The players of the Latvian national women’s team, despite the devastating result in the match against England, have shown themselves as fighters on the field and have not saved their forces in the difficult situation, emphasizes the head coach of the national team Roman Kvačovs.
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“This was a match between professionals and players, most of whom take one of the first steps in big football. None of our football players who played on the field had played in front of such a large number of spectators. There were several thousand grandstands, but 12 … It was very loud, even “At times, I didn’t hear myself. At times, I didn’t hear myself. The girls had to make a lot of decisions for themselves. “We have never had such an opponent. The English national team is playing really fantastic, but the Latvian national team is currently undergoing a generational change. The average age of the players in the team is 20 years.”
As reported, the Latvian national team was preparing for this match with a different composition than usual. In total, seven footballers were gathered at once without any previous playing practice in the national team. For various reasons, there were no such regular players as Karlīna Miksone, Anastasia Ročāne, Olga Ševcova, Renāte Fedotova and Enija Anna Vaivode.
“I was glad that the girls gave themselves up to the end, did not give up. In terms of character, everything was done. is another new and valuable experience, “emphasizes R. Kvačovs. “There were several girls on the field with no previous experience in the national team. All the changes were planned because we knew it would be a very difficult game, so we planned to change in some positions in advance. It was also planned to change the goalkeepers. so we wanted the gatekeepers to play halfway through this situation. “
Five of our football players immediately made their debut in the national team last year.
“The team’s newcomer Anna Gornela spent 90 minutes on the pitch and I’m happy with her. Diāna Skribina acted as a central support because there was a lot of pressure in both the center and the outer areas. Our girls are still young and inexperienced, so we had to change and help, it It was only a matter of time before we replaced Alice Gaiki with Selga Penelope Vitmori in the center area. “We missed Eric ‘s position in a slightly different position than his daily routine,” said the coach.
The Latvian national team has lost in the five matches of the tournament so far and takes the last, sixth place in its group, lagging behind Luxembourg and Northern Macedonia by only three points. England with five victories and a goal difference of 53: 0 is the leader of the group. The Latvian national team of the qualifying tournament will continue in April next year with matches in Luxembourg and Austria.
“Every game is an experience, and I believe that such a match will benefit us in the long run. However, in order for us to develop, we need to play with more equal opponents. In the qualifying tournament, several teams have had similar results, and this certainly leads to some reflection, “adds R. Kvačovs.
