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In the second minute of the second half, Belakovich achieved an equalization. A player from the side of the penalty area received a pass from the partner and the ball in the air in the upper corner hit the top corner. In the 56th minute, after a partner’s pass, Kozlov became alone against Osha and with a light blow past the goalkeeper’s right hand, he gained the lead of “Ventspils”.
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In the 62nd minute of the match, Eduards Višņakovs and Anatolijs Prepelice also went on the field. Both players missed the start of the season due to injuries.
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In the last 15 minutes, “Spartakieši” tried to overcome the field with long centers, but the Kurzeme players regularly hit the ball in the middle of the field, and the home keeper could no longer endanger the opponents. In the last minute of the compensation time, Aderonma Kazims was still noticed 3: 1, whose first shot was a bit weak, but with the second approach he was unmistakable.
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The injured Dimitrijs Litvinskis was not visible in Ventspils in this duel.
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“Spartaks” started the season with two victories 2: 1 over “Metta” team and champions “Riga”, but in the third fight with 1: 4 acknowledged RFS superiority. At the beginning of the season, “Ventspils” gave in 0: 1 to RFS, then the debutants “Tukums 2000” / TSS won with 3: 0, but in the previous round they did not keep the lead and fought a draw 2: 2 with “Valmiera”.
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Jūrmalnieki leader Belakovičs scored his fourth goal on Monday, the team as a whole being able to conquer the opponents’ goal six times. Ventspils unit leader Kaspars Svārups remained “dry”. He had three punches in the previous three duels.
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Last season, the strength of both teams was quite fierce, because three of the four games ended with one goal difference (two victories for “Ventspils”, one – for “Spartak”), but in the third round a draw was recorded. The most productive was the fight, in which “Spartaks” won 4: 3, scoring two goals for Belakovich.
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“Valmiera” and “Tukums 2000” / TSS will also go to the square on Monday, which will meet at Vidzeme Olympic Center at 8 pm.
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At the end of the round on Tuesday, “Jelgava” will host the champions “Riga” in its field, but RFS will try to conquer the forts of “Liepāja” with its powerful attack.
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RFS is the leader of the Premier League with nine points in three games, followed by “Ventpils” with seven points in four dues. “Riga”, “Liepāja”, “Jelgava”, “Daugavpils” and “Spartaks” have scored six points, the last two have spent more than the game. Three points are for the “Metta” team, but for two less “Valmiera” football players, while in the beige there is currently only a “Tukums 2000” / TSS unit.
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The Premier League competitions are held without spectators, in strict compliance with the requirements of the previously developed sanitary protocol. It is possible that spectators will be able to be in the stands in the next round.
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The Optibet Football Super League season was due to start on March 13, but the day before it was announced that an emergency situation would be introduced in Latvia. On March 12, the scenario was allowed that the first games of the tournament would be played at empty grandstands, but the situation changed rapidly, and the beginning of the next day’s Premier League championship was canceled.
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Participation in the Eurocups is provided by the winners of the first three places, as well as another ticket is played in the Latvian Cup (if the winner of the cup is one of the teams in the top three in the top league, then the fourth Eurocausing winner ).
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This season, ten teams will start in the Super League, which is one more than last year and two more than yesterday. Also, this season in the Super League, the legionnaire limit has been raised to eight players. This means that there must be at least three players prepared for the association on the court at the same time. Last year, the limit was five foreign players.
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As in many other countries, the number of permitted substitutions has been increased from three to five after the coronavirus break in the regulations of the Premier League championship in the 2020 season.
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For the second season, the general sponsor of the tournament is the Optibet group of companies.
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Last year, “Riga” was crowned Latvian champion, but RFS won its first trophy in the history of the club, which won the national cup.
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