Liepāja residents have not won in five games in a row, while Tukums residents were at their second point in the season.
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The match started slowly and neither team had a real scoring moment. The first turn was in the 23rd minute, when after a corner kick in Seidū Jahaja in front of the goal he passed the ball over the line and reached 1: 0 in favor of Liepaja. At the end of the half, after the gross error of the Liepaja team, the “Tukums 2000” / TSS team had a chance to reach a draw, but the given opportunity was not used.
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At the beginning of the second half, Tukums put pressure on the “Liepāja” goal and equalized the result in the 56th minute. Two Liepāja football students – Roberta Krista Jaunarāja – scored the goal for the guests – Krišjānis Zviedris blocked the January shot, but Gatis Lūks caught the ball in the bustle and hit it. A little later, Swedish vigilance was also tested by Mateuš Četnarskis.
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76 minutes into the match, Raivis Vītolnieks ran out of the penalty area and scored the score to 2 – 1. However, in the 85th minute after the centering, Richade Freud reached 2: 2 from a close distance. In the last minutes of the game, both teams attacked without a single point, but all efforts were unsuccessful.
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The Wind City footballers started the season with two “dry” victories, but were followed by a heavy landing – four losses in a row, which dropped the team led by Dmitry Molosh to eighth place. Meanwhile, Tukums footballers have not been able to enter the top league in their debut season and have won only two points, naturally taking the last position among ten units.
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The Liepāja team could not be helped in this match by three regular players. Forward Artūrs Karašausks, who has scored two goals and assisted four times, has been disqualified for expressing a threat to the referees until August 8. Defender Sejdin Kate and midfielder Christian Damian Torres have been disqualified for similar offenses.
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This game was special for the head coach of the Tukums team Jurģis Kalns, who was born in Liepāja and represented the unit of this city “Liepājas Metalurgs” during his football career. Liepāja football students are also the current Tukums footballers Rūdolfs Fogelis, Roberts Krists Jaunarājs – Janvāris and Gatis Lūks.
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Two Tukums footballers – Lithuanian center defender Edgars Žarskis and midfielder Romans Mickevičs – have moved to Jurmala “Spartaka” team.
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The two teams have not met in the official matches so far.
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In the continuation of the eighth round, a derby of the leaders RFS and “Riga” will take place in the capital on Friday, “Ventspils” will host the “Metta” team, and “Valmiera” – “Daugavpils”, while on Saturday Jūrmala “Spartaks” will fight “Jelgava”.
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In the leading positions of the Premier League with 21 points in seven games is RFS, but in the second with 18 points is “Riga”. “Valmiera” takes the third place with 11 points, “Ventspils” follows with ten points, but “Jelgava” and “Daugavpils” have nine points. Eight points are six games for Jūrmala “Spartak”, while “Liepāja” and “Metta” teams have gained seven and six points. “Tukums 2000” / TSS got to two points in eight duels.
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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 a 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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