RFS beat FC “Jelgava” 1: 0. Jelgava players have their own series in games with the RFS team – this opponent has not been defeated in 9 games in a row… In addition, in the last four games the RFS goalkeeper has not been beaten more than once. Now Jelgava players have to wait for the second round game on their field and hope that the series of failures in matches with RFS will finally be stopped. Will RFS continue to win until then? We will see.
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In the match with FK “Jelgava” in the field returned after the striker Darko Lemajičs (went out to change), which will make the team’s strength attack even greater. The RFS team has scored the most goals (15) and now in the next round they will play in Daugavpils against another most successful team of the tournament. Let me remind you that the RFS team’s record in the Optibet Super League is a victory in the first seven games last year. This season’s 7th game will meet against “Mettu”, but then the already eagerly awaited “Riga derby” – RFS against the champion “Riga FC” will be present.
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It is clear that RFS footballers and their coaches are not thinking about records at the moment, but it is worth remembering that this season’s tournament is one lap shorter and therefore the importance of each game with its direct competitor becomes even greater.
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Champion “Riga FC” only in the second half broke the resistance of BFC “Daugavpils” and won with 3: 1. This pair has its own series – namely, Daugavpils lost to the champions in all four games last season and also did not score any goals. Now they finally managed to score (already during the game compensation), but again a loss. Fifth in a row against “Riga FC” team.
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FK “Tukums 2000 / TSS”, a newcomer to the Premier League, also lost in the fifth game – this time with 1: 3 in his field FK “Metta”. Already after the first half, the guests were in the lead with 3: 0, but this does not mean that in the second half only formalities were completed. If Tukums had deliberately chosen such a tactic in the first half, then it was obviously wrong – giving the initiative to the guests, the home team created only one real chance to score in the first 45 minutes, while they “fell” twice, but another goal with an irresistible goal. Emīls Birka was the scorer. After a break, the picture changed dramatically. I don’t think that “Metta” had already reconciled with what had been achieved, rather Tukums drastically changed their game and they had the opportunity to score more than one goal, which could have made the top of the match very tense. Against what now could the people of Tukums stop the series of losses? The next game is for them with the guests of Jūrmala “Spartak”, then they have to host the champion “Riga FC”, then they have to go to Liepāja… But then there will be the time of the players’ transfer, which Tukums really hopes for. Reinforcement for the team is very much needed.
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FK “Valmiera” became the first team, which this season played from 0: 2 and did not lose – 2: 2 at home with “Spartak”. Let’s remember that before that (in the last round of games) the people of Valmiera played from 1: 2 in Ventspils, where they were also in the lead with 1: 0. This shows the nature of the team and cannot disagree with what several team players say that with each subsequent game, the team’s performance becomes more stable. This time in the first half “Spartaks” was superior and deservedly won it, but also 2: 0 at the beginning of the second half there was no victory, because no one in Valmiera team gave up for a moment. The Spartans had lost the previous two games with a total score of 2: 7, but did not lose the third game in a row. True, this is a weak consolation, because the victory was missed. The Valmiera team has not lost three games in a row, each of them has scored at least 2 goals and whether this series will continue – we will know on Wednesday evening in Liepaja.
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Recently, one colleague joked that the first team in which the head coach will be replaced this season will be FC “Liepāja”. Every joke, as they say, has a part of the truth.
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I don’t know how stable the chair of the Belarusian Dmitry Molosh is at the moment, but the game on Wednesday with FK “Valmiera” will be very important for him (just like for the whole team). Before the game in Ventspils, the people of Liepaja had lost 0: 2 and 2: 5 to the champion and vice-champion, but now they suffered the third loss in a row – 1: 2. Nothing can be saved when it comes to fighting for medals and meeting in the so-called European Cup zone, but it is already in danger of getting stuck in the middle of the tournament table. Ventspils residents, on the other hand, do not lose four games in a row, moreover, in three of them they have won. Which series will break first? Liepāja residents now play at home with FK “Valmiera”, but Ventspils residents have to go to Jelgava.
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Is the first three in the tournament table starting to show and will it be the same as last year? A premature question. A third of the games have not yet been played. Several series of successes and failures ahead…
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