Daily Star Sunday

Hamsik is left Schik as a dog by Patrik

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SUBSTITUTE Patrik Schick headed home a late winner just three minutes after his introducti­on to seal a 2-1 win for Czech Republic.

Napoli star Marek Hamsik celebrated becoming his country’s most capped player with an equaliser following Michael Krmencik’s opener, but Slovakia were unable to record a fifth successive home win in competitiv­e action.

Both sides went into the game without a point having been beaten by group leaders Ukraine last month.

After an even first half the visitors went in front in the 52nd minute when Borek Dockal threaded a pass

through to Krmencik, who made no mistake with just the keeper to beat.

Hamsik responded 10 minutes later by tapping home his 22nd internatio­nal goal, putting him one behind Robert Vittek on the nation’s all-time scoring list.

But Roma striker Schick ensured it would not be a fairytale day for the record-breaker as he scored with his second touch off the bench to leave Slovakia rooted to the bottom of Nations League Group B1.

Gibraltar made history as they won a competitiv­e internatio­nal for the first time with a 1-0 win in Armenia.

Despite the hosts creating

35 shots on goal and boasting Arsenal’s Henrikh Mkhitaryan in their line-up, they failed to find a way to beat Gibraltar keeper Kyle Goldwin.

Joseph Chipolina was the hero from the penalty spot five minutes after half-time.

Elsewhere, Georgia sealed top spot in Group D1 by seeing off Andorra 3-0.

Valeri Qazaishvil­i grabbed a double, while Jaba Kankava added a third in stoppage time after Andorra’s Marcio Vieira had been sent off.

In the same group, Latvia and Kazakhstan played out a 1-1 draw to both move level on two points with Andorra.

Baktiyor Zaynutdino­v broke the deadlock adter 16 minutes but Latvia’s Arturs Karasausks restored parity five minutes before the break.

Meanwhile, Slovenia are still without a point in Group

C3 after suffering a 1-0 defeat to Norway.

The visitors failed to register a single shot on target and were undone on the stroke of half-time by a screamer from Ole Selnaes, who rifled a left-footed volley from the edge of the area into the top corner.

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