It will be the national team’s first game under the leadership of 57-year-old Nicolato, the coach being confirmed in the position at the beginning of February.
Under the leadership of Nikolato, the Latvian national team will also play against the Liechtenstein national team during the first training camp in the Cypriot city of Larnaca on March 26.
Nicolato is assisted in training by Massimo Paganin, Aleksandrs Cauņa and Andris Vanin, physical training coach Vincenzo Pincolini and video analyst Leonardo Carletti. Both of them are also assisted by Māris Smirnovs and Iļja Ščanicins, who previously worked with the national team in these roles.
The list of candidates for the Latvian men’s football team for the March games:
Goalkeepers:
- Pavel Steinbor (RFS)
- Robert Ozol (Qizilqum of Zarafshon, Uzbekistan)
- Rihards Matrevics (“Riga”)
Defenders:
- Kaspars Dubra (Panevezys, Lithuania)
- Roberts Savalnieks, Marcis Ošs (both – RFS)
- Vladislav Sorokin (Petropavlovsk “Qyzyljar”, Kazakhstan)
- Raivis Andris Jurkovskis (“Riga”)
- Daniels Balodis, Maksims Toniševs (both – “Valmiera”)
- Andrejs Ciganiks (Lodz “Widzew”, Poland)
- Vitaly Maksimenko (Aiolikos of Mytilene, Greece)
- Vitaly Yagodinsky (Blagoyevgrad “Pirin”, Bulgaria)
Midfielders:
- Alexey Savelyev (“Auda”)
- Renārs Varslavāns (“Valmiera”)
- Dmitry Zelenkov (both – RFS)
- Artūrs Zjuzins (“Liepāja”)
- Alvis Jaunzems (Melecas “Stal”, Poland)
- Eduards Emsis (“Raufoss”, Norway),
- Christer Tober (Zurich Grasshoppers, Switzerland)
Strikers:
- Jānis Ikaunieks (RFS)
- Roberts Uldrikis (Cambuur of Leeuwarden, Netherlands)
- Vladislavs Gutkovskis (Daejeon Citizen, South Korea)
- Raimonds Krollis (Vyškov, Czech Republic)
- Marko Regža, Eduards Daškėvičs (both – “Riga”)
2024-03-21 09:19:09
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