Slovakia

After more than a year of matches, the group stage of UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying is down to its final two matchdays. Co-hosts Poland and Ukraine, reigning European and world champions Spain, Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands are all set …

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I must admit that there was a time, not so very long ago, when I used to feel a creeping sense of boredom during international breaks. In my heart of hearts I knew that I should be grateful for the …

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Now that the World Cup is over and the players are returning home for a couple of weeks of vacation and then joining their respective clubs for training and the pre-season. Managers will looking at the players that out-shone the …

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With so many of the ‘big guns’ misfiring at this summer’s World Cup, I thought it was high time to take a look at some of the ‘lesser lights’ that have sparkled in South Africa. Below are the 20 players …

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Netherlands 2-1 Slovakia 2010 FIFA World Cup 28 June 2010 The Netherlands would move into the quarterfinals with a 2-1 win over Slovakia on Monday. It appeared to be a comfortable 2-0 win for the Dutch until a late penalty …

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Netherlands have actually never played Slovakia before, although they did play Czechoslovakia 9 times before the country’s dissolution in 1993, winning twice, losing 6 times and drawing once.

With past performances a moot point, it falls to the recent performances of both teams to give us an indicator of who will win this second-round tie.

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Buon giorno and welcome, one and all, to the daily World Cup column on Soccerlens. It may have caught your attention that the reigning champions Italy did a bit of a whoopsie last night, failing to overturn ‘little’ Slovakia (see …

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Italy became only the fourth defending champion to exit at the group round phase (Italy in 1950, Brazil in 1966, France in 2002) after a humiliating South African experience. The Azzurri lacked balance, creativity, organization and urgency. Paraguay wins the …

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Rewind to four years ago to that wonderful glittering night in Berlin as Italian football rose above the diplomatic and testing troubles of their domestic game and peaked at the summit of world football once again to capture their fourth …

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Slovakia 3-2 Italy – Video Highlights 2010 FIFA World Cup 24 June 2010 Slovakia would upset the defending champions and send them out of the tournament with a 3-2 victory. The Slovakia would grab a 2-0 lead in the match …

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Paraguay have all but secured their passage to the last 16 team for the first time since 2002 after a convincing 2-0 win against Slovakia in Bloemfontein. Enrique Vera opened his account for the tournament in the 26th minute, whilst …

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Good morning all and welcome to the daily World Cup column on Soccerlens. Unsurprisingly both England and France are dominating the column inches today as both squads attempt to address their supposed in-fighting in very different ways, the English with …

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