The manager of the Slovak side was left furious by the manner in which his side were eliminated from the UEFA U21 European Championship
Slovakia Under-21 coach Pavel Hapal has branded the Italy and Germany sides a “shame” upon football.
Only a 1-0 win to Italy in the final game of the stage could have sent them home from the UEFA Under-21 European Championship, in which only the three pool winners were guaranteed to qualify.
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Slovakia were in pole position to progress as the best runners-up, having finished their campaign in Group A with six points behind England, yet Federico Bernardeschi’s first-half goal gave Italy the victory they needed to go through.