Slovakia thread [R]

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Slovakia has a friendly game on the 20th versus Colombia (in New York).

The roster:

Goalkeepers: Branislav Rzeszoto (Zilina, Jan Mucha (Ruzomberok)

Defenders: Vladimir Labant (Sparta Praha), Maros Klimpl (Viktoria Zizkov), Michal Hanek (Dinamo Moskva), Branislav Labant, Radoslav Zabavnik (Zilina), Vladimir Leitner (Teplice), Peter Dolezaj (Dubnica)

Midfielders: Karol Kisel (Slovan Liberec), Miroslav Barcik, Martin Durica, Dzeno Strba (Zilina), Marian Kurty (Ruzomberok)

Strikers: Robert Vittek (Slovan Bratislava), Peter Babnic (Sigma Olomouc, Tomas Oravec (Zizkov)

Slovakia is missing a number of starters because of club commitments.

[Canadian_Supporter]

FT

Colombia 0 Slovakia 0

Not a bad result for the inexperience Slovak side. Although, I have no idea what type of team Colombia sent.

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"People want to come and see goals. But they (Slovakia) came to play defense. We tried to score, but they didn't let us play."

http://sports.yahoo.com/sow/news?slug=afp-fbl_col_svk_friendly&prov=afp&type=lgns

Slovakia typically concentrates on defense and hopes to score off of the counter.

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UEFA Cup --- 1st Round Draw

Tough luck for the Slovaks...

Barcelona (Spain) vs Puchov
FC Utrecht (Netherlands) v MŠK Žilina

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Slovak squad for the match against Liechtenstein on October 11th.

Goalkeepers: Miroslav Konig (Elazigspor, Turkey), Branislav Rzeszoto (Zilina)

Defenders: Stanislav Varga (Celtic, Scotland), Vladimir Labant (Sparta Prague, Czech Republic), Maros Klimpl (Viktoria Zizkov, Czech Republic), Vladimir Leitner (Teplice, Czech Republic), Branislav Labant (Zilina), Michal Hanek (Dynamo Moscow, Russia)

Midfielders: Karol Kisel (Slovan Liberec, Czech Republic), Radoslav Zabavnik (Zilina), Marek Mintal (Nuremberg, Germany), Rudolf Urban (Ruzomberok), Vladimir Janocko (Austria Vienna, Austria), Rastislav Michalik (Sparta Prague, Czech Republic)

Forwards: Tomas Oravec (Viktoria Zizkov, Czech Republic), Peter Babnic (Olomouc, Czech Republic), Szilard Nemeth (Middlesbrough, England), Robert Vittek (Nuremberg, Germany).

http://sports.yahoo.com/sow/news?slug=reu-euroslovakia&prov=reuters&type=lgns

Not a bad Slovak squad. One would hope that they would be able to come away with a 2-0 victory against Liechtenstein.

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WCQ draw for Slovakia

Group 3
Portugal
Russia
Slovakia
Latvia
Estonia
Liechtenstein
Luxembourg

Very good draw for Slovakia. With any lucky they might be able to get six wins. I would like to think they might have an out-side shot at finishing second (again with a lot of luck).