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They delighted themselves and the fans with the victory over Poland 4: 0 and the first place in the group, but due to the inflated program they have to think about today’s eight finals. The Slovak national football team successfully completed the group stage of the European Championships in Košice on Tuesday and today from 8.15 pm they will compete against Georgia in order to fight their way to the top eight.
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A total of 24 teams presented themselves in the six basic groups and only four of them did not feel the bitterness of the loss. Ladislav Borbély’s charges triumphed in “A” victories over Belgium (2: 0) and Poland (4: 0), among which they drew with Italy (1: 1). The charges of Ladislav Borbély. Tuesday’s duel with Poland was a direct battle for the group’s championship.
The Slovaks started the match ideally, when they led Matúš Paukner with a goal from the 8th minute. In the second act, they were reassured by the intervention of Tomáš Mikluš and added two more goals in the euphoric conclusion. Coach Borbély controlled the emotions after the meeting and warned of a distorting result.
“At 2-0 we have to play more confidently. As if we lost the thread then and it wouldn’t pay off against a stronger opponent. We started to get nervous and we put pressure on ourselves. That’s my reservation, but I feel that the players are starting to play responsibly. This it was the culmination of a weaker phase of the tournament. The real one, at a higher quality level, will come now. Borbély remarked.
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Slovakia – Poland at the European Championships in low football
Source: TASR
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The Slovaks did not know which opponent they would encounter in the event of a promotion before the match, and the definition did not fall even immediately after the match. The fact that the most probable scenarios and Slovaks will face Georgia on Wednesday from 8.15 pm was finally decided after the last match of the group phase (Ukraine – Portugal 2: 2).
“We need to do our best in every match. It will be a strong opponent. Probably stronger than those we had in the group.” Borbély said at a time when he did not yet know the nearest rival of his charges.
In addition to the result or a relatively smooth progress, he was also pleased with the audience scenery. During the tournament, he reminded several times that this is an event for amateur athletes in professional conditions. “There were about four thousand spectators at the big football match in Trnava (Slovakia – Kazakhstan 0: 1 in the League of Nations, note), we had five thousand here. It says something. People will feel where the heart and emotions are. Where there is “It’s like a disco – where there are a lot of people, there’s good emotion.” stated the helmsman of the SR.
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Slovakia – Poland at the European Championships in low football
Source: TASR
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Until the 49th minute of Slovakia’s third match in the tournament, the home team did not have a player who would score more than one goal. Five authors had five exact hits so far, but Tomáš Mikluš added his second hit in the match 11 minutes before the end of the duel. Not only did he increase it to 3: 0, but he impressed the spectators, who did not spare with applause, with an impressive five-foot center.
“It was nothing rehearsed, rather spontaneous. People deserved it for the great atmosphere they created for us. I knew the goalkeeper would follow me, I put a heel in that ball and it fell there. I was very pleased.” Miklus stated.
The Slovaks gradually fulfilled the basic goal from the basic group, but they do not want to end up at home at the beginning of the decommissioning phase. “Today we are starting to focus on the next match. What was in the previous matches is over. Now it is important to prepare for the next match and tax yourself in it,” Miklus noted.
ME eight-final program / Wednesday, June 8, Košice, Steel arena /:
Azerbaijan – Israel /10.30/
Serbia – Hungary /12.00/
Montenegro – Kazakhstan /13.30/
Ukraine – France /15.30/
Italy – Bulgaria /17.00/
Romania – Portugal /18.30/
SLOVAKIA – Georgia /20.15/
England – Czech Republic /22.00/
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