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Match Report
Pruli
Spectators: 8000 (Terracing: 6000,
Seating: 1840, VIP seats: 160) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Daumants Aleksandrs got the match started through his kick off. After a rather tough play, Pruli's Vitauts Zeimots got a free kick in the 6th minute. Albīns Eurosports made a fantastic save in the 9th minute, when Ģirts Abulnieks sent off a good shot on target. Guntars Čiriks received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 10th minute. Albīns Eurosports tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Rindzel's Albīns Eurosports played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Guntars Čiriks in the 15th minute of play. 17 minutes into the match, Pruli's Ģirts Abulnieks sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Albīns Eurosports narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Albīns Eurosports stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Guntars Čiriks's shot from short distance in the 18th minute. If Ģirts Abulnieks had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 21st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 24 minutes, Normunds Uljānis mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Rindzel and the Pruli players grew even worse after the yellow card. Normunds Uljānis hit a great freekick 24 minutes into the match. 26 minutes into the match, Ģirts Abulnieks had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Albīns Eurosports. Rindzel's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ģirts Abulnieks was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. The audience thought a goal was coming when Raimonds Indriķis-Redzīgais got free with Albīns Eurosports in the 31st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Albīns Eurosports made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ģirts Abulnieks in the 34th minute. In the 46th minute Pruli were awarded a corner. Ardis Darva went to the cornerflag to take it. A nice corner shot did that Ardis Darva got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Albīns Eurosports quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 1-0 at half-time.
The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Guntars Čiriks stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Ģirts Abulnieks recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 52nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Albīns Eurosports didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ģirts Abulnieks went, in the 54th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. Ģirts Abulnieks fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 58th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Albīns Eurosports having to interfere. Albīns Eurosports took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Guntars Čiriks, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Guntars Čiriks fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 72nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Albīns Eurosports having to interfere. In the 76th minute, Ģirts Abulnieks ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Albīns Eurosports was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-0. If Ģirts Abulnieks had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 81st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Albīns Eurosports didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Raimonds Indriķis-Redzīgais went, in the 83rd minute, to the upper right corner, 4-0 was the resulting score. After a defensive mix-up in Rindzel's zone, Guntars Čiriks stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Albīns Eurosports came out of the goal and Guntars Čiriks tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Albīns Eurosports came out of the goal in the 97th minute to try and stop a shot by Pruli's Ģirts Abulnieks. But to his dismay, Ģirts Abulnieks quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 5-0. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Pruli had played much better football throughout.
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