WC 2022 Qualification: Votes after the match Slovakia – Malta – SPORT.sk

Ondrej Duda scored a hat-trick at the Ta´Qali stadium, Albert Rusnák added two goals and the naturalized Argentine Vernon de Marco scored for the national team for the national team start.

However, the final cannonade did not change the fact that Slovak footballers will not present themselves at the championship in Qatar. In the table, they took 3rd place with a score of 14 points ahead of Slovenia. Croatia became the winner of the H-group and Croatia won the place at the World Cup (23 points), the second Russia (22 points) fights for promotion in the spring draw.

“I’m glad we were so effective at the beginning of the match. It’s a satisfaction because we weren’t like that before. In my opinion, it’s very satisfying. Retrospectively, entry into qualifications was not successful and optimal, there were a lot of things I didn’t want to argue about. We didn’t make the results. , “ said Tarkovich, who has a contract by the end of the year. The Executive Committee of the Slovak Football Association (SFZ) will decide on its fate on the bench of the national team at its meeting on December 7.

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Unlike previous matches, the Slovak pilot decided to rejuvenate the team, compared to Thursday’s meeting with Slovenia (2: 2) made up to seven changes in the base. One of the new faces was Tomáš Suslov, whose predation applied to Maltese. The legionnaire of the Dutch Groningen scored three goal passes.

TOMÁŠ SUSLOV ENJOYED IT

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The joy of Slovakia after the goal.

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“I enjoyed that the Maltese were nervous, I enjoyed the field, even though they kicked me a lot. Ondro Duda found a good space and took advantage of my passes. Each player was motivated one hundred percent, so we won by a difference of two classes. but we could have gained more qualifications, ” only a 19-year-old player still thinks that he has confirmed that he belongs to the national team despite his young age.

Ondrej Duda experienced his career premiere. Although he came in a match that was no longer about promotion, he still enjoyed it. “I’ve never given a hat-trick, so it’s something new. I’m happy for the goals and the performance, because we said goodbye to the qualification as it should be. We were the favorite, but sometimes it’s hard to play full. Now two goals helped us quickly. and then the third. After their red cards, the match was over, you could say. I’m glad we didn’t complicate it. ”

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Milan Škriniar will have nice memories of the 50th anniversary match for the national team. The stopper of the Milan Inter took on with the captain’s armband, as Marek Hamšík did not travel to Malta. “I am glad that we entered the match the way we entered. We decided it in 15 minutes, we wanted to. We were active, this is how we imagined it. Then the match was over, they were no longer in full force, but we were They broke the match when they were still in full force. The team has its face and we will work to make us even better. “ noted Škriniar.

TRAINER MALTA WILL NOT SAY ANYTHING

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Malta – Slovakia red card

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For the Maltese, the match began as a nightmare, they scored three goals in the opening quarter and their concept collapsed as a house of cards. Shortly after the break, the referee eliminated two home players, which the guests used to increase the score, which eventually turned into a six-goal debacle.

“I would rather not comment on the exclusions, because I would say something and I would still get a penalty. In Trnava in the first match we scored the first goal from the first shot and the second goal from the second and then we defended. It is better concreted in football. The truth is that we had more problems now, it was played at another stage of the season. The truth is that Slovakia was one of the best teams in the group with Croatia, it played really good football, “ said home coach Devis Mangia.