League

IECĒNI
Spectators: 10856 (Terracing: 8144, Seating: 2496, VIP seats: 216) FC Iecēni's Marek Hamšík started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. In the 3rd match minute, GAUJA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Margots Kornieks to maneuver through the defense. After some careless play in the FC Iecēni defense, Toms Skirmanis kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Piotr Tworek. The FC Iecēni fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Piotr Tworek should have stopped the shot. Toms Felss showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Viktors Behmans in the 11th minute of the match. Toms Felss took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Olavs Eliass, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 26thth minute of the game Michal Noworolnik who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FC Iecēni's Piotr Tworek was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. When the match clock showed 29 minutes, the score became 0-2 when Michal Noworolnik sped through FC Iecēni's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Piotr Tworek. Piotr Tworek took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Michal Noworolnik, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. FC Iecēni's Viesturs Pilāns got a good chance for a goal in the 38th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After a rather tough play, FC Iecēni's Uvis Svitiņš got a free kick in the 40th minute. Piotr Tworek showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Michal Noworolnik, who was totally free with the ball in the 41st minute. Christian Marder's late challenge caught a FC Iecēni's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Christian Marder helped the player get up and apologised. Christian Marder hit a great freekick 43 minutes into the match. Piotr Tworek showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Antonio Lluis in the 46th minute of the match.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Michal Noworolnik to make the kick off. GAUJA's Toms Felss played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Olavs Eliass in the 55th minute of play. Michal Noworolnik could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 58th minute of the match, but Piotr Tworek made a huge save. FC Iecēni's Piotr Tworek played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Antonio Lluis in the 60th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Michal Noworolnik in the 62nd minute of play forced FC Iecēni's goalkeeper Piotr Tworek to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 65 played minutes FC Iecēni got a freekick which was hit by Uvis Svitiņš. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cazimir Slătineanu in the 67th minute of play forced FC Iecēni's goalkeeper Piotr Tworek to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Michal Noworolniks short, quick shot in the 68thth minute got Piotr Tworek to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Toms Felss stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Viesturs Pilāns's shot from short distance in the 70th minute. Toms Felss made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Viesturs Pilāns in the 72nd minute of play. Toms Felss showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Viesturs Pilāns in the 74th minute of the match. GAUJA's Michal Noworolnik got a good chance for a goal in the 75th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 78 minutes into the game, Ion Ţiriac was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. GAUJA's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave FC Iecēni the free kick. After 78 played minutes GAUJA got a freekick which was hit by Ion Ţiriac. Toms Felss took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Viktors Behmans, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Toms Felss showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Olavs Eliass, who was totally free with the ball in the 83rd minute. Toms Felss took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Olavs Eliass, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. GAUJA's Toms Felss played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marek Hamšík in the 92nd minute of play. In the 94th minute, Marek Hamšík hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. GAUJA's Michal Noworolnik got a good chance for a goal in the 95th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 96th minute, Olafs Buncis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched GAUJA eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.