Slovakia national football team
The nation did come close to securing a berth at the 2006 finals in Germany , after finishing second in their group ahead of Russia and behind Portugal , before drawing Spain in their qualification play-off , in which the Slovaks lost by a wide margin on aggregate ( 1–5 , 1–1 ) . 
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