News about Ondrej Duda

TOM COLLOMOSSE: Slovakia star Ondrej Duda questioned whether England can handle the heat of a major tournament as he plots an early Euro 2024 exit for Gareth Southgate's team. Duda and his team-mates will be underdogs in Gelsenkirchen on Sunday as England try to get their bid for glory back on track after an underwhelming performance in the group phase. Yet Duda, who had a short stint with Norwich in 2020, hopes Slovakia can exploit the stress Southgate's players are under to cause a shock that would be similar to Iceland's victory over England at this stage eight years ago.

The Three Lions take on Slovakia on Sunday and Mail Sport was granted an exclusive interview with one of their midfielders, Ondrej Duda. Duda, who played for Norwich in the 2019-20 season, has spilled the details on the personalities behind the players you'll see on Sunday. Who can cause trouble for England? Who are the big jokers? And who is the Slovakian equivalent of Ben White, hardly watching football?

Romania head coach Edward Iordanescu was angered by suggestions that his team and Slovakia agreed to play out a draw on Wednesday so that they would both progress at Euro 2024. The two teams went into the final round of fixtures in Group E with three points, knowing that four would be enough to reach the round of 16. Indeed, a 1-1 draw did see them both go through - as Romania topped the table, ahead of Belgium in second, while Slovakia went through as one of the four best third-placed teams.