The national football team will have to do without goalkeeper Steinbor / Article in the November games

Latvian footballers will end the qualifying cycle with two away games on November 13 in Norway and November 16 in Gibraltar.

“John [Ikaunieka] the situation had not improved. Yes, Jānis was also on the field in the final Finnish Championship game, but he has exacerbated the injury and is not ready to complete the training process. It was a joint decision of the club and John. In the case of Steinbor, there was no real hope. Kristers has only resumed training with the club this week, but considering his current situation, we decided not to call him, “Dainis Kazakevičs, the head coach of the national team, told the press conference about the potential non-playing of the regular footballers.

Taking into account the current restrictions, the Latvian national team of coaches was concerned about whether they would be able to successfully conduct the training camp at home, however, there are no significant obstacles to the preparation process.

Only one of the footballers who has not started the vaccination course will train individually in Latvia.

“There is only one person from the whole coaching staff and players who will not have started the vaccination process at the beginning of the camp. While we are in Latvia, this person will be subject to certain restrictions. This is a potential core player, but “We can be in Norway two days before the game, so this situation will not affect our choice,” said Kazakevich.

24 footballers have been called to the November training camp and no additions are planned, unless the players are injured.

“This is the final list of candidates. If these players are all right and fully available, we do not plan to invite any additional players. have played for the national team, “admitted Kazakevich.

In Group G, after eight games, the first place with 19 points is taken by the Netherlands, the second with 17 points is Norway, 15 points are for Turkey, 11 points are scored by Montenegro, five points are scored by Latvia, but Gibraltar is still in the beige.

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.

Composition of the Latvian national football team for the November 2022 World Cup qualifiers

Goalkeepers: Roberts Ozols (“Riga”), Rihards Matrevics (“Valmiera”), Krišjānis Zviedris (“Liepāja”);

Defenders: Anthony Chernomordy, Vladislav Fyodorov (both “Riga”), Marcis Osh (“Stade Lausanne Ouchy”, Switzerland), Kaspars Dubra (“Oleksandrija”, Ukraine), Igors Tarasov (Ahnas “Ethnikos”, Cyprus), Elvis Stuglis , Roberts Savaļnieks, Vladislavs Sorokins (all – RFS), Raivis Andris Jurkovskis (“Dundalk”, Ireland);

Midfielders: Artūrs Zjuzins (RFS), Andrejs Cigaņiks (Dunajska Stredas “DAC 1904”, Slovakia), Eduards Emsis (Yerevan “Noah”, Armenia), Alvis Jaunzems (“Valmiera”), Krišs Kārkliņš, Mārtiņš Ķigurs (both “Liepāja” “), Vladimir Kamesh, Alexei Savelyev (both” Riga “), Daniel Ontuzhan (” Freiburg II “, Germany);

attackers – Vladislav Gutkowski (Czestochowa “Rakow”, Poland), Robert Uldrik (Cambuur, Leivarden, The Netherlands), Raimonds Krollis (“Valmiera”).

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