After losing to Norway, Tarkovic named the mistakes of even the best player: We did not manage the match! – Športky.sk

Erling Braut Haaland and Milan Škriniar Source: SITA / AP / NTB / Javad Parsa OSLO – The Slovak footballers did not have their first match in 2022, they lost 0: 2 in Norway on Friday. In the absence of several proven representatives, a number of new faces were given a chance, but after an embarrassing performance, Slovakia had no hope of success. The home team had the upper hand all the time and after the goals of the biggest characters Erling Haaland and Martin Ödergaard they deservedly won in the second half. The Slovaks will present themselves in the next preparatory duel against Finland on Tuesday, March 29 at 6 pm in Murcia, Spain. The Norwegians shot at the Ullevaal Stadium in Oslo 21 times, the guests had only four shots, two of them on goal and Patrik Hrošovský still hit the bar. The third loss of the Slovak Republic in the fourth mutual match was born after the compact performance of the Northerners, for whom the guests did not find a recipe. SR coach Stefan Tarkovic confirmed that the duel showed the weaknesses of his team. “I am glad that we played a match with such a quality opponent, he revealed all our shortcomings. But it is difficult for me to evaluate,” he said at a post-match press conference. The Slovaks had plans before the duel, but they failed to fulfill them. “I imagined our performance differently, we wanted to play high pressing, using combinations in open spaces, but we lacked the director of the game and the transition phase was absent. We failed in personal fights, which was our domain in the autumn. In the second half we had also the stage when we were dangerous for the opponent, but overall there was a difference in speed. Especially in the speed of thinking. We did not manage the match. sk. Photo gallery (2) Source: SITA / AP / NTB / Javad Parsa The best player Rodák One of the positives was the performance of goalkeeper Marek Rodák, who with excellent interventions prevented even higher loss of guests. “Our best player was clearly a native. I am glad that he gave such a performance, he took a lot of chances for the home team,” Tarkovič added. Fulham’s goalkeeper stated that the details were decided in a difficult match. “It was a tough match on difficult terrain. We resisted all the time, maybe the result could have been better, but in the end the Norwegians pushed us. Both goals were a bit unfortunate, we bounced the ball to the home before the first, and the scorer got to ambiguously, “the federal website quoted him. The 25-year-old goalkeeper liked the team’s defenses as much as possible: “The fact that the defense played in such a composition for the first time worked well. We managed a lot of difficult situations, we played compact in the back, so it sounded pretty good there.” Author: © List Source: TASR