“Apelsīns / Oxdog Ulbroka” tonight visited Liepāja team “Kurši”, which he had beaten in the first round match without any special problems – 8: 4.
It seemed that in the answer game for Liepaja, who occupy only the ninth position in the tournament table, the court, keeping hopes for the place in the top eight, will be even sadder, because during the first period the guests managed to take the lead with 6: 0. Niks Ķuzulis and Daniels Jānis Anis scored two goals, and Matīss Kristians Morozovs and Eduards Stūre scored one goal each.
Only 25 minutes into the match, the visitors’ central line of defense had to look on as Kaspars Klamers dashed through, knocking home 1 – 6 for Liepāja.
In the 29th minute, the people of Ulbrok raised the ball in their own goal (2: 6), but there was no alarm yet, and Valters Lapiņš soon scored two in a row (8: 2). It’s hard to imagine that they turned out to be the current vice-champions’ last goal scores in this match.
Until the end of the second period, Henry Stalt from Liepaja (3: 8) regained one goal, but the most exciting events took place in the last third, during which the Liepaja team had already scored five unanswered goals – 8: 8. Toms Akmeņlauks and Gustavs Griezītis scored two goals, but the most beautiful goal was surrendered to Kaspars Klamers, who intercepted the ball in the middle of the field, bypassed the opponent with one hand and also beat the goalkeeper of the Ulbroka team with one hand.
The extension went to the goals of the bar goal, but the goalkeeper Normunds Krūmiņš, who was not beaten in any way, experienced his star hour in the post-match throws.
Oskars Bergmanis and Ingars Jansons threw their “bulls” for the benefit of the home team, providing the team “Kurši” with a 9: 8 victory and two very valuable points in the tournament table.
Goalkeeper Normunds Krūmiņš received the award for the best player in the ranks of the winners, who not only dealt with all the “bulls”, but also repelled 29 out of 32 opponents’ shots during the game.
The most productive in his team with 3 (2 + 1) points each were Kaspars Klamers and Gustavs Griezītis, but Toms Akmeņlauks stood out with two goals.
The best among Ulbrokians was Rolandas Kovalevskis, who this time was left without performance points, not counting the ball thrown into his goal.
The most productive among his teammates with 4 (2 + 2) points was Daniels Jānis Anis, 3 (2 + 1) points to Niks Ķuzulis, two goals were scored by Valters Lapiņš, and 2 (1 + 1) points by Matīss Kristians Morozovs.
Liepāja “Kuršiem” after this victory in the tournament table 26 points, but currently only the 10th place, while the Ulbroka team with 39 points is in the 3rd place.
