A kickabout with his own children's football team in Slovakia was an easy way for Marek Hamsik to ease himself back in to international duty yesterday after an 11-month absence. "I have been home for a few days now and I don't feel tired," he says. Last Wednesday, I tested myself in Slovakia and everything is fine. It's been a year since I played but I'm really looking forward to it, even more so because we have important and challenging matches ahead of us," he says. "I have to focus on the first, which is the most important, and that is the battle with Ireland for the chance to get to the playoff final for Euro 2020.

Source: Irish Independent October 05, 2020 01:39 UTC