Football: Kazakhstan vs Latvia 0 - 0 (PHOTO)

In a friendly game last week, the Kazakhs won 7-1 over Kyrgyzstan at home where five players scored a goal and the quality difference was chaotic. Latvia is a team that has many weaknesses and Kazakhstan will try to build on this and start with a win their obligations to the group, while the fans have always played an important role in the outcome of a home match of Kazakhstan. Sergei Khizhnichenko (Korona Kielce) and Bauyrzhan Islamkhan (Kairat Almaty) played in attack. In a friendly match on Wednesday, the Latvians won over Armenia 2-0 at home. Main keeper Andris Vanins, main midfielder Aleksandrs Cauna (CSKA) and main striker Edgars Gauracs (Aarau) are all out of the squad. Yuri Krasnozhan's wards from the first minute of the play took the game under control. Miroshnichenko and Shomko were variously attacking. The most dangerous moment occurred in the middle of the half, when the main playmaker of the Kazakh team Bauirzhan Islamkhan won the fight in the middle of the field and passed the ball to Sergey Khizhnichenko. Sergei "shot" into the penalty area, where Dmitry Shomko, being alone, broke above the gate. In the second half of the game Kazakh players continued to attack. Latvians were close to success. In the first case, Kazakhstan was saved by goalkeeper Sidelnikov. In the second case the ball was "shot" by the Latvian footballer and hit the crossbar of Kazakhstan's gate. Driven by many fans up to the last second of the match our players were desperately attacking. But luck did not reward for their efforts. Thus, Kazakhstan's team gained one point at the start of the group stage.