Slovakia Football Fans

Marek Hamsik holds Argentina football legend Diego Maradona in the highest regard but that would not stop him from chasing his record.

The Slovakia international is chasing Maradona’s 115-goal record at Napoli. Hamsik scored in the 7-1 rout at Bologna over the weekend, bringing his total to 111 goals.

RB Leipzig’s Oliver Burke has said that he was gutted with the fact that he was not played against Slovakia after he played in the World Cup qualifier against Lithuania only a few days earlier.

The 19-year old was baffled as he thought his pace and power gave the team an advantage but Coach Gordon Strachan though otherwise.

One of the biggest question in the football world is if Alex Isak is the next Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

The player broke records to become the youngest goalscorer ever for Sweden. Again he broke records when it was confirmed that he left AIK for German giant Borussia Dortmund, being the most expensive teenager.

Ever since their excellent performance at the Euros in France, Slovakia has become an ambitious team and wants to compete with the best teams in the world.

This is no surprise when you know that they have managed to get out of a tough group at the Euros.

Vladimir Weiss has been recalled to the Slovakian squad.

The player who was formerly with Rangers had been dropped from the national team after a run-in with the police where he refused to undergo a blood test and breathalyzer in the course of a roadside check in Bratislava.

Slovakia beats Scotland 3-0 to put more pressure on Gordon Strachan. The Scotland manager has come under intense pressure during the recent weeks with Scotland having a difficult campaign in the World Cup qualifiers.

This is the second match in a row where Scotland failed to take maximum points after their draw with Lithuania.

Extremely poor form at the start of the World Cup qualification campaign has led to Slovakia being in a dire state even after just only four games. Manager Jan Kozak says that the only hope for the national team when it comes to qualifying for the World Cup 2018 is to beat Scotland in the next game.

It represents one of the toughest fixtures for the national team in the qualification campaign apart from facing England. A good start to the campaign is always essential when it comes to qualification and Slovakia certainly did not achieve this after back-to-back defeats.

Slovakia defender Jan Durica accused the referee of wrongdoing when he awarded ex-Reds defender Martin Skrtel another yellow card for a foul when England played Slovakia.

The 10-man Slovakia side were not able to recover, gifting the Three Lions one step in Russia in the 2018 World Cup qualifiers.
England won the game narrowly with the help of a Red player Adam Lallana who scored in stoppage time, sending fans wild in excitement. The win gives new coach Sam Allardyce a brilliant start as manager of the side, and it means England can take full control in Group F.

Wayne Rooney has criticized former England boss Roy Hodgson for his tactics against Slovakia.

He said that the manager was the culprit of resting key players against Slovakia in their last group game, and this is what resulted in the 0-0 draw. Wayne Rooney said that England started well the tournament in France but has lost their confidence after the draw.

The Slovakian national football team just barely managed to secure a qualifying spot in the group stages of the 2016 Euro’s. Slovakia sealed the 3rd spot of Group B which was enough for them to advance into the later stages.

After 3 matches had been played, Slovakia sealed a total of 4 points with 1 victory, 1 draw and 1 defeat. It does not sound as something very impressive or successful but it was enough for them to snatch the 3rd qualifying spot from their group as they had gone through a much better run than Russia as they drowned in that same group with only 1 point from 3 games.