Alongside Francesco Calzona, Pavol Farkaš unexpectedly also – ŠPORT.SK

today 10:15 | Pavol Farkaš became a new member of the implementation team of the coach of the Slovak national football team, Francesco Calzona. With the “falcons”, he will act as an interpreter for the chief helmsman when working with the players of the national selection. Read also Škriniar welcomes Calzona’s unusual move. Lobotka points out: I’ll put it this way… During Sunday’s national team match, one well-known name appeared in the Slovak team. Pavol Farkaš, a 37-year-old former league soccer player, was walking next to Francesco Calzona on the playing field of the football stadium of the X-Bionic Center in Šamorín, explaining something to Miroslav Káčer. We also asked the spokeswoman of the Slovak Football Association, Monika Jurigová, about the presence of the former stopper of Myjava, Petržalka and Nitra, who told ŠPORT.sk that “Pavol Farkaš will act as an interpreter on the pitch.” “Since he has mastered football rhetoric, he will interpret all the coach’s instructions to the players,” she added. photo gallery Pavol Farkaš, Samuel Mráz and Francesco Calzona Source: TASR Calzona himself contacted him. “He had references about me,” the native of Vráblov told ŠPORT.sk that the contact came directly from the 53-year-old Italian. “Coach Francesco Calzona called me personally and asked if I could imagine such a collaboration. He needed someone next to him on the field who could immediately convey his idea to the players and not have to go through multiple people. I told him I certainly agreed. Now I’m here and I’m very happy about it,” smiled the master with Artmedia Petržalka from the 2007/08 season and two-time Slovak representative. Read also PHOTO+VIDEO: Škriniar and spol. on the pier. A new coach and a new outfit, Slovakia… Pavol Farkaš worked in the Italian clubs Chievo Verona and Ternana between 2012 and 2014, so he could brush up on his knowledge of the Italian language again. And although eight long years have passed since then, he still had no problem flying back into Italian quickly. “Some phrases stuck in my head. I’ve been part of the implementation team for about the third day, and it’s always maybe 10 to 12 hours of talking, so it keeps getting better. I was also surprised at how well I was doing. The whole team around coach Calzona is great and also helped me a little. I, in turn, believe that I will help them as well,” he wished. photo gallery Pavol Farkaš from FC Nitra and Róbert Boženík from MŠK Žilina. Source: SITA Dreams come true and miracles happen But for Pavel Farkaš, it’s all like a beautiful football fairy tale. After all, only recently he was part of the sinking Nitra football ship, from where he went to Spartak Myjava and later to FC Petržalka. He ended up playing for Starý most last summer and since then he has only been playing for Dolné Obdokovce in the fifth league. Now he is part of the team with players like Milan Škriniar, Martin Dúbravka, Stanislav Lobotka, Dávid Hancko and Peter Pekarík. “Of course. I have been out of professional football and the whole carousel for about a year or a year and a half, and suddenly I received such an honor. I am really very grateful,” smiled Pavol Farkaš, “I still can’t believe it, but dreams do come true and miracles do happen. At the same time, I believe that I will also contribute a little to make it all successful.” Also read He was born where he passed balls to Mintál and some of his teammates. It will come out… “I’m very honored that something like this happened to me at all, so I’m very happy and really grateful for such an opportunity,” emphasized Pavol Farkaš again and added: “We all believe that we will be able to jump on the right path and hopefully right from the first match, the stamp and face of our football, which we want to play, will be visible.” The Slovak national team will play the match of the 3rd group C-category of the League of Nations against Azerbaijan on Thursday, September 22 at 20:45 in Trnava and then against Belarus on Sunday, September 25 at 18:00 in Bačka Topol.