Latvian footballers do not qualify for the European U-19 Championship Finals / Day
Latvia defeated Spain in the fifth qualifying group with a 1: 4 (0: 2).
Spain reached 2: 0 in three minutes. In the 13th minute, Daniel Dias scored and Oscar Marcoss in the 15th minute.
In the second half, Latvia made four players’ shifts, and in the 75th minute Markus Ivulāns regained one goal – 1: 2.
However, four minutes later, the Latvian team remained in the minority, earning a red card for the offense against opponent’s guard Daniel Muen, earning Timur Azarov.
In the 89th minute, Gonsalo Pastor reached 3: 1, but a minute later the final score was recorded by Pejo Uestamendy.
Spain entered the finals with seven points in three games, with two points in two games for France and two for Italy, but Latvia ended the tournament with one point in three games.
In order to qualify for the final tournament, the young footballers of Latvia had to win the Spaniards at least two goals on Tuesday, hoping that the French and the Italians would fight in a tie in parallel.
In the first round, Latvia played 1: 1 with Italy on Wednesday, but lost to France at the end of the match at the end of the match. The Spaniards first won the French with 2: 1, but then played a draw 2: 2 with Italians.
Only seven group winners will win the elite round, which will join the housewife Romania in the final.
The Latvian U-19 team has reached three qualifying cycles in a row.
In the first round in October 2024 in Luxembourg, the Latvian team ranked third in the group, but it had the best scores among the third place winners of all groups, allowing the latter to enter the elite.
Viktor Dobrecov had included representatives of five domestic clubs and six foreign clubs from teams in Italy, Ireland, England, Croatia, Poland and Ukraine.
Dobrecov is assisted by coaches Anton Yemelin, Dmitry Bogdanov and Vladislav Pavluchenko, goalkeeper coach Viktor Spole and physical fitness coach Kristaps Petrutis.
Latvian U-19 men’s football team:
Goalkeepers – Krister Gabriel Bite (« Metta »), Henry Auseklis (« Cagliari », Italy);
guards – Timur Azarov (« Monza », Italy), Christopher Baumanis (« Sondrio », Italy), Alexander Molotkov, Lenard Berzins (both « Metta »), Walter Purs (« Jelgava »), Marcus Strod (Dublin « Bohemian », Ireland);
midfielders – Nikita Barkovsky (« Daugavpils »), Marat Galayev (« Watford », England), Markus Ivulan, Rudolfs Klavinsky, Hugo Jesse (all – « Metta »), Helvij Jokst (« Tukums 2000 ») Victor Oghenetega Ohvovoriole (Kelce « Korona », Poland), Matīss Siliņš (Zagreb « Dinamo », Croatia);
Attackers – Daniel Raddieks (Zhitomiras « Polissya », Ukraine), Robert Kukulis (Milan’s « Inter », Italy).
