August 10, 2011 - 17:45 AMT
Slovak team coach dismissed Miroslav Stoch

The coach of the Slovak football team Vladimir Vays dismissed forward Miroslav Stoch from the team thus punishing Stoch for drunken driving, according to lenta.ru.

Vays noted that Stoch is a very good player, but his deed cannot be left without attention. 21-old forward will miss a friendly with Austria, which is due on August 10, however withholding if the forward will miss other games as well.

Stoch’s participation in a September 6 match with Armenian team for the qualifying stage of the Europe Championship 2012 is open to question.

Stoch was detained on August 7 in Slovakia. Police stopped yellow Ferrari, driven by a football player, and tested him for alcohol, the content of which in the blood stood at 1,17 ppm. As cas.sk Slovak online edition reports, Stoch was driving a card after having five small tins of beer.