Latvian footballers lose to Lithuania within the Baltic Cup match in Liepāja, will battle for third place with the Faroe Islands /

by times news cr

2024-06-09 23:47:59

Within the sixteenth minute of the match, Raimonds Krollis managed to get the ball into the Lithuanian purpose after a go from Robert Savalnieks, however the again was shortly fastened and the purpose was not counted.

Lower than 5 minutes into the second half, Lithuania took the lead after Armands Kucis beat Latvian goalkeeper Rihardas Matrevics from shut vary following a go from Paulius Golubicka.

Alternatively, within the 71st minute, Artūrs Dolžnikovs doubled Lithuania’s benefit, who was unable to be stopped by Renārs Varslavāns, because the Lithuanian despatched the ball into the Latvian purpose with a strong shot.

Within the eightieth minute, Kaspars Dubra earned a yellow card for lunging on the opponent from behind.

Within the third minute of the compensation time, Mārtiņš Ķigur managed to get to the opponent’s purpose, however his shot from a pointy angle was saved by the Lithuanian goalkeeper.

Within the second semi-final, Estonia beat the Faroe Islands 4:1 (1:1) in Tallinn.

The friends took the lead after 24 minutes performed, however within the continuation of the match, the Estonians scored 4 unanswered targets, Alex Tamma, Henri Anier, Edgar Tur and Danil Kuraksin scoring.

Latvian footballers will play their second match within the Baltic Cup, preventing for the third place, on June 11 in Liepāja in opposition to the Faroe Islands.

From the 27 footballers referred to as up by Paolo Nicolato, Roberts Uldriķis and Eduards Emsis had been deducted from the checklist of candidates resulting from accidents. Vladislavs Gutkovskis and Jānis Ikaunieks are additionally not on the checklist of candidates, however “Daugavpils” goalkeeper Dāvids Orols and “Valmieras” midfielder Lūkass Vapne acquired an invite to the nationwide workforce for the primary time, and Mārtiņš Ķigurs has returned to the nationwide workforce after an extended damage interval.

The Baltic Cup was organized in the same format final time in November 2022, when the Latvian nationwide workforce beat Estonia in penalty kicks within the semi-finals, however misplaced to Iceland in penalty kicks within the ultimate. Latvia is the present holder of the Baltic Cup trophy.

The Baltic Cup is the oldest nationwide soccer event nonetheless happening on the earth. The Baltic Cup was performed for the primary time in 1928.

Listing of candidates for the Latvian males’s soccer workforce:

goalkeepers – Rihards Matrevics, Nils Toms Puriņš (each – “Riga”), Frank Dāvids Orols (“Daugavpils”);

defenders – Kaspars Dubra (“Panevezys”, Lithuania), Roberts Savalnieks (RFS), Andrejs Ciganiks (“Widzew” from Lodz, Poland), Raivis Andris Jurkovskis, Antonijs Chernomordys, Kirils Iļjins (all – “Riga”), Alvis Jaunzems (Melecas “Stal”, Poland), Kristers Tobers (Zurich “Grasshoppers”, Switzerland), Daniel Balodis, Maksim Tonišev, Emil Birka (all – “Valmiera”), Ilya Korotkov (“Auda”);

midfielders – Aleksej Saveljevs (“Auda”), Mārtiņš ħigurs, Dmitrijs Zelenkovs (each – RFS), Renārs Varslavāns, Lukas Vapne (each – “Valmiera”), Oskars Vienties (“Metta”);

forwards – Dāvis Ikaunieks (“Šiauliai”, Lithuania), Raimonds Krollis (“Vyškov”, Czech Republic), Marko Regža, Eduards Daškėvičs (each – “Riga”).


2024-06-09 23:47:59

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