“Now I can’t even name the hockey players who smoke. When I was young, almost everyone smoked – 98 percent of the hockey players smoked, drank alcohol. Archy Irbe is the only one I can name, he was [nepīpētājs, nedzērājs]. There was a team, however, no one wanted to fall out of [kolektīva]. Many began to smoke so as not to be ridiculed. Go drink a bottle of vodka or beer – if someone does not drink, then stucco“reveals Guntars Paste.
The Latvian national team last played in the quarterfinals of the World Championship in 2018, when the head coach was Bob Hartley from Canada. A number of leading players will not help the national team led by Harry Vītoliņš this spring. “Now there is an opportunity for Mārtiņš Dzierkala, Renārs Krastenbergs. Take it and prove that you are a leader!” emphasizes the specialist. “Ronald King, Rodrigo Apple, Mick Indras, [atbrauks] Rudolf Balzer, everything. “
Could young hockey players have a break-up in this World Cup? “Yes. Take it and prove that you really are hockey players in capital letters!” says Paste. “Where else to prove yourself? In the Latvian championship?”
13.-29. The May World Cup will take place in Finland. “If we were a ‘play-off’, it would be phenomenal at all. Although it is unlikely,” the hockey expert estimates. “Willow has to work with another product – start working with those who were in deep reserve.”
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