WC Qualification 2022: Nomination of Slovakia for matches against Russia and Croatia

Nomination of Slovakia

Source: Facebook / Slovak Football Association

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The only complete newcomer to the A-team of the Slovak Republic is the 22-year-old striker Baník Ostrava, who scored four goals in nine matches this season of the Czech league. “He is doing well in the Czech Republic, we needed a classic” nine “, also in terms of body structure,” said Tarkovič, who also counts on a returnee to the national team Rusnák for the post of sub-top “ten”.

“I see him as an alternative, he plays regularly in the USA, he also has a shooting form. Marek Hamšík has moved lower in the middle formation under my leadership. For two and a half months he plays matches in short time intervals and plays them all. I’m glad he’s in good health status. “

The state of health of midfielder Stanislav Lobotka from SSC Naples is questionable, Tarkovič will consult with the medical team after arriving at the meeting, which is on the agenda on Monday, October 4 in Senec.

“We would like to keep the continuity from September, the matches were in my opinion a good level. All players who are missing compared to the previous association date are absent due to injuries. Six new players have been added to the nomination. There are two reasons for the higher number of nominated players for a double match outside, we travel to Russia and from there straight to Croatia, we have six players with yellow cards in the nomination, we expect a heavy duel in Russia and yellow cards can affect the formation of the line-up in Croatia. for the second meeting, it could be complicated, “ added Tarkovic.

Slovaks are in the third place of the H-group after six rounds with the gain of 9 points. Both of their October opponents have 13 points in their account. The Slovaks lost to the Croats 0: 1 in September, but the Russians defeated the Russians 2: 1 in the initial duel at home. Only the winner of the group will advance directly to Qatar for the final tournament, the team in the second place fights in the draw.

“I believe that we will do our best with the players to be in the game for promotion to the World Cup even after this double match. This suddenly can decide. I don’t think the Russians will have a complex, each match has its own history. successful September, they got seven points. We didn’t get that many points, but we moved the game room. It will be difficult, we play against the teams in the first two places in the table. “

Nomination of the Slovak national football team for the matches of the World Cup 2022 qualification against Russia (October 8 in Kazan) and Croatia (October 11 in Osijek):