Grobina FC wins the South Kurzeme Derby against Liepaja FC – Match Highlights and Player Interviews

(besides what the football players said)
Rudolfs Meļķis, Andris Krušatins and Devids Dobretsov scored for “Grobina”, while Rasul Ba and Aram Bagdasarjans made accurate shots for “Liepāja”.

The first goal was scored in the 13th minute of the game, when the ball went to Meľkas, who made a shot from the air in the penalty area and it was right – 1:0 for “Grobiņa”. The first chance for Liepāja to equalize was in the 29th minute, when “Grobina” goalkeeper Nikita Pinchuk made an excellent save after Baa’s header.

Towards the end of the first half, Rodrigo Gaučis put the ball over the goal with a shot from close range and did not take the opportunity to consolidate the lead. On the other hand, the next dangerous moment for “Liepājas” ended with a goal, because in the fifth minute of the compensation period, after a mistake by the opponents, Baa, supported by Dodo, scored a goal in front the goal. .

At the beginning of the second half, after a break in the penalty area, an 11-meter penalty kick was awarded to the “Liepājas” goal, which Krušatins realized and regained the lead for the “Grobiņa”/LFS team in the 54th minute.

In the second half of the half, in a controversial episode, after the intervention of the VAR, the penalty was not given to the second goal. A little later, after Gauča’s pass towards the goal, Dobretsov headed the ball into the net – 3:1 in the 76th minute.

Five minutes before the end of normal time, Bagdasarjan got a goal back with a low shot from the edge of the penalty area.

The main referee of the game, Edgars Malcevs, showed 12 yellow cards in this game.

Interview with Janis Krautmans and Davids Dobretsova

In an interview with Latvian Television after the match, Grobiņa’s team midfielder Jānis Krautmanis said that the derby was definitely a success, as the game gathered a lot of spectators and many goals were scored. On the other hand, his teammate David Dobretsov said that the meeting of two teams from the same city is an important event, indeed.

Almost all players in Grobiņa’s starting lineup are Liepāja football students, but “Liepāja” had only one such player in the starting eleven. Several “Grobiņa”/LFS football players could not participate in this match, as they are on loan from “Liepāja”.

At the end of the day, in the last game of the round, with Lea Gaušu scoring three goals, “Valmiera FC” defeated “Jelgavu” with a result of 3:0.

On Tuesday, “Tukums 2000″ https://www.lsm.lv/”Telms” caused a surprise, beating “Riga” 2:1 at home, marking the first victory there the history of the club on this opponent. On Wednesday, “Auda” beat “Daugavpils” 1:00 at home, and RFS beat “Metta” 2:0 at home.

In the tournament table, RFS has 16 points in seven games, “Riga” has won 15 points, and “Tukums 2000″ has 13 points https://www.lsm.lv/”Telms”, ” Daugavpilij” with 11 points, ten points in six games “Valmiera”, “Auda” and “Grobiņa”/LFS eight points in seven games, “Metta” seven points, “Liepāja” six points, and “Jelgava” two points .

The Premier League competition involving ten teams takes place in four rounds, with each team playing 36 games. 180 games are expected to be played until November 9.

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