“Valmiera” won “Tukums 2000” / TSS in its field with the result 2: 0 (0: 0).
The first real chance to score was scored in the seventh minute, when Mateušs Četnarskis did not send the ball into the goal net from a very close distance. At half-time, the initiative belonged to the home team, who sometimes got to good shooting positions, but Ivan Baturin remained unbeatable. In the 28th minute, Baturina’s vigilance was checked by Alvis Jaunzems, but the footballer’s shot in the lower corner of the goal was easily repelled from about 16 meters.
In the 37th minute, the ball was played nailed by the guests, who were noticed by the people of Valmiera. Samats Sarsenovs’s fine footwork caused nothing but headaches for Baturins. The keeper wasn’t fooled however, and confidently scooped up the ball. A minute later, the man from Tukums scored a collision with the opponent, but after a short rest on the grass, he was able to continue the duel.
Four minutes before the end of the first half, Romāns Mickevičs tried to surprise Valmiera’s goalkeeper with a long shot, but the shot flew a little past the right corner.
The second half started with the Valmiera club mark, which took the lead in the fifth minute. After the corner kick on the “second floor”, the most skilled was Toluvalase Arokodare, for whom they were the second goal this season. A minute later, Jaunzems hit that from around 18 yards out, but the ball flew over the crossbar. Short after a short tussle with the defender, Motezs Zadems finally tucked the ball home.
Until the end of the match, the people of Tukums played the role of the “second number”, regularly repelling the pressure of the hosts. 70 minutes into the game, Zadems had a great chance to put his team ahead, but his kick from the left went wide. Four minutes later, the people of Valmiera did not use the standard situation, but half a minute later the goal post was fixed by Ēriks Punculs, who had just come on to replace him. The game was close to savage at times, and Punculs’s shot went over the bar. The ball looked to have taken a deflection on the way in, but he’s claiming it!
Three minutes later, another goal was scored by Gilles Selestin, but the judge did not count the “goal”.
Jurģis Kalns gave the rest to the first number of the unit Maksims Kučinksis in this game, as a result of which Ivan Baturins made his debut in the Premier League. Vladislavs Lazarevs, the husband of Valmiera goalkeeper, did not take the third duel in a row.
Valmiera lost in the first two rounds of the season to the capital’s grand teams “Riga” (0: 2) and RFS (0: 4), but then fought a draw 2: 2 with “Ventspils”. In the first round, Tukums lost the victory and conceded to Jelgava with 1: 2, followed by a 0: 3 loss to Ventspils and a 0: 6 defeat to Daugavpils.
The two units last met in the official games in 2017, which played in the first league of Latvia. Since then, both teams have undergone drastic changes in composition.
At the end of the round on Tuesday, “Jelgava” will host the champions “Riga” in its field, but RFS will try to conquer the forts of “Liepāja” with its powerful attack.
It has already been reported that on Monday, in the fourth round game, “Daugavpils” won “Metta” with 4: 2 (3: 1) in their field, but “Spartaks” of Jurmala gave up “Ventspils” at home with 1: 3 (0: 1).
RFS is the leader of the Premier League with nine points in three games, followed by Ventspils with seven points in four dues. “Riga”, “Liepāja”, “Jelgava”, “Daugavpils” and “Spartaks” have scored six points, the last two have spent more than the game. Valmiera has scored four points, Metta has one less, but Tukums 2000 / TSS has won one point in four due events.
The Premier League competitions are held without spectators, in strict compliance with the requirements of the previously developed sanitary protocol. It is possible that spectators will be able to be in the stands in the next round.
The Optibet Football Super League season was due to start on March 13, but the day before it was announced that an emergency situation would be introduced in Latvia. On March 12, the scenario was allowed that the first games of the tournament would be played at empty grandstands, but the situation changed rapidly, and the beginning of the next day’s Premier League championship was canceled.
Participation in the Eurocups is provided by the winners of the first three places, as well as another ticket is played in the Latvian Cup (if the winner of the cup is one of the teams in the top three in the top league, then the fourth Eurocausing winner ).
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, 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.
It is currently planned that four of the five rounds of games will be shown on the channel “Sportacentrs.com TV”, and one – on the channel “Best4Sport TV”.
For the second season, the general sponsor of the tournament is the Optibet group of companies.
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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