Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Slovakia Qualify for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa

Slovakia were then drawn in a seven team group for their attempt to reach the 2006 World Cup in Germany. In twelve matches they lost only once, away to group winners Portugal. Having out-qualified Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, Latvia and Estonia, the Slovak’s went into their final group match against Russia level on points with their opponents, and a tense 0-0 draw saw them clinch second place, and finally advance to the play-off stages for a place in a major tournament. Unfortunately they were then drawn against Spain, by whom they were beaten 5-1 in Madrid. A 1-1 draw in Bratislava saw the Slovak side eliminated.

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