Yuriy Zhigaev | Photo: Yuri Zhigaev’s profile on the “X” website
Former Latvian national team player Jurijs Žigajevs shared his thoughts on the performance of the national team and the inability of its head coach Daiņas Kazakevičas to take responsibility in the “Buffet” podcast.
“That [2020. gadā] appointed Kazakevic, I didn’t like it, we criticized it, both on twitter, and in programs. The way it all happened, some even say that Dainis appointed himself head coach. We were told it was the best candidate. Then the first Nations League, loss to Malta. Then the selection cycle, in which I was not good at all, followed by Group D of the Nations League, the cellar of the cellar. In any sport, the head coach is responsible for the result. If the team loses in the 91st minute, if the team cannot get together and go to Ilūksti with a full squad – that is the coach’s responsibility,” a confident football commentator.
“Zero. Zero points, the first team that officially can no longer qualify for the EC. There are no changes at 0:1. Everything came together, and then I came home, the players say that the fans should calm down, understand reality. You can think so, but don’t say, you were the captain a year ago. The coach has the same rhetoric. I want people to understand that I am a fan of this team, so that everything is good for them. I don’t ask for EČ, I want it not to exist zeros, to have a dignified game, to have humane responses. The national team is not a private club, it is a team of all of us,” the reasons that prompted him to write an emotional tweet explains Zhigaev after the loss to Wales.
You create a youth system.
You have been working at LFF for more than 10 years as a sports director.
You have been working for u21 for 6-7 years and almost all the current national team members go through your team.
When you take office, you name the goal EČ2024.
0 points, 0 hopes, 0 ideas, 0 perspectives
Would you take responsibility?— Yuriy Zhigajev (@jzigajev) September 12, 2023
It has already been announced that in September the Latvian national team played two matches in the European Championship qualifiers, losing to Croatia 0:5 on the road, and then losing to Wales 0:2 at home. In total, in five games in this selection, Latvia has five losses and only three goals scored.
2023-09-19 15:07:40
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