Slovakia – Russia: summary of the match, evaluation of players and coaches – ŠPORT.sk

Štefan Tarkovič’s charges dropped to fourth place in the table, losing seven points to the leading duo Croatia-Russia, leaving only nine in the game. 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. After the match in Croatia, the Slovaks will start on November 11 in Trnava against Slovenia and three days later they will finish their qualification in Malta.

Zborná “took the lead in the 24th minute after the own goal of the stopper Milan Škriniar. It was finally the only goal of the duel, when the guests did not take several good chances. “It’s hard for me to judge the match. We really had a lot of chances and we were very close to winning. Unfortunately we didn’t get there. If we played another half, we would definitely score a goal. If we change our chances against Croatia, we can be successful, “ said winger Lukáš Haraslín at a post-match press conference.

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The Slovaks were a better team in the match, they had the ball more often on their feet, the Russians were only sporadically dangerous. Coach Tarkovič stated immediately after the match that under his leadership the players gave the best performance, but the ending was the weakness of his charges.

“It’s a big disappointment for us. We played the match knowing we had to succeed. We performed better between the 16s than at home with this opponent. The Russians played very well organized, but unfortunately, we didn’t show it in his penalty area. “We should have been able to assert ourselves in combination in the fourth match in a row, but we also have to be efficient and we have to work on that.” said the coach of Slovaks.

Ivan Schranz had the best chance of having a match in the second half, he had not pushed through after a quick break Haraslín. “I have nothing to blame the players for. I can’t say they wouldn’t. We were more dominant, but we didn’t change opportunities in the final phase. If we’re more efficient, we’ll collect points, but that’s not the case right now. , ” added Tarkovic.

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The home helmsman Valerij Karpin was much happier after the match, who lacked several supports. The Russians managed even without them, although they did not dazzle with their performance. In the end, they did not collect in the fourth match in a row.

Karpin praised the game of Slovaks: “We can’t play all four matches well. I have to say that we were lucky now, plus the skill of the defenders and the goalkeeper. But we have to earn good luck. The players turned out to be a team. The football god gave us everything, luck turned to us. Slovakia got created a good chance, they hadn’t created that much in the three previous matches. “