Laura Sinutkina, 18 years old, and Alina Sklemenova, 17, had a difficult week, especially a difficult Tuesday.
Sinutkina and Sklemenova were in the gate, in Latvian, and the Latvian gate was in Doncaster, South Yorkshire.
Soccer, World Cup qualification.
In the first half the English scored eight times, in the second, now Sklemenova was in goal for Sinutkina, twelve times.
Twenty to zero after ninety minutes, and it wasn't just the English newspapers who wondered how useful there is in qualifying matches like this.
Good question.
Also found a father of the Latvian players involved.
His daughter trains twice a week, between school and work, he wrote in a reader's comment under the "Guardian" game report.
There must be better ways to organize the qualification and "support small football countries", as he put it.
“The girls should be able to develop without unnecessary humiliation.
There's something about this business that isn't really healthy. "
But one thing was just as important to him: “I'm really proud of the players.
They did their best, even when the score was 20-0. ”More is not possible.