Friday, July 16, 2010

Karhan misses out for Slovakia

past captain Miroslav Karhan was the distinguished absentee as Slovakia coach Vladimír Weiss finalized his 23-man squad for the FIFA World Cup.The 33-year-old Karhan is the just player to characteristic in all eight qualifying campaigns for major contest since Slovakia gained self-government, but he will be unable to add to his 95 caps in South Africa after being ruled out with an Achilles tendon injury.

" Miroslav Karhan was the first player who merits to go, but sometimes football brings you hard knocks and misfortune," said Weiss. Karhan added: "It's cruel, very cruel, but worse things happen."

Weiss absent Ľuboš Kamenár, Ľubomír Michalík, Tomáš Hubočan, Mário Pečalka and Dušan Švento from his conditional squadron, though AC Sparta Praha midfielder Juraj Kucka is built-in despite not featuring in qualifying. "He's shown fighting spirit and his recent performances convinced me to get him in the squad," said Weiss.
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