SOUTH AFRICA: FOOTBALL / SOCCER - WORLD CUP 2010 - Slovakian coach storms out of press conference

Record ID: 455314

  • Title: SOUTH AFRICA: FOOTBALL / SOCCER - WORLD CUP 2010 - Slovakian coach storms out of press conference
  • Date: 18th June 2010
  • Summary: MANGAUNG, SOUTH AFRICA (JUNE 19, 2010) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF THE SLOVAKIA MEN'S WORLD CUP SOCCER TEAM RUNNING AROUND THE FREE STATE STADIUM PITCH IN TRAINING WEISS AND MUCHA AT THE NEWS CONFERENCE (SOUNDBITE) (Slovak) VLADIMIR WEISS, SLOVAKIA MEN'S 2010 WORLD CUP SOCCER TEAM COACH, SAYING: "All the players are ready, no one's injured, everybody is ready, we are looking forward to the match. It will reveal a lot and tomorrow's match will turn the group situation. Paraguay played a great game against Italy and they are very combative and if all our players can deliver a great performance we can count on a great result." VARIOUS OF SLOVAKIA TEAM DOING EXERCISES COACH WEISS WATCHING TEAM SLOVAKIA TEAM DOING EXERCISES (SOUNDBITE) (Slovak) JAN MUCHA, GOALKEEPER FOR THE 2010 SLOVAKIA MEN'S WORLD CUP SOCCER TEAM, SAYING: "Of course I saw Paraguay playing against Italy and also some other matches. They are technically very developed and very disciplined so it surely won't be an easy match, but our side is prepared for it physically and also mentally. And this match will surely tell us more about how our situation will look in the future." VARIOUS OF THE SLOVAKIA MEN'S WORLD CUP SOCCER TEAM WARMING UP WITH SOCCER BALLS SLOVAKIA SOCCER TEAM COACH VLADIMIR WEISS AND SLOVAKIA GOALKEEPER JAN MUCHA AT A NEWS CONFERENCE WEISS LISTENING TO TRANSLATION OF REPORTER'S QUESTION (SOUNDBITE) (Slovak) VLADIMIR WEISS, SLOVAKIA MEN'S 2010 WORLD CUP SOCCER TEAM COACH, SAYING: "Of course I respect Paraguay otherwise I would not sit here. And I want to thank the Slovak journalists who are much better than the foreign ones." WEISS AND MUCHA LEAVE BRIEFING ROOM
  • Embargoed: 3rd July 2010 13:00
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  • Location: South Africa
  • Country: South Africa
  • Topics: Sports
  • Reuters ID: LVA4EL7POAO0S299QQ7CLT5VCEE3
  • Story Text: Slovakia completed final preparations at the Free State Stadium, in Mangaung, South Africa on Saturday (June 19) for their second Group F World Cup match against Paraguay.
    Slovakia, playing in their first World Cup finals, drew their opening match 1-1 against New Zealand on June 15, with only an injury-time goal from Winston Reid preventing the Slovaks from opening with a win.
    With Paraguay also drawing 1-1 against defending world champions Italy in their opening game, a win for either side will go a long way to ensuring qualification for the second round.
    "Tomorrow's match will turn the group situation. Paraguay played a great game against Italy and they are very combative and if all our players can deliver a great performance we can count on a great result," said Slovakia's coach, Vladimir Weiss.
    Slovakia goalkeeper Jan Mucha said that Paraguay is a very developed and disciplined side.
    "It surely won't be an easy match, but our side is prepared for it physically and also mentally. And this match will surely tell us more about how our situation will look in the future," said Mucha.
    Weiss said that he will be making changes to his team for the match against Paraguay, but he would not divulge what those changes would be.
    The news briefing then ended abruptly when Weiss stood up and left, clearly irritated after a Spanish-speaking journalist asked him if he respected the Paraguay team.
    "Of course I respect Paraguay otherwise I would not sit here. And I want to thank the Slovak journalists who are much better than the foreign ones," he said, standing up and leaving hurriedly to terminate the news conference.
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