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Going from bad to worse

Football in Latvia was reeling from a whole host of problems even before the impact of the coronavirus began to hammer football across the globe.

On the pitch, things are so bad with the national side that Latvian ultras have resorted to throwing shoes onto the field in disgust at a team who failed to win a game in the Nations League and scored just three goals as they lost nine of their 10 European Championship

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