late the team and then phoned Czech goaltender Dominik Hašek shortly after the 1-0 win over Russia, Havel's spokesman Ladislav Špaček told CTK. Havel sent the presidential plane to bring the victorious team home and met the players in person in his villa. Havel, 61, had the operation to close a hole left by a tracheostomy performed to aid Havel's breathing after cancer surgery on his lungs in December 1996. He spent 12 days in hospital after being admitted with flu. Doctors said the hole -- a fistula -- in Havel's throat could have contributed to the frequent bouts of bronchitis and pneumonia he has suffered in recent months.