League Play-Off

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Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Roberts Berde started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. With an all-out effort, Rise of Empires ♕Ottoman♕'s Fēliks Zurāvovičs threw himself towards the right post 3 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Aysan Taykara, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Rūsiņs Tračevskis could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 5th minute of the match, but Fēliks Zurāvovičs made a huge save. FC Beberbeki's Fēliks Zurāvovičs played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sentis Smuidris in the 9th minute of play. Fēliks Zurāvovičs made a fantastic save in the 10th minute, when Olof Bruin sent off a good shot on target. Olof Bruin might have been able to make a better finish in the 14th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Fēliks Zurāvovičs. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Olof Bruin ran back to his position shaking his head. Through an outstanding action, after 15 minutes, Fēliks Zurāvovičs successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Rise of Empires ♕Ottoman♕'s attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Romualds Rozenblats in the 16th minute. A nice corner shot did that Romualds Rozenblats got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Fēliks Zurāvovičs quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 18th minute, Maksis Simins hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Smuidris Vāvers took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Druvvaldis Benziks, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Sentis Smuidris kicked well hit freekick during the 26th minute of the match. Smuidris Vāvers took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Druvvaldis Benziks, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Druvvaldis Benziks in the 30th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Smuidris Vāvers saved Rise of Empires ♕Ottoman♕ from getting behind. In the 33rd match minute, FC Beberbeki was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Edijs Skrieders to maneuver through the defense. In the 34th match minute, Rise of Empires ♕Ottoman♕ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tadeusz Kostrzewa to maneuver through the defense. Roberts Berde sent away a hard shot on goal in the 35th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 38 played minutes Rise of Empires ♕Ottoman♕ got a freekick which was hit by Maksis Simins. Olof Bruin sent away a hard shot on goal in the 43rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Rūsiņs Tračevskis to make the kick off. Fēliks Zurāvovičs stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Sentis Smuidris's shot from short distance in the 54th minute. Maksis Simins was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 56 minutes into the match. In the 58th minute of the game, FC Beberbeki got a penalty. The shot went straight in by the left post. Rūsiņs Tračevskis scored 1-1 in the 62nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Fēliks Zurāvovičs, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Rūsiņs Tračevskis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 69th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fēliks Zurāvovičs having to interfere. Aysan Taykara fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 71st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fēliks Zurāvovičs having to interfere. A collision led to FC Beberbeki getting a freekick after 72 minutes play. Renārs Puris hit a great ball. Smuidris Vāvers made an important save on a dangerous shot by Druvvaldis Benziks in the 76th minute. After a rather tough play, FC Beberbeki's Ojārs Traskevics got a free kick in the 77th minute. Rūsiņs Tračevskis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 82nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fēliks Zurāvovičs having to interfere. Fēliks Zurāvovičs showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rūsiņs Tračevskis, who was totally free with the ball in the 84th minute. Fēliks Zurāvovičs showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rūsiņs Tračevskis in the 91st minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Rūsiņs Tračevskis's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Fēliks Zurāvovičs was relentless in the 92nd minute of the game. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. FC Beberbeki walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.