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Covid-19 crisis in Latvian football: two goalkeepers for champions on the field, eight players for Daugavpils – Football Virsliga – Football

The last three-year-old Latvian champion “Riga FC” went on Thursday in the Riga derby against RFS with two goalkeepers – Roberts Ozols will take care of the defense, but Nils Puriņš has been announced as an attacker.

“Riga FC” footballers have already secured the title of Latvian champion, so the result of this game is not very important. Even the second-ranked RFS teams in the tournament table can no longer overtake the clubs below.

Meanwhile, in another game, BFC “Daugavpils” team is forced to start the game with eight players, fighting against 11 footballers in “Valmiera FC” team.

In the penultimate or 26th round of the Premier League season on Thursday at Five games started at 13.00: “Riga FC” against RFS, FK “Liepāja” against FK “Tukums 2000” / TSS, Jūrmala “Spartaks” against FK “Jelgava”, FK “Ventspils” against FK “Metta” and BFC “Daugavpils” against “Valmiera FC”.

If the gold and silver awards have already been distributed, then bronze medals can still be won by “Valmiera”, “Ventspils” or “Liepāja”.

The Covid-19 pandemic has also affected the Jelgava team. Jelgavnieki will start the match against Jūrmala “Spartak” with several debutants in the main line-up, but Aleksandrs Cauņa, who works in the club’s coaching staff, will be in reserve. The best Latvian footballer of 2011 and 2012, Cauņa, has played in the Premier League doubles championship this season.

Meanwhile, the long-term captain of the unit Deniss Ivanovs will spend his last career in the “Liepāja” team.

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