RFS destroyed “Valmiera” with 5: 2 (2: 1) in their field.
Darko Lemajičs scored two goals in favor of RFS, but Cedric Kuadio, Tomāšs Šimkovičs and Cinonso Ofors also stood out. Toluvalase Arokodare scored both goals for the guests.
The game’s clock stopped ticking the first minute when RFS became the driver. A pass to the side pulled the defense out of position which let Toluvalasem Arokodarem slip through on goal. He didn’t have to break his stride, slipping the ball past the keeper to make it 1 – 1. It was 0 – 1 at the break. That was Arokodarem’s sixth goal in the championship, ranking third in the league’s goal scorer list.
In the ninth minute, the home team leveled the score, Rūdolfa Oskara Solohas nearly scored the lead for Sedrikam Kuadio, 1 – 1.
After another two minutes, the result was already 2: 1 in favor of RFS, this time Tomāš Šimkovičs scored a goal with a small ricochet and hit the ground.
In addition, there were many more scoring moments. This continued in the second half, only the guests were already playing more actively, who also crowned them with the scored goal in the 56th minute of the match. The home team was still able to deal with Gillen Selestin’s blow to the head, but Arokodare was in the right place, who kicked the ball from the beginning, then headed the ball into the goal, scoring his seventh goal of the season and reaching teammate Emerson Santan Deuslesian – 2: 2.
In the 68th minute, the home team was led by Darko Lemajičs with his third goal of the season, who used the excellent centering of Aleksandra Solovjovs. Only two minutes later, from the left corner of the penalty area, Lemajič was allowed to hit the goal, and the ball with a bow arrived in the far corner – 4: 2.
In the 84th minute, individual mastery was demonstrated by Cinonso Ofors. His shot came in from the right hand side but Soloha managed to save it with an unbelievable reaction stop. However, Ofors did not manage to connect with it, as his team mates had hoped, and the ball went out.
The two teams met this season on June 20, when RFS guests had a convincing success with 4: 0.
On Thursday, four more games are planned for the Premier League championship: “Daugavpils” will host “Jelegava”, “Liepāja” will visit “Metta”, “Tukums 2000” / TSS will fight “Ventspils” in their field, but “Riga” will compete with “Spartak” in Jurmala. .
“Riga” is still in the leading positions of the Premier League after ten rounds, which has accumulated 27 points. The same point is now in RFS, but in 11 games. Jūrmala “Spartaks” has won the third place with 17 points in nine dueles, “Valmiera” has 15 points in 11 matches, “Ventspils” has 14 points, but “Jelgava” has 12 points. “Liepāja” followed with 11 points in nine games, “Daugavpils” has ten points, the “Metta” team has scored eight points, while “Tukums 2000” / TSS has scored two 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 a 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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