SLOVAKIA
Gabriele Marcotti
May 29, 2010
THIS ONE'S BEEN AWHILE IN THE MAKING. AFTER SLOVAKIA AND THE CZECH REPUBLIC WENT THEIR OWN WAYS IN 1993, FEW BELIEVED THE FORMER WOULD MAKE MUCH OF AN IMPACT IN soccer. After all, most of the old Czechoslovakian stars were, in fact, Czech, and it was hard to see Slovakia, with just over five million people, competing on the world stage anytime soon.
The best possible news for Slovakia is that this is the weakest World Cup group, which is why Weiss's men have a chance to advance. But they have little more than that.
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