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Interestingly enough, Latvian teams had also some shocking results in European Football not just the national team in Euro 2004 you're talking about.
Back in 2009, a Latvian club named "Ventspils" participated in the Europa League group stage and somehow grabbed 3 draws at that time, which included a fantastic draw against Hertha BSC and Sporting CP away.
Of course, there's RFS, who were currently in the Europa League this season. Not long before, they participated in the Conference League group stage and even grabbed a draw against Fiorentina away (they were two-time finalists).
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If you ask me, Latvia's qualification in 2004 is actually much more impressive than Albania's or Iceland's qualification in 2016, North Macedonia's or Finland's qualification in 2020 or Georgia's or Slovenia's qualification in 2024 because there were only 16 teams qualifying, only 4 more than UEFA spots to the World Cup back then.
I also remember when one of the best football games ever made, PES6, had Latvia as one of the national teams you could play (and like half of UEFA nations weren't included, like Albania, Iceland, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Belarus, Israel, Armenia, Georgia...) I really thought they were a good team when I grew up as a kid.
Actually the draw against Germany could have even been a Latvia win, because in the first half German defender Wörns literally demolished Latvian striker Verpakovskis in Germany's box, but this was the pre-VAR era and wasn't called (it would've obviously been called with VAR).
So who knows, maybe Latvia could have pulled one of the biggest shocks in Euros history, alongside Iceland defeating England in 2016 and Georgia defeating Portugal in 2024.
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@HRVizak
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Although getting 4th place in their group, they still managed to draw with Germany (Had to leave out to keep the vid under a min)
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