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.
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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.
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.
"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.
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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."
