Slovakia yet to settle on selection

Form and fitness
Galis will then assess the form and fitness of his players over the weekend before cutting his party to a 22-man list ahead of their get-together in Bratislava next Tuesday. Among the names in the frame for the two-legged tie on 12 and 16 November are untried goalkeeper Marián Kelemen, playing his club football in Spain with CD Tenerife, and the SK Slavia Praha midfield duo of Dušan Švento and Matej Krajčík.

Contrast noted
The coach believes there is a big contrast between the two nations, who finished runners-up in their qualifying groups to earn this last chance at a place in next year's finals. He said: "Spain will no doubt play offensively with only goal, victory. The problem for their coach Luis Aragonés is simply to choose the best players. We have to prepare carefully and find the ideal lineup."

Slovakia squad
Goalkeepers: Kamil Čontofalský (FC Zenit St. Petersburg), Juraj Čobej (FC Artmedia), Marián Kelemen (CD Tenerife).

Defenders: Roman Kratochvíl (Denizlispor), Martin Petráš (AC Sparta Praha), Jozef Valachovič (SK Rapid Wien), Stanislav Varga (Celtic FC), Radoslav Zabavník (PFC CSKA Sofia), Martin Škrtel (FC Zenit St. Petersburg), Marián Had (1. FC Brno), Maroš Klimpl (FC Baník Ostrava), Marek Čech (FC Porto), Marián Čišovský (MŠK Žilina), Ďurica (FC Artmedia).

Midfielders: Peter Hlinka (SK Rapid Wien), Michal Hanek (FC Dinamo Moskva), Ratislav Michalík (SV Ried), Vladimír Janočko (FK Austria Wien), Miroslav Karhan (VfL Wolfsburg), Vratislav Greško (Blackburn Rovers FC), Ovam Hodúr (FC Slovan Liberec), Dušan Švento (SK Slavia Praha), Matej Krajčík (SK Slavia Praha), Ján Kozák (FC Artmedia), Balázs Borbély (FC Artmedia), Branislav Fodrek (FC Artmedia), Marek Sapara (MFK Ružomberok), Igor Žofčák (MFK Ružomberok).

Forwards: Lubomír Reiter (Chicago Fire), Filip Hološko (SK Slovan Liberec), Robert Vittek (1. FC Nürnberg), Milan Ivana (1. FC Slovácko), Szilárd Németh (Middlesbrough FC), Stanislav Šesták (MŠK Žilina).