“Liepāja” footballers | Photo: FK Liepāja
With Kenan Hrelič scoring the winning goal at the end of regular time, the “Liepājas” team celebrated the victory in the postponed match of the 21st round of the “Optibet” Latvian Football Premier League on Sunday. The players of the city of Winds beat the Jurmala “Spartak” team with the result 3:2 (0:1).
“Spartak” footballers scored the first goal in this match in the 29th minute of the game. After Raivy Skrebel’s pass, Kwadwo Asamoah redirected the ball from the right side to the front of the goal, from where Markus Alpen made a close and accurate shot.
In the second half, after five minutes played, Asamoa took advantage of a mistake by the “Liepāja” center backs and strengthened the home team’s lead. Six minutes later, former Jūrmala footballer Nemanja Belakovičs recovered one goal.
Towards the middle of the half, in a controversial episode, a 11-meter penalty was awarded to the goal of the seafarers, which was realized by Dodo in the 65th minute – 2:2. Six minutes before the end of regular time, the seasiders were close to regaining the lead, but the ball hit by Oleg Laizans hit the crossbar, and a little later Aleksandrs Solovyov also hit the goal post.
In the penultimate minute of regular time, after a corner kick by Robert Savalnieks, Hreličs headed the ball into the goal, making it 3:2 in favor of Liepaja.
“Valmiera” is at the head of the tournament table with 60 points in 24 games, RFS is in second place with 52 points in 23 matches, while “Riga” and “Liepāja” are further behind with 50 points in 23 and 24 matches. “Auda” is fifth with 38 points in 24 matches, while “Daugavpils” is sixth, with 24 points in 23 matches, while “Tukums 2000″/”Telms” team has 20 points in 24 duels. Next, 17 points in 24 matches are for the Jūrmala “Spartak” team, while 14 points have been collected by “Metta” and “Super Nova” teams who have played 24 matches.
