Like men, a duel between Riga and Liepaja teams is expected in the final of the Latvian Cup for women – the multiple national champion Riga Football School will compete with the representatives of Liepaja Football School. The final of the cup competition will take place on October 31 at the “Daugava” stadium in Riga. The decisive game will be shown live on LTV7 for the first time in history, informs the Latvian Football Federation (LFF).
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On Friday, the final was reached by Liepāja Football School, which won the Riga Football School-2 team playing in the league 2: 1 in its field. The second team of the capital club was the first to take the lead – the only representative of the Women’s Football 1st League who was able to reach the top four of the tournament. At the end of the match, Liepāja Football School, which currently ranks fourth in the overall ranking of the Women’s Football League, played back and ensured success. Rebecca Tīle scored the decisive goal from the 11-meter penalty kick mark.
The first semi-final game of the Latvian Cup was held on September 11, when the existing national champion team and the current cup trophy holder Riga Football School beat SK “Super Nova” / RTU footballers 7: 1. The Latvian Cup for women’s teams was introduced in 2014, when six teams took part in the competition, and over the years the tournament has expanded to 18 units, uniting the two Latvian women’s football leagues in a joint elimination match. The Riga Football School has won the tournament in all previous seasons. Last year, competitions were not organized in the conditions of a pandemic.
Liepāja football will be represented in the women’s cup final for the fifth time. Rezekne and FK “Dinamo Rīga” reached the final from time to time, winning the Women’s Football League in 2019 – the only case since 2013, when one of the two main domestic women’s football trophies was not won by the Riga Football School.
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