Netherlands 2-1 Slovakia Arjen Robben (18′) Wesley Sneijder (84′) Robert Vittek (pen 90′) Slovakia came into the match having only beaten a poor Italian team but otherwise not impressing at all. Holland were efficient and had done enough and may be a bit more. The flow of the game was predictable and Arjen Robben getting… Continue reading World Cup 2010 Day 18, A Brief Recap
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World Cup 2010 Day 14, A Brief Recap
Slovakia 3 – 2 Italy Robert Vittek (25′ 73′) Kamil Kopunek (89′) Antonio Di Natale (81′) Fabio Quagliarella (90′) Italy crashed out of the World Cup making it the second time a reigning champion has gone at the group stage after France suffered the same fate in 2002. Slovakia came into the match having disappointed… Continue reading World Cup 2010 Day 14, A Brief Recap
World Cup 2010 Day 10, A Brief Recap
Slovakia 0-2 Paraguay Enrique Vera (27′) Cristian Riveros (86′) This game should be most remembered for the tame effort by Slovakia, the disappointment of losing the three points at the last minute in their first game against New Zealand must have weighed heavily on the players. Vladimir Weiss, Marek Hamsik, and Robert Vittek very rarely… Continue reading World Cup 2010 Day 10, A Brief Recap
World Cup 2010 Day 5, A Brief Recap
New Zealand 1-1 Slovakia Winston Reid (90′) Robert Vittek (50′) The pattern of timid matches continued with neither team dominating. Slovakia showed glimmers of better technic but Hamsik and others were rarely dangerous. The game didn’t change much as it went on but Vittek managed to score on one of the few real forays into… Continue reading World Cup 2010 Day 5, A Brief Recap