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During the lottery, 55 European teams were divided into ten groups. Five teams (A, B, C, D, E) will play against five teams, five more (F, G, H, I, J) will play against six teams. Thirteen teams from the Old Continent will be delegates to the World Cup.
“Even before the spells, it was clear that we can’t expect easy opponents, so we have to prepare for the ones we will have to play with. It’s a shame we didn’t end up in a group of six teams, but again, it doesn’t depend on As for the rivals, it is not necessary to introduce the Italians, the Swiss have recently participated in all the major tournaments, Bulgaria is a country with footballing traditions and Northern Ireland is the first independent Lithuania rival. It will certainly be difficult for everyone, but we will try not to make it easy for us, ”said Lithuanian national team coach Valdas Urbonas.
The last time the Lithuanian team played for the 2008 European Championship with Italy, the favorite of the group. At that time, the Lithuanians played the match with the then world champions in Naples 1: 1 (current LFF president Tomas Danilevičius scored the goal), and in the second leg in Kaunas the Italians celebrated victory 2 : 0.
Our team has played with Swiss footballers three times: 98 years ago at the Paris Olympics (lost 0: 9) and in the qualifiers for the 2016 European Championships (lost 0: 4 and 1: 2).
The teams of Bulgaria and Lithuania will be drawn for the first time, and Northern Ireland is the first Lithuanian rival already mentioned by V. Urbonas after our country separated from the Soviet Union. Those first matches ended in a 2: 2 draw, with the Lithuanians scoring Arminas Narbekovas and Robertas Fridrikas. By the way, the current coach of the Lithuanian national team also played in that duel. The representatives of Northern Ireland triumphed 1-0 in the second leg in Vilnius.
The selection schedule should be announced shortly and the World Cup in Qatar will take place from November 21 to December 18, 2022.
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