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When asked about the goals for the next championship, where the Latvian national team’s first match against Poland is scheduled for May 11, Vītoliņš said that he clearly wants to maintain the level and attitude.
“This is sport and I know there will be painful losses and criticism. Because no matter how good you are now, you’ll be bad again – that’s inevitable, you can’t keep moving up. My job is to maintain that attitude.” “The players, the understanding that this is a national team and not a club, that we are all here together, that we can trust each other,” said Vītoliņš.
He noted that the demands on the national team for the upcoming World Cup will be high, but the players’ work will pay off.
Vītoliņš said: “I think that there should definitely be more victories than defeats. And if these victories will be at least one more than defeats, then, judging by the World Cup, the spectators can do their own math…”
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The Latvian ice hockey team ended the 2023 World Championship in the Finnish city of Tampere with a victory in the game for third place, beating the USA national team in overtime and winning medals for the first time.
Latvian ice hockey players will start the 2024 World Cup on May 11th in Ostrava, Czech Republic, with a game against Poland. On May 12th, the French national team will face Kazakhstan, May 14th, Germany on May 15th, Sweden on May 18th, on May 19th in Slovakia and on May 21st the Latvian national team will complete the group tournament, crossing sticks with the US national team.
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