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Centrs Annenieki
Spectators: 10850 (Terracing: 8139, Seating: 2495, VIP seats: 216) Artūrs Sagalats started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Artūrs Sagalats succeeded in the game's 3rd minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 1-0. Jānis Lielais showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Grigore Drăgan, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. Jānis Lielais showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Grigore Drăgan, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. After 8 minutes, Sandris Birks mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Insane Raccoons FC and the SK Annenieki players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 9th minute, Sandris Birks hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jānis Lielais took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Grigore Drăgan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Insane Raccoons FC were awarded a corner in the 12th minute after SK Annenieki's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Pedro Luís Fantini took the corner. Jānis Lielais showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Aleksejs Gavars, who was totally free with the ball in the 14th minute. Jānis Lielais showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aleksejs Gavars in the 16th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aleksejs Gavars in the 20th minute of play forced SK Annenieki's goalkeeper Jānis Lielais to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Indris Tomass in the 22nd minute of play forced Insane Raccoons FC's goalkeeper Mareks Vārpiņš to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Jāzeps Pics had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 35th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Mareks Vārpiņš showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Artūrs Sagalats in the 36th minute of the match. Insane Raccoons FC's Mareks Vārpiņš played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Indris Tomass in the 38th minute of play. After 38 played minutes SK Annenieki got a freekick which was hit by Reinholds Jaunzems. Jānis Lielais took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Grigore Drăgan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 47 minutes into the match, SK Annenieki's goal looked a bit too open when Artis Flaks came free, but Jānis Lielais reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Artis Flaks to make the kick off. Insane Raccoons FC's Mareks Vārpiņš played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Artūrs Sagalats in the 51st minute of play. In the 52nd minute, one of Insane Raccoons FC:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Insane Raccoons FC. Insane Raccoons FC:s Mareks Vārpiņš showed great skill when he stopped Indris Tomass:s penalty. Indris Tomass received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 56th minute. Mareks Vārpiņš tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 58th minute, Raphaël Galtier hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The crowd rose to their feet as Grigore Drăgan kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Jānis Lielais. That made the score 2-1 in the 65 minute of play. After having played for 76 minutes, Artūrs Sagalats managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. SK Annenieki's supporters crossed their fingers, but Artūrs Sagalats was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. SK Annenieki's Ingus Rencis was substituted for Drosmis Kalnaiza. SK Annenieki made a substitution. Santis Krūzītis replaced Renāts Skipors. Mareks Vārpiņš made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Reinholds Jaunzems in the 79th minute of play. The supporters of SK Annenieki booed when Insane Raccoons FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 81 match minutes in a wonderful position. Severīns Pirtslāva didn't get a good kick on the ball. 82 minutes into the match, Artūrs Sagalats had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Mareks Vārpiņš. Insane Raccoons FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Artūrs Sagalats was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-1. Mareks Vārpiņš made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vilis Lettlands in the 85th minute of play. The supporters of SK Annenieki booed when Insane Raccoons FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 86 match minutes in a wonderful position. Sandris Birks didn't get a good kick on the ball. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 89th minute of the game. One of Insane Raccoons FC:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of SK Annenieki:s goal. Mareks Vārpiņš stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Artūrs Sagalats's shot from short distance in the 94th minute. Raphaël Galtier kicked well hit freekick during the 95th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Insane Raccoons FC's Severīns Pirtslāva got a free kick in the 99th minute. SK Annenieki were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Insane Raccoons FC for a fine match.