For the Latvian national football team, the match in Düsseldorf against the strong German national team was a valuable experience not to be feared, the head coach of the national team admitted in a conversation with journalists after the game. Dainis Kazakevičs.
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It is reported that Latvian national football team on Monday with a score of 1: 7 (0: 5) guest conceded to the German national unit, who played the last test game before the 2021 European Football Championship.
Latvian Football Federation (LFF) celebrated his 100th birthday with the match German national football team The goalkeeper Manuel Noeier experienced the 100th game in the ranks of the national team, which was defeated by Alexei Savelyev in the second half with a beautiful shot.
“We are disappointed with both the game and the result,” Dainis Kazakevičs admitted after the match. “Despite the shortage of a number of basic players, we were preparing for the game and hoping to show more decent resistance. We failed to deal with the opponent’s rather aggressive ‘counter-pressure’ game as we left the defense. We pretty much lost the ball.”
“We didn’t keep up with the speed in the defensive activities. There were two teams of very different levels on the field today. Both the content of the game and the result in general reflect the difference in mastery between the two teams,” the coach said.
Kazakevich did not hide that the game also reflected problems in the organization of defense, making tactical mistakes by footballers. In his opinion, the functional readiness of the Latvian national team is not high at the moment, which was previously proved by the match of the Baltic Cup against Lithuanian footballers.
The specialist stressed that the injured were especially missing Jānis Ikaunieks a Christers Tobers, but at the last minute we had to delete the name of Roberts Savavnieks from the main line-up: “Robert was prepared today for the place in the main line-up where we played him. The lack of these three players was definitely noticeable.”
Exactly RFS the team guard tested positive for Covid-19 on Sunday temporarily jeopardized the game. Savavnieks was isolated from the team, but on Monday all the tests performed on the representatives of the Latvian national team were already negative.
The game was successfully intensified by the goalkeeper Savelyev, but also by the goalkeeper Raimonds Krollis. Renārs Varslavāns, a 19-year-old midfielder, made his debut in the national team. Without calling specific words, Kazakevich welcomed the involvement of reservists in the game.
“The course of the game was different in the second half. The opponents didn’t put so much pressure when we regained the ball on our side. Glad that more of our new players came on quite bravely. The result was clear, but I liked how enthusiastically they left the field. and used his minutes, “the coach wanted to note.
Kazakevich was asked whether a game against such a strong opponent was necessary both from the point of view of footballers’ confidence and in terms of general football advertising in public.
“I think it was definitely a great opportunity to play the game. Obviously we wanted a better result. But if we are afraid of losing, it is better not to play with any such team. Then we will not move forward either,” the coach emphasized the value of negative experience.
Kazakevich pointed out that a large part of the core of the current national team has not yet played 20 games in the national team. Thus, such experience is very useful for inexperienced football players.
“Now we can talk about it post factum after such a result. If the result were more positive, I would not doubt it. I still have no doubt that such a harsh experience is an experience. It is important for us to draw the right conclusions and learn the right lessons after such a game.” presented the coach, who did not hide that the workload was both large, both functionally and emotionally.
Kazakevich also called the game of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers in the Netherlands on March 27, where was lost with the result 0: 2.
“We did not manage to play in the counterattack to the end and played as organized in defense as it was in the Netherlands. The German team used their moments quite quickly, unlike the Dutch team. I don’t think there is any reason to regret playing such a game,” the coach concluded.
The game of Estonia is expected to play for the Latvian football team on Thursday, where the winner of the Baltic Cup will be determined. On Tuesday, the Estonians defeated the Lithuanian national team 1: 0 away, but the Latvian national team won the neighbors from the south 3: 1 on Friday. Thus, the Latvian national team will also be allowed to triumph in the Baltic Cup.
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