The captain of the Slovak national football team Marek Hamšík did not understand the collapse of his team, which led Wednesday 2: 0 in Wednesday’s home duel of the “Czech” group of the League of Nations 25 minutes before the end over Israel, but finally lost 2: 3 after Eran Zahavi’s hat-trick.
The Slovaks are last in the table and are in danger of falling into the third performance group of the League of Nations. “A bitter loss. Something like this can’t happen at this level. My feelings are terrible. We handled the final passes badly, the match broke there,” Hamšík told RTVS.
It was he who opened the score in Trnava in the 16th minute, Mak’s lead increased to the home team until the end of the opening act. After the change of sides, however, PSV striker Eindhoven Zahavi took office, turning the score between the 68th and 89th minute.
After the unsuccessful first half, Zahavi almost fought with his teammate Moanes Dabbur when he left for the cabin, and other members of the team had to tear them apart…
“Physically, we failed a bit and it was enough for a strong opponent like Israel to turn the match around. We got a cheap goal and then the match started running through our fingers,” said assistant coach Oto Brunegraf. He replaced coach Pavel Hapal, who was knocked out of the bench by a positive test for coronavirus.
According to him, many things are perceived negatively, even though the Slovaks eliminated Ireland a week ago after penalties and advanced to the finals of the qualification for the European Championship 2021. In November 12, they will play in Belfast against Northern Ireland.
However, Slovak coaches are bothered by the fact that several representatives are active in the Czech league, which is interrupted due to measures to combat the spread of coronavirus.
“It’s a strange time. We don’t know if the Czech league will start at all. And if our representatives who work there will be able to train. And the most important match awaits us in a month,” said Brunegraf, 48.
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