Today, in the fifth game of the 2022 World Cup qualifying cycle, the Latvian men’s national football team will compete at home with the Norwegian national team, which will include the promising Erling Holland.
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The match in “Daugava” stadium will start at 19. Portal “Delfi” will offer live text of the game.
It has already been reported that Latvian footballers won Gibraltar at home 3: 1 on Wednesday. Vladislavs Gutkovskis scored two goals for the Latvian national team, but Andrejs Cigaņiks stood out once. Before going home to Riga, the Norwegians fought a draw 1: 1 with the Netherlands, scoring a goal for Holland.
On Tuesday, the Latvian national team will visit Montenegro.
Latvia ranks 136th in the FIFA rankings, while Norway ranks 43rd.
Compared to the June camp, this time the team again has three footballers playing in Poland, who for various reasons could not help the team at the beginning of the summer – experienced goalkeeper Pavel Steinbor, midfielder Kristers Tobers, as well as the forward striker Vladislav Gutkowski. True, Tobers cannot participate in matches due to injury.
The previously injured Mārtiņš Ķigurs has also returned to the rank. This time Vitalijs Maksimenko and Raivjs Ķiršs, as well as goalkeeper Krišjānis Zviedrs are not in the national team, but all the other invited footballers were with the team three months ago.
The brightest star of the Norwegian national team is Erling Holland, the striker of the German Bundesliga club Dortmund “Borussia”, who has scored eight goals in 13 matches in the national team. Also on the list of 26 players is Watford striker Joshua Kings, who has emerged 17 times in 54 fights and is the most productive of the footballers of the term, as well as London Arsenal midfielder Martin Edegor.
According to Transfermarkt, Holland is the second most valuable football player in the world after Kiljan Mbape, and many European grandiques like 21-year-old Norwegians.
The Latvian and Norwegian teams also met in the qualifying for the 2000 European Championship. First, Latvia won 3: 1, but in the second match, the Norwegians revived with 2: 1.
In Group G, after four games in the lead with eight points, is Turkey. The Netherlands, Montenegro and Norway follow with seven points, Latvia has four points, but Gibraltar is still in the air.
In the European area, the samples are divided into ten subgroups, five for five samples and five for six samples. Ten group winners will qualify for the World Cup final, but ten runners-up and two top UEFA Nations League teams will compete in the “play-off” round, which will be outside the top two in the sub-groups.
In the elimination tournament, 12 teams will be divided into three “play-off” branches, where in March 2022 three more participants of the final tournament will be determined.
The final of the World Cup will take place in Qatar, and due to the hot weather, the tournament will be played in the winter from November 21 to December 18.
In 2022, Qatar will host the last World Cup final, with 32 teams participating. The 2026 tournament, hosted by Canada, Mexico and the United States, will feature 48 national teams.
Latvian national team candidates for participation in the World Cup qualifying tournament in September:
goalkeepers – Roberts Ozols (“Riga”), Rihards Matrevics (“Valmiera”), Pavel Steinbors (Belastok “Jagiellonia”, Poland);
guards – Anthony Chernomordy, Vladislav Fyodorov (both – “Riga”), Marcis Osh (Jūrmala “Spartak”), Kaspars Dubra (“Oleksandrija”, Ukraine), Igors Tarasov (Ahnas “Ethnikos”, Cyprus), Elvis Stuglis, Roberts Savaļnieks , Vladislav Sorokin (all – RFS), Raivis Andris Jurkovskis (“Dundalk”, Ireland);
midfielders – Artūrs Zjuzins, Renārs Varslavāns (both – RFS), Kristers Tobers (Gechansk “Lechia”, Poland), Andrejs Cigaņiks (Dunajska Stredas “DAC 1904”, Slovakia), Eduards Emsis (Yerevan “Noah”, Armenia), Alvis Jaunzems (“Valmiera”), Krišs Kārkliņš, Mārtiņš Ķigurs (both – “Liepāja”), Vladimirs Kamešs, Aleksejs Saveļjevs (both – “Riga”), Jānis Ikaunieks (Kuopio “Palloseura”, Finland);
attackers – Dāvis Ikaunieks (“Liepāja”), Vladislavs Gutkovskis (Czestochowa “Rakow”, Poland), Roberts Uldriķis (Leivārden “Cambuur”, the Netherlands), Raimonds Krollis (“Valmiera”).
Norwegian national team candidates for the World Cup qualifiers in September:
Goalkeepers: Andre Hansen (“Rosenborg”), Per Brotweight (Nimes “Olympique”, France), Erjan Nilann (“Bournemouth”, England);
Defenders: Christopher Ayers (Brentford, England), Fredrik Bjerkan (Bodo / Glimt), Lunn Gabrielsen (Toulouse, France), Stian Gregersen (Molde), Andreas Hanche-Ulsen (Ghent) , Belgium), Marcus Pedeschen (Rotterdam ‘s Feyenoord, The Netherlands), Birger Melings (Stade Rennais, France), Julian Riesersun (Berlin Union, Germany), Ken Strandberg (Salernitana, Italy);
Midfielders: Sanders Berge (Sheffield United, England), Patrick Berg (Bodo / Glimt), Matt Sons (Nuremberg, Germany), Aaron Dennum (Liège Standard, Belgium), Jens Heuge (Frankfurt) Eintracht, Germany), Martin Edegor (London Arsenal, England), Muhammad Eljunussi (Glasgow Celtic, Scotland), Matthias Nurmann (Rostov, Russia), Mortens Torsby (Sampdoria, Italy);
Attackers: Erling Holland (Borussia, Dortmund, Germany), Eric Botheim (Bodo / Glimt), Joshua Kings (Waford, England), Alexander Serlet (Leipzig, Germany), Christian Toursted (Genk) “, Belgium).
