Slovakia’s World Cup Preview

With 14 caps in his international career, Jan Mucha is the likely starter of the Slovakian squad and despite his limited experience facing elite strikers the keeper was good enough to rightfully earn a spot for his nation in this year’s World Cup. Not great on paper, but that is kind of a theme of the first time Cup team.

Martin Skrtel of Liverpool is the only real recognizable player on the unit and he will be joined by Peter Pekaric of Wolfsburg, Jan Durica of Hannover 96, Martin Petras, and Marek Cech of West Brom. The unit has several players of major league talent, but few of these men start for their club. Still though they were also good enough to hold offenses in check in the WCQ.

Most capped player Miroslav Karhan of Mainz is the team leader and the most respected player in the club’s midfield and young Marek Hamsik of Napoli has exploded onto the scene in the last few seasons and is one of the key offensive performers in all of the World Cup and is also more of a forward then a midfielder by performance. Miroslav Stoch of FC Twente should also likely start and Vladimir Weiss of Bolton Wanderers is another key midfielder that will provide the inexperienced international squad a bit of major league experience.

Robert Vittek of Ankaragucu and Stanislav Sestak of Bochum make-up the likely two starters and both of these guys have over 30 caps in their international career. Filip Holosko is a reliable reserve player and should see some regular minutes late in many of these key matches this summer. Not a great unit, but not the worse in the Cup either.

It does impress that the club did not lose a match to the Czech Republic, North Ireland, or Poland, but the club did lose twice to the only other team from the goup to make the cup (Slovenia). They do not possess elite talent by any means, but they have shown that they don’t mind being considered the underdogs. Karhan and Hamsik need to lead the team to positive results.

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World Cup 2010: Slovakia Want To Go As Far As Possible - Stanislav Sestak

Slovakia qualified for the World Cup for the first time in history by finishing ahead of Slovenia and Poland in their qualification group and experienced forward Stanislav Sestak is eagerly anticipating this summer's tournament.

"I’m really excited to be going to South Africa. It’s supposed to be a fantastic country and I’m really looking forward to forming my own impressions. And it’s always been my dream to play at a World Cup. I’m about to live the dream," said Sestak to fifa.com.

"I’d think first place in the group is already taken. I’m pretty certain the world champions [Italy] can cope with this group. But we’re contenders for second place. That would be a huge success for Slovakia.

"I'm not sure whether the team would be satisfied with reaching the round of 16. It always depends on who you play, so let’s wait and see. We want to go as far as we can."

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Weiss eager for playing time at Bolton

Vladimir Weiss hopes his starring 30-minute cameo at Stoke last Saturday can earn him more game-time in Bolton's three remaining matches of the season.

The Slovakian international helped turn a 1-0 deficit into a 2-1 victory that almost guarantees Premier League survival for Wanderers. "Doing anything when you come on is always really hard, especially when you are losing," admitted the on-loan City winger.

"But I am happy that I came on and we managed to turn the game around. "Someone has to create the goals. It was me this time but next time it will be somebody else. "I'm just hoping that with three more games left, I can get a couple more starts or more minutes under my belt.

"I came to Bolton to play and it hasn't really been happening. I have been really frustrated. "However, it's the Premier League - the hardest league in the world - and I know it will be tough to get in any team. But what I am thinking and hoping is that I will play a bit more."

Weiss, who has been on the Blues' books for nearly five years, is due back at Carrington at the end of the season. "I don't know what's going to happen in the summer," admitted the 20-year-old prospect. "At the moment, I know City want me back and I love playing for them, so I don't think I will come back here."

However, Weiss wants to finish with a flourish with Wanderers to ensure a trip to the World Cup this summer. "I came here to Bolton to play so I could get in the Slovakian squad," he said. "The season is nearly over and, as it is now, I have been criticised a little bit over in Slovakia. That's football and I understand that.

"I was in the team when we won the group. I think the manager (Weiss's father) will pick players who have been in the squad and I hope that will mean me. "It's only football and there are many more important things in the world." Slovakia World Cup Tickets are now available online. Other than World cup tickets you can also get World cup football tickets, Champions League final tickets, FA Cup final tickets, FA Cup tickets and World cup 2010 tickets from the same spot online without any headache and with guaranteed delivery of tickets at home.

Sestak: It's like a dream

Stanislav Sestak has spent just short of three seasons in the German Bundesliga with Ruhr Valley outfit VfL Bochum, weighing in with a total of 22 goals and 12 assists in the last two campaigns to help a club of modest means preserve their top-flight status.

This term, Bochum are again fighting for their first division lives, and once again, a huge burden of responsibility has fallen on the Slovakia hitman, whose contribution this time round amounts to six goals and three assists. The 27-year-old is clearly a key figure at Bochum as well as for his country, who have qualified for the FIFA World Cup™ finals for the first time since gaining independence in 1993.

Sestak more than proved his worth to the Slovak national team with six goals in six games on the road to South Africa 2010. The striker and his team-mates have been drawn in Group F at this summer’s tournament, along with world champions Italy, Paraguay and New Zealand.

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Trophy fever strikes Slovakia, Slovenia

A throng of adoring football fans more than 10,000-strong gathered last weekend in the north-western Slovakian city of Zilina to enjoy a rare close-up view of the one of the world’s most recognised sport symbols.

In front of the huge audience assembled in Zilina’s main square, Jan Mucha, Slovakia’s national team goalkeeper unveiled the FIFA World Cup™ Trophy to excited onlookers. "Of course the World Cup is going to be the highlight of my career," said the Poland-based player, getting set to line up between the posts for Slovakia in their first-ever world finals. "Winning the World Cup is every footballer’s dream. It’s amazing to be this close to the trophy. I didn’t fully appreciate so far what it means for fans that Slovakia qualified for the World Cup. But I understand it today. We can’t fail them in South Africa," said the Legia Warsaw net-minder after the climax of the emotional event.

An endless procession of footballing icons, politicians and other celebrities seized the opportunity to be photographed together with football's 'Holy Grail.' Slovakia's qualification for this year's FIFA World Cup signals the first time that the country will take part in football's flagship tournament as an independent nation. And the only person allowed the chance to hold the trophy in Slovakia was President Ivan Gasparovic, who commented "Holding the trophy I had a dream of our players raising this golden icon. The fact that the FIFA World Cup Trophy has come to Slovakia is an opportunity to reconnect the dream with the nation’s football ambitions and to believe that dreams can come true."

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