Crunch Time for the Plucky Irish in Close Group
Four Sides on Seven Points Chase Slovakia
March 24
In a wide open group, four games over the next week could close some doors, or more likely decide nothing. Slovakia are best placed having beaten Northern Ireland and Poland but lost in Slovenia. They will have to improve on that away form, starting in the Sparta Stadium when they visit fierce local rivals Czech Republic. Slovakia and the Czech Republic made up the former Czechoslovakia and while political relations are very good, the sporting rivalry is intense after their famed ‘Velvet Divorce’.
First the Czechs visit Slovenia (which used to be part of Yugoslavia) on Saturday. Both, like Poland, have seven points from four games, an average record which won’t see you get even a second place but somebody’s got to improve on it if they all keep playing each other.
Can Plucky Irish Pull it Off?
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Crunch Time for the Plucky Irish in Close Group
Four Sides on Seven Points Chase Slovakia
March 24
In a wide open group, four games over the next week could close some doors, or more likely decide nothing. Slovakia are best placed having beaten Northern Ireland and Poland but lost in Slovenia. They will have to improve on that away form, starting in the Sparta Stadium when they visit fierce local rivals Czech Republic. Slovakia and the Czech Republic made up the former Czechoslovakia and while political relations are very good, the sporting rivalry is intense after their famed ‘Velvet Divorce’.
First the Czechs visit Slovenia (which used to be part of Yugoslavia) on Saturday. Both, like Poland, have seven points from four games, an average record which won’t see you get even a second place but somebody’s got to improve on it if they all keep playing each other.
Can Plucky Irish Pull it Off?
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