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After a short tussle with the defender, Efionhs Hogans Ukpa finally tucked the ball home. It is clear that the goal scored by the people of Liepaja would have made the game different, the guests would have played differently, but I doubt that they would avoid a loss. The people of Valmiera literally pushed their opponents with their active game, the guests did not keep up with the quick cooperation of the people of Valmiera, the so-called home game without the ball or team movement was excellent. Maksims Toņiševs did a great job – as a defender, he did a lot of work in the press, often being closer to the opponent than his penalty area, and always managed to return.
It seemed that the physical team from Liepaja did not survive in the second half, while the Valmiera team continued their game and was not tired for a moment (here I see a direct connection with the team’s fitness coach Ivo Lakuča). After all, a convincing and well-deserved victory. If the best player of the match were named, then it would be Kamilo Mena from Colombia – first he ran against the goalkeeper Krišjānni Zviedri alone (saved the team at least 2-3 times), but hit the ball past the goal, but then first he mastered the goal himself and later, Aliunem Ndojam has lost his temper and wants to go have words with the assistant. The score became 2-0 and the fate of the match was practically decided.
Valmiera team scored 4 points in the first four games and did not show a decent performance as a vice-champion. After two draws in a row – 0: 0 in Daugavpils and 1: 1 at home with FC “Metta” – some have already started to call Tamaz Pertis’ name (Tamaz is present in every Valmiera team game) – say the fact that this season the people of Valmiera are unlikely to be in the top three.
The main thing is that the people of Valmiera did not start to change anything drastically, which would be the first signs of panic, but continued to work and play their game. In the last ten games in the Super League, the people of Liepaja have won the Valmiera team only once (in the third round of the 2019 season in Valmiera – 2: 1). Two losses in a row for Kurzeme and the next game with the unyielding debutant Salaspils “Super Nova” team. The team of Valmiera and its fans are already waiting for the football players of “Riga FC” to visit … The football field has overwintered well, it is being cared for and cared for, it would only take a couple of weeks of warm weather and then the Valmiera team will return to where it has to play.
In the first “Riga duel” of the season, they scored in the first minute (not without the unwanted help of Žiga Lipušček), but lost again – for the fifth time in the last seven games. It was a game of equal competition and equal chances, in which the champions took the victory at the end. Serbian striker Andrejs Iličs won his 8th goal this season (scoring in four of the last five games). If he continues, then he will have to remind again that Vladislavs Gutkovskis scored the last at least 20 goals in the 2014 season (28 goals in the ranks of “Skonto FC”; Jānis Ikauniekis – 23 goals in the ranks of FC “Liepāja”).
The first victory in the history of the team fails to be won by “Super Nova” footballers – this time 0: 1 with FK “Metta”. A tie could be reached, but more … Probably not.
The first round games between FC “Tukums 2000 / Telms” and Jurmala “Spartaku”, as well as between FC “Auda” and BFC “Daugavpils” will take place on June 12.
