Latvian national football team with victory San Marino has been able to fulfill several of the things planned for the match, but still does not play aggressively enough, in a remote conversation with Latvian journalists after the game, the head coach of the unit emphasized Dainis Kazakevičs.
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It has already been reported that the Latvian state unit on Wednesday with the result 3: 0 (1: 0) convincingly beat the football team of San Marino.
“Of course, it was important for us to solve several tasks through the test game. One of them was to finally win and gain some confidence. Although it cannot be said that everything went as planned throughout the game. But the result is positive. We did several of the At the same time, hopefully this will not require us to injure individual players.After the game there are some questions about the position of the players, “commented after the game the coach gave.
Due to knee pain, the center guard was replaced Marc Osh. In addition, it prevented the execution of previously forged plans to release 19-year-old striker Raimonds Krollis, who had already started to warm up, according to Kazakevičs. Injured before the match training as well Igor Tarasov, but after this day ‘s game “work injuries” Krišs Kārkliņš and others.
Although the Latvian national team controlled 73% of the game, it once again violated the rules more than the opponents (the Latvian national team had 16 violations, the opponents – only nine). The coach explained this to the lack of individual technical play, as well as emphasized that in the first half the unit did not complete the center of the penalty area often enough.
“We lack aggression when we face our opponents’ goals – we rarely try to play. We rarely miss the ball and provoke fouls. It’s a matter of both fouls and corner kicks. [deviņi – aut.]who were not in control of such a ball either. By accepting the ball half a turn, we do not pass our opponents enough, which would provoke a reaction to such an action. If we take the ball with our backs to the goal, quite often we play it back and try to play our opponents with passes, “Kazakevičs said about the shortcomings in the team ‘s performance.
The coach did not hide that positional game with the ball was not successful throughout the game. However, the specialist praised the team for their discipline, switching to defense and not allowing opponents to run. He pointed out that when the result was 3: 0, the footballers withdrew from the organized game.
“You can’t say that we did very well in this game. I think a certain nervousness was caused by the pressure that we fail to score, we don’t win and we play against FIFA ranking the last team, “Kazakevich recalled San Marino ‘s place on the world football map.
As the injury is currently suppressing Artūrs Zjuzins, the coach, in the position of supporting midfielder, wanted to check Aleksejs Savļjevs and Ritvars Rugins, who debuted in the national team. They were given the opportunity in San Marino because the game was partly used to find solutions for Saturday’s UEFA League of Nations match against the Faroe Islands.
For the first time, Munich debuted in the core team “Bayern“system midfielder Daniels Ontužāns, for which during the October run it was still recognized that the footballer with the performance in training has not earned a place on the field.
“He really trained very well in the first trainings. We had a plan to use him more for the shift. Thanks to his performance in the training process, he proved that he deserves a place in the main line-up,” Kazakevich said about Ontzhan. “It shows that his outlook is positive enough. He’s making progress and we count him as a player who can also play on the court in official games. He played a good game.”
However, the specialist reminded that it would be important to balance the performance in the national team with the regular practice of the club, even if it is part of the second team of “Bayern”, where the midfielder is not yet allowed. The Vangaži-born footballer has participated in only one club game this season, coming to the German Cup in the first ranks of the Bayern team. He spent three minutes on the field.
“Of course we talk and discuss it with him. He doesn’t have a clear answer about the future right now. He stays in the Bayern system until the winter break. Then he’ll look at the options. There are versions of why he doesn’t play, but I wouldn’t want them. It would be much more useful for you to talk to him. An unequivocal, talented and young player who would be very useful for the national team.
Ontužāns, who left Latvia at an early age, understands the Latvian language well enough to explain basic things to him in Latvian. Various nuances are explained in more detail to the footballer in English and Russian: “In principle, he speaks Russian, and in this respect, communication inside does not cause big problems,” explains Kazakevičs, who manages the national team.
“He has mostly played in a good ‘inside’ position [zemāk spēlējošs labās malas pussargs]. When a team in this area plays with two footballers, we have a decision to look for a place where he would be more useful to us. He is useful to us aside. If we play with the tenth number [uzbrūkošs pussargs], we already have Jānis Ikaunieks and Mārtiņš Ķigurs. Honestly, he even looked better in training than today, “Kazakevičs said about Ontužāns’ place on the field.
One of the leaders of the national team Jāis Ikaunieks spent the whole 60 minutes on the field, however, this does not indicate that the coaching corps will not count on him in the official games. Data on the footballer’s workload after 45 minutes has shown that he is not too tired yet, so Ikauniekis has been given an additional 15 minutes. Kazakevich also denied that the place of March Osh and Elvis Stugl in the main line-up in the test match would indicate a prepared duo Kaspars Dubra and Anthony Chernomordy for Saturday’s match.
“We calculate the load in the context of three games. If there are players who play 90 minutes today, it certainly does not mean that they are not considered for playing against the Faroes. Such options exist for both Marc and Elvis Stulgis. John [Ikaunieka] In this case, we wanted to balance the lineup and omit a player in the attacking area who can organize the game.
The Latvian national team will have to play three games in seven days for the second time in two months. The unit will first visit the San Marino national team on 11 November UEFA League of Nations The game will host Faroese footballers, but on November 17 will end the cycle with a match in Andorra.
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