Initially, it was called off by the Czech Football Association, because of an outbreak of Covid-19 amongst their squad. However, tournament organisers UEFA have now decided that the reasons given for the postponement are not in accord with the guidelines they issued earlier this week.
They stipulated that a game could only be called off if a team had less than 13 fit players, including one goalkeeper. In such an eventuality, every effort would be made to reschedule the game, at a neutral venue if possible. However, if it did not prove possible to rearrange the game, UEFA reserved the right to determine the outcome of the match by other means, including making the team responsible for the postponement forfeit the game.
The problem arose when Tom Souek who plays for West Ham and Patrick Schick, the RB Leipzig player both tested positive for Covid-19 last week, after coming into contact with a member of the backroom staff who had contracted it.
They were immediately excluded from the squad and are self-isolating. The remainder of the squad tested negative, and, for their match with neighbours Slovakia in Bratislava on Friday, they elected to make the short 200-mile journey in groups of cars, rather than fly.
They went on to win the match 3 -1, but then the drama with the Scotland match began, with news first of all that it was off, only to be reinstated by FIFA.
Scotland will now fly out as planned to the Czech Republic on Sunday.
There have been allegations that the Czech FA broke Covid-19 protocols, but they have been quick to deny such charges. They insist that they spent a great deal of money and time putting appropriate measures in place, and that they have been fully compliant with them.