VERONIKA RAJEK has warned England fans to watch out for her old school friend on Sunday evening.
The Three Lions face Slovakia in the last 16 in Gelsenkirchen after topping their group at Euro 2024.
England go into the match as favourites to reach the quarter-finals, but Veronika has a connection to her country’s key man.
The model and social media star, who has been dubbed “Slovakia’s sexiest supporter”, went to school with midfielder Ondrej Duda.
They attended a specialist sports school together before her move to the USA, having been born and raised in Slovakia.
Despite tipping France to win the Euros before the tournament, Veronika is now hopeful the Falcons can shock England and go deep into the draw in Germany.
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Speaking exclusively to SunSport, she explained: “Slovakia loves to cheer for their teams in any world competition. So now in Slovakia, it is a very happy mood.
“People are very friendly after the victory against Belgium and moving forward to playoffs.
“I think the Slovakia team will play well. There are a lot of young players, they want to prove themselves to the world and hope there won’t be any rain.”
Slovakia began their campaign by beating Belgium before sealing their progression with a 1-1 draw against Romania on Wednesday.
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As for Duda, she picked out the Hellas Verona man as one to watch for England supporters.
Veronika added: “They should definitely watch out for my classmate, Duda. We attended together specialised sport high school back then.
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“He was already a very good player and I did track and field and high jump.”
The 29-year-old has scored 13 goals in 75 caps for Slovakia, including a strike in the draw with Romania.
He has started each of their matches in Germany and also faced England in the group stage back in 2016.
Although Slovakia have never progressed beyond the last 16, Veronika has also revealed how she plans to celebrate if they can lift the trophy.
Explaining her plans for the rest of the tournament, she continued: “I am back in Europe, enjoying my free time with family and travelling around Europe and making very nice content for my friends only.
“And what I will do when Slovakian team will win, I can promise if they win Euro 2024 I will do new photos shooting with the Slovakian flag.
“So I hope this will give them very good power and strength.”
Meet England’s Euro 2024 Wags
England Wags range from childhood sweethearts to recently blossoming love stories.
Katie Goodland (Harry Kane’s wife)
The fitness instructor has been married to the England captain since 2019 and joined him in Germany with their four children after he joined Bayern Munich.
Laura Celia Valk (Jude Bellingham’s girlfriend)
The stunning Dutch model, 25, has more than half a million Instagram followers and is said to be absolutely smitten with the Real Madrid star.
Rebecca Cooke (Phil Foden’s girlfriend)
Foden’s childhood sweetheart and the mother of his two kids tends to keep out of the spotlight, but is a regular at England games.
Dani Dyer (Jarrod Bowen’s girlfriend)
England’s most famous Wag, former Love Island winner and daughter of Eastenders’ Danny Dyer.
Iris Law (Trent Alexander-Arnold’s girlfriend)
Dani Dyer isn’t the only actor’s daughter dating an England star. Iris’ dad is Hollywood legend Jude Law.
Megan Davison (Jordan Pickford’s wife)
Megan has been with Pickford since he was 14 years old. The couple married in 2022 and have one son.
Olivia Naylor (John Stones’ girlfriend)
The 33-year-old former beautician has stepped back from her role after giving birth to a baby son.
Read more about the Wags who will be supporting England at Euro 2024 here
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
