League

Royal Stadium
Spectators: 9283 (Terracing: 6964, Seating: 2135, VIP seats: 184) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Ringolds Morkāns started the match with the kick off. Mariss Turs charged in rather forcefully in the 2nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Mariss Turs the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to FC Royal Academy getting a freekick after 2 minutes play. Mariss Turs hit a great ball. In the 3rd minute of the match Romualds Rozenblats sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Andris Plūmīte skillfully saved the ball. Atvars Līvs-Laivenieks took the ball and in the 7 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Smuidris Vāvers. Smuidris Vāvers dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-0. In the 10th minute, Rūsiņs Tračevskis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Smuidris Vāvers made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ringolds Morkāns in the 14th minute. 22 minutes into the match, Rise of Empires ♕Ottoman♕'s goalkeeper Smuidris Vāvers had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Atvars Līvs-Laivenieks. A collision led to FC Royal Academy getting a freekick after 24 minutes play. Aļģirts Hidekels hit a great ball. 28 minutes into the match, FC Royal Academy's goal looked a bit too open when Rūsiņs Tračevskis came free, but Andris Plūmīte reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 29 minutes into the game, Atvars Līvs-Laivenieks cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-0. Smuidris Vāvers was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The crowd rose to their feet as Atvars Līvs-Laivenieks kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Smuidris Vāvers. That made the score 3-0 in the 33 minute of play. 37 minutes into the game, Godfrīds Blīdums was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. FC Royal Academy's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Rise of Empires ♕Ottoman♕ the free kick. Godfrīds Blīdums hit a great freekick 37 minutes into the match. Rise of Empires ♕Ottoman♕'s Smuidris Vāvers proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 40th minute of the match, managed to save Rise of Empires ♕Ottoman♕ from getting a goal against them. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Rūsiņs Tračevskis stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. A collision led to Rise of Empires ♕Ottoman♕ getting a freekick after 51 minutes play. Maksis Simins hit a great ball. Aļģirts Hidekels recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 51st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The supporters of Rise of Empires ♕Ottoman♕ booed when FC Royal Academy was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 56 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ringolds Morkāns didn't get a good kick on the ball. With a little luck, FC Royal Academy's Andris Plūmīte got control of the ball when Rūsiņs Tračevskis tried to sneak it across the goal line. Smuidris Vāvers showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Atvars Līvs-Laivenieks in the 61st minute of the match. A hard shot 64 in the game by Rūsiņs Tračevskis from a close distance when the talented Andris Plūmīte managed to make a qualified save. FC Royal Academy's players were relieved. 68 minutes into the match, Atvars Līvs-Laivenieks had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Smuidris Vāvers. Rise of Empires ♕Ottoman♕'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Atvars Līvs-Laivenieks was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-0. 77 minutes into the match, Rise of Empires ♕Ottoman♕'s goal looked a bit too open when Ringolds Morkāns came free, but Smuidris Vāvers reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 82 minutes into the match, Rise of Empires ♕Ottoman♕'s goal looked a bit too open when Atvars Līvs-Laivenieks came free, but Smuidris Vāvers reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Andris Plūmīte made a fantastic save in the 85th minute, when Olof Bruin sent off a good shot on target. In the 89th minute, Atvars Līvs-Laivenieks made a precise shot to the right of Smuidris Vāvers. Rise of Empires ♕Ottoman♕'s defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 5-0. In the 93rd minute Atvars Līvs-Laivenieks shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Smuidris Vāvers saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ringolds Morkāns in the 94th minute of play forced Rise of Empires ♕Ottoman♕'s goalkeeper Smuidris Vāvers to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.