2024-07-18 10:13:09
Anastasija Čemirtāne and Karlīna Mikson scored for the home team.
Latvian footballers took the lead in the 24th minute when Čemirtane sent the ball into the visitors’ goal after Olga Ševtsova’s pass, but 13 minutes later Klaudija Čipere equalized the score.
At the end of the compensation time of the first half, Anastasija Poliuhovica also earned a yellow card.
Latvian footballers scored the winning goal in the 83rd minute, Miksonei being accurate. In Latvia’s second goal, Ševcova was also noted with an assist.
After six rounds in the C League subgroup, Slovenia took first place with 18 points, while Latvia was second with seven points. The third place was occupied by North Macedonia, which also got seven points, while Moldova ranked fourth with one point.
Among the runners-up, Latvia ranked fourth, not among the top three runners-up who will continue their qualification for the European Championship in the “play-off” round.
In the match held in Skopje on Friday, Latvians won 2:1 over North Macedonia.
In the previous matches of the C League tournament, the Latvian national team lost to North Macedonia 3:4 at home, defeated Moldova 1:0 away, and also lost twice to Slovenia (0:6 and 0:4).
The Latvian national team plays the qualification tournament in the C league. The winners of the first two places in each subgroup of the A League will have an automatic place in the final tournament, which will take place in Switzerland. The fate of the remaining seven tickets will be decided in two “play-off” rounds, which will take place from October to December. The winners of the five subgroups and the three best runners-up will qualify for the “play-off” stage of the C League.
In addition, the teams of the C League are fighting for the chance to be promoted to the B League for the next UEFA Nations League and qualification cycle. Such promotion is awarded to the winner of each C-League subgroup.
The qualification tournament is organized according to the performance of the teams in the UEFA Nations League tournament, with the participants being divided into A, B and C leagues. In its debut season of the UEFA Nations League, the Latvian national team competed in the C League and reached the playoffs for promotion to a higher league, however, they recognized the superiority of Slovakia and therefore remained in the C League.
List of Latvian national team candidates:
goalkeepers – Sofja Nesterova, Alina Sklmenova (both – RFS), Elza Renāte Strazdiņa (“Jelgava”);
defenders – Anastasija Ročane (no club) Paula Linda Liniņa (“Metta”), Sofija Garanča (“Riga”), Anastasija Weiner, Selga Penelope Whitmore, Marina Telukeviča (all – RFS), Aleksandra Sofija Mairna (Michigan State University, NCAA) , Anna Flakse (“Liepāja”), Sandra Voitāne (Vestmadnaeijars IBV, Iceland);
midfielders – Katrina Danilova, Signy Schoenberg (both – “Matt”), Anastasia Čemirtāne, Taisia Smirnova, Anna Maria Valak (all – RFS), Victoria Zaichikova, Olga Shevtsova (both – Westmadna, “Iceland” ), Carlene Mixon (Sosnoveca’s “Czarni”, Polly);
forwards – Anastasija Poliuhoviča (RFS), Santa Sanija Vuškane (“Metta”).
2024-07-18 10:13:09