The only goal for Valmiera was scored by the team captain Raimonds Krollis.
“Valmiera” started active and already after two minutes Krollis sent the ball into the goal, but due to the rear situation, the result remained unchanged. However, in the 21st minute after the pass from Kamilo Menas, Krollis reached the peak of the attack and, with the ball bouncing off the opponent’s defender, scored it 1: 0.
Daugavpils were close to putting the equalizer away after 80 minutes as the opposing defense lost control of the ball to Davids Akintola in a scuffle towards the left of the goal, but in the end the ball was cleared over the dead ball line.
The people of Valmiera have won eight games in a row and take the first place in the tournament table. The Vidzeme team’s series of undefeated games has reached 11 matches and it has defended its goals the best this season with seven shots, with goalkeeper Rihards Matrevics playing a big role, who was replaced by Vyacheslav Kudryavtsev on Monday.
The Latgalians recently had a series of five matches in which they did not concede any goals, but in the previous match they had to acknowledge the superiority of RFS with 1: 4.
In the first round, the game at the “Celtnieks” stadium ended without a draw 0: 0.
Continuing the round on Tuesday, “Tukums 2000” https://news.google.com/ “Telms” will host “Audu” at home, “Liepāja” will fight with “Spartak” in Jūrmala, and “Super Nova” in Salaspils will compete with “Riga” footballers. RFS will fight the Metta club in Valdlauči on Wednesday.
“Valmiera” is at the top of the tournament table with 29 points in 12 games, RFS is 26 points in 11 matches, but “Liepāja” finishes the best three, which has reached 25 points in 11 games. The place below is “Riga” with 19 points in 11 fights. “Auda” is in the fifth place with 18 points in ten battles, but “Daugavpils” is behind it with 15 points in 12 matches. 12 points in 11 duel are “Metta”, four points in ten battles “Tukums 2000” https://news.google.com/ “Telms”, three in 11 games – “Super Nova”, but one point in ten matches – Jūrmala “Spartak “.
Ten teams play in the 2022 Super League. In the Premier League championship last season, for the first time in the history of the club, RFS triumphed, “Valmiera” took the second place, and “Liepāja” won bronze awards. Meanwhile, the championship team “Riga” took the fourth place in the previous three seasons.
The teams of Auda, Tukums 2000 / TSS and Super Nova took the first three places in the Optibet Future Season season, joining the Premier League clubs.
The games are scheduled to take place in four rounds from March 11 to November 13.
