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Latvia name squad for Scotland trip

First Published: Sep 29, 2001

Latvia have named their squad to travel to Scotland for a 2002 World Cup qualifying wrap-up.

The Scots need to win on October 6th to stand any chance to reaching at least the play-offs.

The squad in full -

Goalkeepers - Alexander Kolinko (Crystal Palace, England), Andrey Piedels (Skonto Riga) and Andris Vanin (Ventspils)

Defenders - Igor Korablev, Viktor Lukashevich (both Ventspils), Arthur Zakreshevski, Mikhail Zemlinski, Valentin Lobanev, Oleg Blagonadezhdin (all Skonto Riga), Alexander Isakov (Volgar) and Igor Stepanov (Arsenal)

Midfielders - Vitali Astafiev, Jurgis Puchinski (Dinaburg), Andrej Rubin (Crystal Palace), Juris Lajzans (CSKA), Igor Stepanov (Ventspils) and Imant Bleidelis (Southampton)

Strikers - Marian Pahars (Southampton), Viktor Dobretsov (Metallurgs), Mikhail Mikholap, Vladimir Kolesnichenko, Maris Verpakovski (all Skonto Riga)