Arturs Zjuzins scoring the goal at the last minute, RFS On Sunday, the team celebrated the victory in the 15th round game of the “Optibet” Latvian Football Super League Championship.
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RFS beat “Daugavpils” 2: 1 (1: 0) in its field, which was close to a sensational draw.
The beginning of the game did not show that the Rigans will lose points, because already in the third minute after the corner kick performed by Tomās Šimkovičs Žiga Lipuščeks hit the head exactly. In the first half, the owners of the court hit the goal frame more, but none of the following attempts reached their goal.
In the second half, Kiril Makejevs made a superb strike after 77 minutes with a shot straight in front of the goal after a long ball through the middle, but one of the visitors’ defenders got a foot in at the last second and warded it off for a corner. Halfway through, RFS tried to escape and hit the goal post, but a minute and a half before the final whistle, Darko Lemajičs struck the crossbar with his head.
The Rigans hit the goal structure four times in this match, but the last, fourth, minute attack of the compensation time bore fruit. After passing Tomislava Šariča from the penalty area, Lemajičs headed the ball over Zjuzinam, who hit it – 2: 1.
The first meeting of both teams this season “Daugavpils“at home released the lead and gave up with 2: 3.
It has already been reported that “Ventspils“played Jelgava in their field with 5: 0 (3: 0), but” Valmiera “missed the victory and fought a draw 1: 1 (1: 0) with” Liepāja “at home.
At the end of the round on Monday, “Tukums 2000” / TSS will host Jurmala “Spartacus”.
On Saturday, “Riga” and “Metta” had to meet in the Optibet Premier League Championship, but the game has been postponed, as the championship team will play their first UEFA Champions League qualifying tournament game on August 19 in Tel Aviv.
“Riga” is in the leading position of the Premier League, which has accumulated 39 points in 14 games, the second with 37 points in 15 battles is RFS, but the third place with 25 points is taken by “Valmiera”. 20 points in 15 dues “Ventspils“, 19 points in 13 fights are for Jūrmala” Spartak “, but 15 points in 15 and 14 matches are for” Daugavpils “and” Metta “team.” Jelgava “has 14 points in 15 fights, 13 points in 14 games are for” Liepāja “, but” Tukums ” 2000 “/ TSS 14 due to four points.
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.
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.
Due to the three-month forced break, three will be played instead of the four planned laps this season.
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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