The ice hockey world championship starts already this Friday. Sixteen elite teams will meet in Zurich and Fribourg, among them of course “our boys” from Slovakia. JOJ TV will also exclusively broadcast the championship on its screens this year, but even before the opening round, real hockey fever is starting to spread across the country. It “affected” several famous faces, and actor Matúš Kvietik is no exception.
The artist, whom JOJka viewers will have the opportunity to watch again in the role of lawyer Drahoslav Kolár in the popular series Hospital, has prepared his list of the most successful athletes from the ice surface. However, one name has an ironic undertone and a teasing message was heard between the lines. Who is lying in Matúš’s stomach?
“Demitra, Lašák, Satan,” Kvietik summarized the names of hockey players whose results he will never forget and who stuck in his memory the most. The popular actor also gave an explanation. “But Demitra, because he was terribly good. A badass, because he caught well,” thought Matúš and froze a little at the third name. “And Satan? Because his political activity is in the newspapers,” you indirectly kicked the president of the Slovak Ice Hockey Association (SZĽH). Miroslav Šatan, who wants to run for this position again, had to repeatedly face criticism for the unstable performance of the hockey A team and at the same time for the allegedly bad state of the organization.
It is said that the support of young talents is lame and popular sports are stagnant in our country. At least the fourth place at the Italian Olympics was pleasing. In the past, the General was also criticized by several players, for example the star Martin Pospíšil, for the fact that, according to him, he is not in sufficient contact with NHL players during the season. A big conflict flared up after the interview of Juraj Slafkovský for
“In Slovakia, everything works on the basis of acquaintances and family ties. We all see it, but most are afraid to talk about it. Do you think that Hossa wants to work for the union? No. Gáborík? Neither. And the reason is that some people in the management adjust things so that they, and not Slovakian hockey, will benefit from it in particular.” attacked SZĽH, which the official did not like naturally.
“The whole thing was blown up in the media. The matter took place when Juraj was about 15 years old, and it concerned his club. At the next opportunity, I would like to hear the details of what actually happened. However, I do not think that it would be directly related to the national team or the union,” declared Satan in the SZĽH podcast. Controversial questions about hockey players from the Russian KHL, which serves Russian propaganda, were also discussed around Miroslav. In his ironic tone, Kvietik could also have in mind the fact that Šatan got into the advisory team of the Minister of Tourism Rudolf Huliak.
