On Saturday starts next football qualification in Europe. Now it's WC 2010 qualifiers. And the chance to qualify for Slovaks again. It would be the first time in their history and they really want to finally reach this goal. It seems like it's perfect time for it, because many of young Slovak players manage to reach starting eleven in teams from best european leagues. Names like Hamšík, Škrteľ or Šesták are well known by every football fan. But the group 3 is really tough with the teams like Poland, Czech republic or Slovenia.
The first step should be the win against rough team- Northern Ireland.
Last results of Slovakia don't look good. These are friendly matches:
20/08-08 International Friendlies Slovakia vs. Greece 0:2
24/05-08 International Friendlies Switzerland vs. Slovakia 2:0
20/05-08 International Friendlies Turkey vs. Slovakia 1:0
26/03-08 International Friendlies Slovakia vs. Iceland 1:2
06/02-08 International Friendlies Hungary vs. Slovakia 1:1
So there are 4 defeats and 1 draw.
Let's look on results of Northern Ireland in this year:
20/08-08 International Friendlies Scotland vs. N. Ireland 0:0
26/03-08 International Friendlies N. Ireland vs. Georgia 4:1
06/02-08 International Friendlies N. Ireland vs. Bulgaria 0:1
But in my opinion with the motivation the players have and help of fans there would be any question about winner of this game.
My tip is: 1
The highest odd: 1,85
