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Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Linards Kaprāns started the match with the kick off. Linards Kaprāns struck a weak shot in the 2nd minute. Aquiles Armea didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Latvia. Smuidris Bratkus made a fantastic save in the 9th minute, when Ignatius Risel sent off a good shot on target. Smuidris Bratkus showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ignatius Risel, who was totally free with the ball in the 10th minute. In the 11th minute, Oswaldo Peña hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 11th minute of the match Juris Bimšteins shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Aquiles Armea showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Uruguay's Aquiles Armea played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Linards Kaprāns in the 13th minute of play. After 14 played minutes Uruguay got a freekick which was hit by Ryan Garro. With a little luck, Latvia's Smuidris Bratkus got control of the ball when Ignatius Risel tried to sneak it across the goal line. Latvia's Smuidris Bratkus played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ignatius Risel in the 28th minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Svens Pengerots in the 35th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Aquiles Armea saved Uruguay from getting behind. After 35 minutes, Svens Pengerots made it 0-1 with a short kick to the right side. Uruguay's Aquiles Armea tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Ignatius Risel sent away a hard shot on goal in the 42nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Svens Pengerots in the 45th minute of play forced Uruguay's goalkeeper Aquiles Armea to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Manilan Ayarza charged in rather forcefully in the 46th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Manilan Ayarza the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 46th match minute, Uruguay was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Manilan Ayarza to maneuver through the defense. Linards Kaprāns took the ball and in the 48 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Aquiles Armea. Aquiles Armea dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. The Uruguay players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Latvia were winning 0-2.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Manilan Ayarza to strike the kick off in the second half. 53 minutes into the match, Latvia's goal looked a bit too open when Manilan Ayarza came free, but Smuidris Bratkus reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ignatius Risel scored 1-2 in the 54th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Smuidris Bratkus, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The audience was convinced that Svens Pengerots's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Aquiles Armea was relentless in the 58th minute of the game. Smuidris Bratkus showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Manilan Ayarza in the 61st minute of the match. Smuidris Bratkus showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ignatius Risel in the 63rd minute of the match. 64 minutes had been played when some careless play by Latvia's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Estevon Arregui was slow to take the kick. During this time Uruguay's players had a chance to rest. In the last second Aquiles Armea throw himself and got hold of the ball when Linards Kaprāns in the 66thth minute from his position got away a shot towards the right post. In the 67th minute of the match Latvia got a corner. Uruguay's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Juris Bimšteins ran over to the corner to take the kick. With his leg Aquiles Armea managed to avoid a goal in the 68thth minute, when Latvia's Svens Pengerots fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Smuidris Bratkus stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Ignatius Risel's shot from short distance in the 71st minute. Manilan Ayarza sent away a hard shot on goal in the 72nd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Latvia made a substitution. Dāgs Upens replaced Sebastijans Kiršteins. Uruguay's Aquiles Armea played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Linards Kaprāns in the 76th minute of play. After having played for 77 minutes, Linards Kaprāns managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Latvia's supporters crossed their fingers, but Linards Kaprāns was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 81st minute Kārlis Lee shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aquiles Armea saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ferrando Capetillo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 82nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Smuidris Bratkus having to interfere. After 87 played minutes Uruguay got a freekick which was hit by Gabriel Moxi. Ferrando Capetillo scored 3-2 in the 92nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Smuidris Bratkus, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. When Uruguay's Ferrando Capetillo in the 97th minute got a chance for a shot 97th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Latvia's goalie prevented a goal. For all the effort they put into the match, the Latvia players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Uruguay.