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“Ventspils” and “Liepājas” footballers enter the semi-finals of the Latvian Cup

In the quarterfinals, Ventspils fought in a draw 0: 0 (0: 0) with “Jelgava”, the extra time ended without a goal, but in the 11-meter penalty shootout, Kurzeme was superior with 4: 3, who won the game 1: 0.

In the first half, both teams had several goals to score, but the closest to it was “Ventspils” compensation, when the ball hit the goal post twice. Jevgenija Kozlova’s penalty shot was neutralized by Vladislav Kurakin, whose bouncing ball hit the pole and reached Krisa Mbā, the Frenchman also hit the goal.

In the middle of the second half, after the penalty kick by Daniil Hvoinitsky, the goalkeepers were saved by goalkeeper Mahnovsky. The regular time ended in a draw 1: 1 and the game continued in a 30-minute extension, in which the teams did not take their chances, so the semi-finalist was determined in a series of 11 meters.

In the first three attempts, the balls hit by the footballers were repulsed by the goalkeepers – Mahnovskis neutralized the blows of Andris Krušatins and Jānis Grīnbergs, but Kurakins did not allow Lukas Villela to score. Next, in the next seven blows, the broadcasts were flawless, which allowed Ventspils to win the series with 4: 3

Daniils Ulimbaševs, Kaspars Svārups, Dumte Pjagbarā and Andrijs Sahņevičs sold their “pendulums” in the “Ventspils” team, but Ričards Korzāns, Ivo Minkevičs and Aleksejs Grjaznovs scored for Jelgava.

Before that “Liepāja” beat Jūrmala “Spartaku” with the result 3: 1 (1: 0).

Liepājnieki took the lead in the 16th minute, when after a long pass the ball was received in the penalty area by Eduards Tīdenbeergs, who executed a foul – 1: 0.

In the second half, in the 59th minute, Artūrs Karašausks doubled the advantage of the city team with an extremely accurate penalty shot. The guests scored five minutes before the end of the regular time, when Valērijs Harbačiks was accurate from the front.

During the compensation, “Spartak” Leons Šipoš regained one goal, but this did not prevent “Liepāja” from entering the semi-finals.

Even today, in the quarterfinals, “Valmiera” will meet “Tukums 2000” / TSS at home, but RFS will compete with the “Riga” team in its field. The games will be broadcast live on the channel “Sportacentrs.com TV”.

The semi-final pair draw will take place on Friday. In the Latvian Cup, domestic clubs compete not only for the trophy, but also for the right to represent Latvia in the UEFA club tournament.

In the first round, 26 teams from the Latvian second and third leagues participated, two teams automatically qualify for the next round. Thirteen first-round winners, two wild-card recipients, and nine first-league clubs took part in the second round. Twelve second-round winners took part in the third round, and ten Optibet Premier League clubs joined the six winners in the eighth final.

The final at the Olympic Center “Ventspils” stadium will take place on November 8. The Ventspils Latvian Cup final was hosted for the only time in the 2014/2015 season, when the hosts acknowledged the superiority of “Jelgava” footballers in the final with 0: 2.

In the history of the Latvian Cup, since 1936, 38 different club teams have won the prestigious trophy, but since the restoration of national independence, 12 different teams have raised the cup over their heads. Since 2017, the winners of the tournament have been presented with a new design and identity trophy. The current trophy holder is the RFS team, which was with it for the first time in history last year. Last year, the people of Riga only surpassed the most titled cup team “Jelgava” of the last decade in overtime.

The most titled team in the tournament is the defunct Skonto, which triumphed in the tournament eight times between 1992 and 2012. The Latvian Cup in football was played in one season until 2008, but since 2009/2010. It was started in the previous season for the next eight years and completed in the spring of next year. Thus, the fourth Latvian participant in the Euroccups was determined only about a month before the start of the new UEFA Europa League season.

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