On the bench, Simo Valakari left his number one in the goal, Roberta Ozola, also against “Audas” who have never won (and also have never taken points), the leader of the defense Vyacheslav Isaev was not registered for the game of “Riga”, while Režinaldus Ramiris was given the opportunity to miss the game due to the red patch he received in the previous game . As a result, several previously unseen players could debut in the ranks of “Audas”. “Riga” was missing Antonis Chernomordi in the center of the defensive line.
In the first twenty minutes, the game took place without great intensity, “Auda” was once in the opponent’s penalty area, where no proper shot was made. “Riga” forced their game in the second half of the first half, when Nikas Aleksandrovs had to save in a jump. The green and black team’s goalposts were also rumbled, but the signal for the end of the first 45 minutes was met with a goalless draw.
The most significant event in the first half was the red patch received by “Riga” coach Sergejs Kožanas. Two years ago, Pats Kožans, as the head coach, led “Auda” to a triumph in the Future League and a place in the Premier League. Last year, as Tomislav Stipic’s assistant, Kožans celebrated the victory of “Auda” in the Latvian Cup, but in the off-season he moved to the big club of the capital together with the Croatian who grew up in Germany.
After an hour of play, Stipić sent on the field the potentially best offensive creators of the attacking team, Douglas Aurelius and Gauthier Mankenda. Taking advantage of the fact that “Auda” did not think about the attack, the coaching staff of “Riga” left only two players of the defensive line on the field.
In the second half of the game, the ball again hit the crossbar guarded by Aleksandrov, but Eduards Daškėvičs shot was blocked by Niko Bretschnaiders at the beginning of the final ten minutes of regular time.
Miracles did not happen and “Riga”, which played with the opponents almost the whole game, came close to scoring in the 87th minute of the game. The ball was delivered to Mankenda in the penalty area with a ceiling cross. His pass was met by Luis Iberico. The goalkeeper of “Audas” played unsuccessfully in his fortress and the Peruvian managed another “dry” victory for “Riga” over the green and blacks.
For the fourth time in nine meetings between “Riga” and “Auda” the result was recorded 1:0.
“Auda” – “Riga” 0:1 (0:0)
Goal: Iberico 87′
Warnings: Alexandrov, Saveliev, Minkiewicz – Ngonda, Contreras, Ngom
Auda: Aleksandrovs – Resende, Diavara (Bretchnaiders 46′), Paugain (Kone 55′), Minkevičs, Karklins – Piteo, Saveljevs, Ulimbashevs – Mane (Stepanov 67′), Atukvei (Novikovs 74′).
Riga: Matrevic – Ngonda (Aureliu 62′), Bosancic, Ngom, Ogundzi (Daškėvičs 62′) – Jojic, Ngena, Babec (Mankenda 62′) – Peña (Ilyin, Regza, Contreras.
Chief referee: Sergej Vasykov
“Optibet” football Premier League, 31st round
DateTimeGameResultPlace29.09.18.00Daugavpils – Metta4:2 (1:2)Esplanade30.09.14.00RFS – Liepāja3:1 (2:0)LNK Sporta Parks20.00Auda – Riga0:1 (0:0)Skonto Stadium01.10.14.00Super Nova – JelgavaSalaspils Stadium 16.00 Tukums 2000 – ValmieraTukums City Stadium
Premier league table
VKomandaSUNZVaartiP1.Riga31245278:18772.RFS31228180:13743.Auda31139939:35484.Valmiera30129940:32455.Liepāja311271246:50436.Jelgava30971439:52347.Daugavpils3 1881537:45328.Tukums 2000/Telms30871540:70319.Metta31791536:563010.Super Nova Salaspils30232522:869
Top goal scorers
VPlayerTeamNumber1.Marko RegžaRiga17 (1)2.Andrejs Iličs*RFS14 (2)3.DodoLiepāja12 (4)4.Ismaels DiomandėDaugavpils/RFS11 (1)5.Režinaldu RamirissRiga/Auda11 (3)Jānis IkaunieksRFS11 (3)7.Yevgenijs MininsSuper Nova9
“*” – no longer plays in the Premier League.
2023-09-30 18:51:00
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