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Rigans take the second place in the table after winning the tournament.
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In the first half, the guests from Riga had a territorial advantage, while the people of Jelgava tried to respond with counter-attacks. In the first part of the game, the only goal was scored in the 20th minute, when Vladislav Fyodorov came to the ball in a bustle after a corner kick, who put the people of Riga in the lead.
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With 62 minutes played, Zemgale’s Andra Krušatina tried to nail the coffin shut, but his shot from the left glanced off the top of the bar to fall behind the net. Eight minutes later, after the error of “Jelgava”, the guests doubled their lead, standing out for the former Jelgava resident Armands Pētersons.
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In the last minutes, the people of Riga tried to ensure a more convincing victory, which culminated in success. In the fourth minute of the compensation period, Rožers Rodriguez got one against the former “Riga” goalkeeper Vladislav Kurakin and sent the ball to the goal – 3: 0.
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The people of Jelgava started this season with a victory (2: 1), beating the newcomers of the league from Tukums. The second duel also won (1: 0) against “Daugavpils”, but the third round duel against “Metta” caused the first loss (0: 1). Meanwhile, “Riga” started the season with a 2: 0 victory over “Valmiera”, further with 1: 2 the superiority of “Spartaka” was acknowledged, but in the last fight with 2: 0 they managed to beat Liepaja.
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Felipe Brisola has already scored two goals in the Riga club this season, but the leader of the attack expressed in Jelgava unit has not yet been marked.
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Last season, the two clubs met four times, splitting the victories and draws in half. In the first meeting, the Rigans won a minimal victory in the guests (1: 0), later they played 1: 1 at home, while in the third match Jelgava in Riga won with 1: 0. The final duel ended without a goal scored.
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At the initiative of Oleg Kononov, Mihails Konevs has returned to the “Riga” coaching corps, who is the most successful coach in the short history of the “Riga” club.
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RFS is the only club that is currently fighting in the Premier League without any losses or draws.
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On Monday, in the fourth round, “Daugavpils” won “Metta” in their field 4: 2, Jurmala “Spartaks” in Sloka Stadium gave 1: 3 to “Ventspils”, while “Valmiera” beat the newcomers of the tournament “Tukums 2000” / TSS with 2: 0.
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RFS is the leader of the Premier League with nine points in three games, followed by “Riga” with nine points in four dues, and “Ventspils” with seven points. “Liepāja”, “Jelgava”, “Daugavpils” and “Spartaks” teams have scored six points, “Valmiera”, “Metta” have scored four points, but Tukums 2000 / TSS has won one point in four duels.
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The Premier League competitions are held without spectators, in strict compliance with the requirements of the previously developed sanitary protocol. However, spectators will be able to be in the stands in the next round.
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The Optibet Football Super League season was due to start on March 13, but the day before it was announced that an emergency situation would be introduced in Latvia. On March 12, the scenario was allowed that the first games of the tournament would be played at empty grandstands, but the situation changed rapidly, and the beginning of the next day’s Premier League championship was canceled.
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Participation in the Eurocups is provided by the winners of the first three places, as well as another ticket is played in the Latvian Cup (if the winner of the cup is one of the teams in the top three in the top league, then the fourth Eurocausing winner ).
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This season, ten teams will start in the Super League, which is one more than last year and two more than yesterday. Also, this season in the Super League, the legionnaire limit has been raised to eight players. This means that there must be at least three players prepared for the association on the court at the same time. Last year, the limit was five foreign players.
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As in many other countries, the number of permitted substitutions has been increased from three to five after the coronavirus break in the regulations of the Premier League championship in the 2020 season.
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It is currently planned that four of the five rounds of games will be shown on the channel “Sportacentrs.com TV”, and one – on the channel “Best4Sport TV”.
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For the second season, the general sponsor of the tournament is the Optibet group of companies.
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Last year, “Riga” was crowned Latvian champion, but RFS won its first trophy in the history of the club, which won the national cup.
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