The Lazio midfielder picked up a pass from Pavel Horvath and opened the scoring in the 14th minute with a powerful right-foot shot that went in by the right-hand post from 25 metres out.

The Czechs went up 2-0 in the 37th minute when Jan Koller collected a pass from Radek Bejbl, bamboozled the opposing defenders and cracked in a low shot from the edge of the box, scoring his 13th goal in 13 matches for the national team.

Nedved added his second from an 18-metre free kick after 57 minutes before Israel scored nine minutes from time when Ilan Bachar found the unmarked Eyal Berkoviz who scored.

Rene Wagner added the fourth Czech goal in the last minute.

The Czechs, runners-up in Euro'96, dominated their last home match before this year's championships. Israel had several promising chances but only found the net the once, in the dying minutes.

Israel's Walid Badir had his side's first attempt 30 minutes into the match but Pavel Srnicek covered his shot easily.

Tal and Badir then outwitted the Czech defence in the 34th minute but defender Milan Fukal saved on the line with his goalkeeper beaten.

Czech coach Jozef Chovanec said the match helped determined his final squad for Euro 2000, but refused to make any revelations.

He said he was satisfied with the collective effort of the team.

'The team showed it can stick together, and that is the most important to me,' he said.

Israel's manager Richard Moeller-Nielsen of Denmark said he was not happy with his side's defending or their lack of accuracy in front of goal.