Premiership duo in Slovakian squad
Friday, March 15, 2002
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Slovakia coach Ladislav Jurkemik includes two English-based players in his squad to play Austria.
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Slovakian national coach Ladislav Jurkemik has selected two players from the English FA Premiership for his squad to face Austria in Graz on 27 March.
Goalkeeper to make debút
Middlesbrough FC's Szilárd Németh and West Ham United FC's Vladimír Labant are both in the 18-man party for the friendly, along with goalkeeper Kamil Contoflasky of Czech club CU Bohemians Praha, who is certain to make his debút as Jurkemik intends to use every player making the trip in the game.
All 18 to be used
"We want to make an agreement with Austria to field all 18 players during the match," said Jurkemik, whose team will take on an Austrian side coached for the first time by Hans Krankl. The match is Jurkemik's second in charge of Slovakia, as he prepares his team for a EURO 2004™ qualifying group containing Turkey, England, F.Y.R. Macedonia and Liechtenstein.
Slovakia squad
Contofalsky, Rzeszoto, Petráš, Spilar, Ondrej Debnár, Kratochvíl, Labant, Michalík, Greško, Dzúrik, Karhan, Šoltis, Demo, Mintál, Bencík, Németh, Reiter, Meszároš.
