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RFS beats ‘Liepāja’ with seven goals

“Optibet” Latvian Football Super League leader RFS on Tuesday celebrated the victory in the last game of the fourth round, continuing the perfectly started season.

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Latvian vice-champions played “Liepāja” with the result 5: 2 (3: 2).

Rīdzinieki took the lead already in the sixth minute of the game, when Emersons Santana Deuslesiānu emerged in the first guest attack, who after the awkward actions of “Liepājas” in the penalty area received the ball and sent it into the goal. Although the whole team were struggling to impress, RFS’s Sedriks Kuadio was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after four minutes.

In the half, the guests broke the last line of “Liepājas” again, in the 29th minute Emerson received a pass through the defense center and sent the ball to the goal – 3: 0. Five minutes later, Artūrs Karašausks regained one goal after a corner kick with a strong long shot.

The home side worked hard to get through the middle and as a result, had a good chance of getting one back as Karašausks tried lifting the ball over keeper RFS. “Pendeli” was performed by Dodo, who reduced the visitors’ lead to a minimum in the 37th minute.

In the second half, the attacks did not stop and in one of the episodes, the long shot by Tomās Šimkovič was blocked by Valentīns Raļkevičs. Then, in the 60th minute, Raļkevičs repelled Kuadio’s shot, the rebounded ball came to Artūra Zjuzina, who achieved the result 4: 2.

At half-time, the game became slower, but the ball crossed the goal line again. After 88 minutes, Raļkevičs made a speedy advance and dropped the ball to Bimenjimanam Bonfisam Calebam who shuffled it past the keeper.

Liepāja residents started this season quite successfully, beating “Daugavpils” 2: 0 in the first round, but “Metta” defeated 3: 0 and “Riga” lost 0: 2 away. RFS balance is even better, because this season has not yet experienced a taste of loss in four matches. In the first game of this season, “Ventspils” was defeated with 1: 0, while in the next two rounds, “Valmiera” was destroyed with 4: 0, but the football players of “Spartaks” from Jurmala were defeated with 4: 1.

Three legionnaires have already managed to stand out in the ranks of Rigans this season with several goal gains. Emerson Santana Deuslesian was accurate in all four matches, Tomāšs Šimkovičs and Cedric Kuadio were also successful, as well as Artūrs Zjuzins contributed his art. The talented Mārtiņš Ķigurs stood out in the ranks of Liepāja in the second round duel with two “goals”, who is currently the club’s best goal scorer.

Roberts Savļnieks could not help the RFS club in this game due to disqualification. Meanwhile, Liepaja residents received a warning from the Disciplinary Committee of the Latvian Football Federation (LFF) about the actions of fans in the game against “Metta” on June 21, when smoke candles were lit. Supporters have carried out these activities next to the stadium.

Last season, the two teams met five times, one of them taking part in the quarter-finals of the Latvian Cup. In the first meeting of the Premier League championship, RFS was superior with 2: 0 at home, in the second duel the guests played without a draw, at the end of June the Kurzeme players won with the guests 2: 1, but the final duel ended with the result 3: 3. In the quarterfinals of the Latvian Cup, RFS celebrated its success with 2: 1.

RFS is the only club that is currently fighting in the Premier League without any losses or draws.

It has already been reported that the Latvian champion “Riga” won “Jelgava” in the guests with 3: 0 (1: 0) on Tuesday.

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.

RFS is the leader of the Premier League with 12 points in four games, followed by “Riga” with nine points, and “Ventspils” with seven points. “Liepāja”, “Jelgava”, “Daugavpils” and “Spartaks” teams have scored six points, “Valmiera”, “Metta” have gained four points, but Tukums 2000 / TSS has been left in four dues.

The Premier League competitions are held without spectators, in strict compliance with the requirements of the previously developed sanitary protocol. In the next round, spectators will be able to be in the stands.

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