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RFS played a draw 1: 1 (1: 0) at home with “Ventspils”.
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In the first half, the Rigans had the advantage, but as a result they managed to turn it only in the 44th minute, when after the pass of Aleksandra Solovjov in the penalty area Artūrs Zjuzins hit the head precisely.
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RFS had several standard situations, but failed to use them. In addition, in the middle of the second half, in the 69th minute, “Ventspils” striker Jevgenijs Kozlovs equalized the result with an extremely accurate and far penalty shot.
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The Rigans had a great opportunity to win in the last ten minutes of regular time after Namdi Ofors fell in contact with “Ventspils” goalkeeper Konstantin Mahnovsky. The referees assessed the disputed episode with an 11-meter penalty, which Mahnovsky tried to challenge and after a long discussion received a yellow card.
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Darko Lemajičs went to perform the “Pendeli” in the 90th minute, but the shot was too weak for the RFS striker, the ball hit Mahnovskis’ foot and then left the field from the “Ventspils” footballer.
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RFS has only lost once in the last ten matches, conceding 0: 1 to Belgrade’s “Partizan” in a European League match. The people of Riga in particular are winged by the victory of the guests over “Riga” on August 30, which has allowed to reduce the gap from the leadership to two points.
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“Ventspils”, fighting financial and, as a result, composition problems, has lost the last two games to strong opponents in its field. In the Latvian championship with “0: 2” Riga “had to make concessions, but in the European Cup with 1: 5 -” Rosenberg “.
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The hosts have won the games of both clubs so far this season – in Riga RFS was superior with 1: 0, in Ventspils the hosts withdrew with 3: 2.
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Due to the warnings, Lukass Vilela could not help in the Sunday duel “Ventspils”.
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While RFS with 51 goals is the most productive unit of the championship, Jevgenijs Kozlovs and Kaspars Svārups stand out in this indicator for Ventspils.
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It has already been reported that before that “Liepāja” destroyed “Daugavpils” with 4: 0 (1: 0), “Metta” in Riga fought a draw 1: 1 (1: 0) with “Spartak” of Jurmala, but “Tukums 2000” / TSS played a goalless draw 0: 0 (0: 0) with “Jelgava” in their field.
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At the end of the round, “Riga” will measure its strength with “Valmiera”.
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“Riga” takes the first place in the tournament table after 18 rounds of games with 48 points, which is one point ahead of RFS. “Valmiera” has 34 points, followed by “Spartaks” with 28 points. “Ventspils” has 27 points, “Liepāja” has scored 26 points, “Metta” and “Daugavpils” teams have scored 16 points each, “Jelgava” has scored 15 points, but “Tukums 2000” / TSS has scored five points.
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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, after the coronavirus break in the regulations of the Premier League championship in the 2020 season, the number of permitted player substitutions has been increased from three to five.
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Due to the three-month forced break, three will be played instead of the four planned laps this season.
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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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