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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