Tarkovich’s nomination for qualifying matches: This meeting can decide! – Športky.sk

BRATISLAVA – The nomination of the Slovak national football team for the October qualifying matches of the World Cup 2022 against Russia and Croatia also includes the striker Ladislav Almási from Baník Ostrava, the winger Albert Rusnák Jr. from Real Sal Lake or defender Vernon de Marco from Slovan Bratislava.

The only complete newcomer to the A-team of the Slovak Republic is the 22-year-old forward 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” nineteen “, 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. He has been playing matches at short intervals for two and a half months and playing them all. 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 maintain the continuity of September, the matches were in my view 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.

Each match has its own history

After six rounds, the Slovaks are in the third place of the H-group with a 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 on to 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):

Goalkeepers: Marek Rodák (FC Fulham), Dušan Kuciak (Lechia Gdansk), Dominik Greif (RCD Mallorca), František Plach (Piast Gliwice)

Defenders: Peter Pekarík (Hertha Berlin), Martin Koscelník (Slovan Liberec), Lukáš Pauschek, Vernon de Marco (both ŠK Slovan Bratislava), Martin Valjent (RCD Mallorca), Ľubomír Šatka (Lech Poznaň), Milan Škriniar (Inter Milan), Tomáš Hubočan (Omonia Nicosia), Dávid Hancko (Sparta Prague)

Midfielders: Patrik Hrošovský (KRC Genk), Juraj Kucka (FC Watford), Marek Hamšík (Trabzonspor), Matúš Bero (Vitesse Arnhem), Ondrej Duda (1. FC Kolín), Stanislav Lobotka (SSC Napoli), Albert Rusnák (Real Salt Lake) , Erik Jirka (Real Oviedo), Lukáš Haraslín (Sparta Prague), Tomáš Suslov (FC Groningen), Ivan Schranz (Slavia Prague)

Attackers: Róbert Boženík (Fortuna Düsseldorf), David Strelec (Spezia Calcio), Ladislav Almási (Baník Ostrava)

Substitutes:

Goalkeepers: Dominik Holec (Sparta Prague), Samuel Petráš (MŠK Žilina)
defenders: Boris Sekulič (Chicago Fire), Norbert Gyömbér (US Salernitana), Lukáš Štetina (Sparta Prague), Tomáš Huk, Jakub Holúbek (both Piast Gliwice), Róbert Mazáň (AEL Limassol)

Midfielders: Peter Pokorný (Real Sociedad San Sebastian), Branislav Niňaj (Sepsi OSK), Erik Sabo (Rizespor), Jakub Považanec (FK Jablonec), Jakub Hromada (Slavia Praha), László Bénes (Borussia Mönchengladbach), Róbert Mak (Ferencváros Budapest), Róbert Pich (Slask Wroclaw), Christián Herc (Grasshopper Zürich), Adrián Kaprálik, Matúš Rusnák (both MŠK Žilina), David Hrnčár (ŠK Slovan Bratislava)

Attacker: Samuel Mráz (ŠK Slovan Bratislava)

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