Progression for one player only

The pace taken at the beginning of the season was not allowed by injuries and stopping the progress of young players, admits the head coach of the football club “Tukums 2000/Telms” Kristaps Dishler.

“We started the Superleague brilliantly, in the first round we took the highest level, but the next two were very sad – there was a lack of depth in the team, injuries appeared, the young players did not participate, which we to do it. stress, and also the luck factor. Kristaps Dišler told “Latvijas Avīze”.

Bogdans Samoilovs, the head of the midfield, was temporarily unable to help due to injury, Valery Lizunov did not play for a month and a half due to lung cancer and surgery after which he scored nine and ten goals in “Daugavpils “. in the previous two seasons, but this year he was outstanding with two perfect shots in 15 games.

“I can only praise Kaspars Anman, who is having a strong season and is going strong with every game.

The 22-year-old midfielder was encouraged by Kristaps Dischler, adding that he had expected more from other subordinates. Last year, among the 15 top scorers in the league, there were three from Tukum, as well as two Latvians – Raivis Ķiršs with nine goals and Artūrs Krancmanis with eight. The first moved to the Polish third league, the second failed to score this year. The top scorer with six goals is Jamaican Kenroy Campbell, who played for “Daugavpils” last year.

“Tukums 2000/Telms” is in eighth place in the overall standings with 28 points obtained in 29 games and on Saturday they will meet “Grobinu/LFS”, who have a game and an extra point, as sixth place on the record. The three games so far have been very similar to this season – 2:0, 1:2, 1:2.

“It’s always difficult against beginners, I liked myself in the first quarter, last year it was difficult against Jelgava. We don’t know exactly what to expect from Grobina, although the schemes seem to be known.

It will be the hardest fourth game, there is enough of a draw for them to be ahead of us. Their fans in Liepāja are responsive, so it’s a pleasure to go there, the atmosphere is great,” admitted Dishler.

Liepāja, which is in ninth place, is only one point behind, the people of Tukum did not like to give up their positions and participate in rematches to keep their place in the main league.

“RFS” is a stable team, the heart has been together for a long time, we can expect miracles in Bucharest They proved their character in Cyprus against “APOEL”, I did not believe that shape them in overtime. I think they can at least win a draw Yes, there is injury, but with only Petrs Mares dropped out of the defensive line, you can put whoever you want up front, they get goals from normal situations, the main thing is to get them,” Kristaps Dišler optimistically assessed the hopes of “RFS” to surprise the Romanian “FCSB” in the first match of the UEFA Europa League in Bucharest tonight.