Comment Slovakia vs Luxembourg: Stumbled at home
Although Martin Škrtel and Marek Hamšík have parted ways with the national team, Slovakia is still appreciated for owning in a squad of many stars playing in the top 5 European leagues. These can be mentioned as Milan Škriniar (Inter Milan), Stanislav Lobotka (Napoli), Martin Dúbravka (Newcastle) or Peter Pekarík (Hertha Berlin).
However, coach Francesco Calzona still does not seem to have found a way to combine these small stars into a strong team. It is this that makes Slovakia not get good results in recent tournaments.
In the 2022 World Cup qualifiers, Slovakia was only third in the group containing Croatia, Russia, Slovenia, Cyprus and Malta. In the Nations League 2022/2023, Calzona's teachers and students won only 2 matches, the rest drew 1, lost 3. In the last 2 friendly matches, Slovakia was also unable to win against Chile and Montenegro.
It is this that makes Slovakia doubtful about its ability to win the Luxembourg gap. Remember, Luxembourg is on an unbeaten run of 5 matches, in which they hold Turkey, Hungary and Bulgaria, respectively. Therefore, should boldly choose the away team.



