Kazakhstan's Storck 'builds for the future'
Monday, October 4, 2010
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Bernd Storck has turned to youth as he attempts to jump-start Kazakhstan's faltering UEFA EURO 2012 Group A qualifying campaign in Almaty against Belgium and Germany.
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Bernd Storck has turned to youth as he attempts to jump-start Kazakhstan's UEFA EURO 2012 qualifying campaign against Belgium and Germany.
Kazakhstan kicked off Group A with defeats by Turkey and Austria last month and will look to get back on track in Astana against Belgium on Friday before welcoming Germany four days later. He has named three newcomers in his squad; 21-year-olds Serikzhan Muzhikov and Aslan Darabayev and FK Aktobe's Sergei Lisenkov, 19. "We are building a team for the future," said Storck. "We will be ready in three or four years. Be patient."
Kazakhstan squad
Goalkeepers: Aleksandr Mokin (FC Ordabasy Shymkent), Andrei Sidelnikov (FK Aktobe), Alexandr Grigorenko (FC Shakhtyor Karagandy).
Defenders: Renat Abdulin (FC Tobol Kostanay), Aleksandr Kislitsyn (FC Shakhtyor Karagandy), Aleksandr Kirov (FC Lokomotiv Astana), Mikhail Rozhkov (FC Lokomotiv Astana), Dmitri Shomko (FC Irtysh Pavlodar), Vladislav Chernyshov (FC Irtysh Pavlodar), Aleksei Popov (FC Amkar Perm).
Midfielders: Serikzhan Muzhikov (FC Zhetysu Taldykorgan), Aslan Darabayev (FK Aktobe), Azat Nurgaliyev (FC Tobol Kostanay), Andrei Karpovich (FK Aktobe), Genrikh Shmidtgal (SC Rot-Weiss Oberhausen), Ulan Konysbayev (FC Taraz), Kazbek Geteriyev (PFC Spartak Nalchik).
Forwards: Evgeni Averchenko (FK Aktobe), Sergei Lisenkov (FK Aktobe), Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev (FC Tobol Kostanay), Maksim Azovski (FC Lokomotiv Astana), Sergei Khizhnichenko (FK Atyrau), Andrei Finonchenko (FC Shakhtyor Karagandy).
