the outskirts of Edinburgh is to go ahead on Saturday afternoon as scheduled.

The Czech Republic's plans for their Nations League opener with Slovakia - which they won 3-1 on Friday night - were affected after West Ham player Tomas Soucek and RB Leipzig striker Patrik Schick were told to self-isolate.

The Czech FA delayed the departure for Bratislava by 24 hours while the entire squad was re-tested and the players made the 200-mile journey by road after splitting up into small groups.

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The decision by the Czech Republic to call off the Scotland game could cost them points.

UEFA announced last week that games should go ahead if teams had at least 13 players available, regardless of the pandemic.

Only in instances where the team cannot provide 13 players will a game be rescheduled.