World Cup Qualifiers 2022: Reactions Slovakia – Slovenia – SPORT.sk

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The Slovak national football team drew 2: 2 in Thursday’s home match of the H-group of qualification MS 2022 with Slovenia. In a direct battle for third place in the table, she defended it by a score. Read how players and coach Štefan Tarkovič rated the match.

Votes after the match (source: RTVS):

Štefan Tarkovič, coach of the Slovak Republic: “I’m sorry we didn’t make it in terms of results again. We made two stupid mistakes, we scolded for them. We showed great quality in the transition phase and in the leadership of the attack, but we can’t push ourselves at 16. After the exclusion of Slovenia, the quality was defensive difficult to come up with something, in the end we lacked the notorious happiness.

Soccer is about mistakes, the team will make a terrible goal and we will easily collect. In the end, we already played bait, but basically it didn’t help. Performance has been up again, and I hope that in Malta we will finally break the bad luck in the end and that we will end the qualification with a victory. ”

Marek Hamšík, midfielder of the Slovak Republic: “In the 1st minute I felt the calf harden and I suffered with it the whole first half. I was nervous about it, I preferred to go down so as not to take risks. Tomorrow I will go for a check to know what I am up to. Too bad our chances, The cloud pulled out two great interventions, our efficiency was weaker again. It must be three points for us in Malta, the Croats won a big difference there, we should try. ”

Ondrej Duda, scorer of SR goal: “Of course I’m happy with the goal, it’s a pity we didn’t win. I would be more happy if we won. We played one more, it was an advantage, it was not easy for them to defend in ten. It was difficult for us to prevail, even in the end we had some indications, it’s a shame it didn’t work out. ”

David Strelec, Slovak goal scorer: “I think I hit it great. The goal definitely tastes good, but it’s not a tip-top because we didn’t win. We should win such matches. The coach sent me there to score a goal and to win what “Unfortunately for me, it is also a valuable experience in a league competition, I try to take every opportunity.”

Matúš Bero, midfielder of the Slovak Republic: “I enjoyed it, I put everything into it. I’m a little sorry for the result, but I’m happy with myself. As the match went, I felt better and better. Finally, I felt more relaxed in the match. In Malta, the quality will be on our side. “It won’t be easy, but we will do our best to say goodbye to the qualification.”

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