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Spectators: 9240 (Terracing: 6931, Seating: 2125, VIP seats: 184) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Knuts Plekss started the match with the kick off. In the 3rd minute, Askolds Pillanders left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Birzes fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Knuts Plekss did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-1 to the left of a surprised Raitis Priediņš 7 minutes into the match. 12 minutes into the match, Birzes's goal looked a bit too open when Knuts Plekss came free, but Raitis Priediņš reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When FK Poolisti's Knuts Plekss in the 14th minute got a chance for a shot 14th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Birzes's goalie prevented a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Juliāns Russkis in the 19th minute of play forced Birzes's goalkeeper Raitis Priediņš to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 21st minute Mihails Kāzus shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fredis Bilēvics saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Saivis Amplis kicked well hit freekick during the 22nd minute of the match. If Knuts Plekss had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 28th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 33rdth minute of the game Knuts Plekss who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Birzes's Raitis Priediņš was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After having played for 34 minutes, Saivis Amplis managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. FK Poolisti's supporters crossed their fingers, but Saivis Amplis was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The audience was convinced that Knuts Plekss's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Raitis Priediņš was relentless in the 36th minute of the game. In the 37thth minute of the game Knuts Plekss who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Birzes's Raitis Priediņš was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. When FK Poolisti's Knuts Plekss in the 38th minute got a chance for a shot 38th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Birzes's goalie prevented a goal. When the match had gone on for 39 minutes, Saivis Amplis put it in 2-1 from a short distance just to the right of Raitis Priediņš. Knuts Plekss fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 43rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Raitis Priediņš having to interfere. Raitis Priediņš showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Knuts Plekss, who was totally free with the ball in the 47th minute.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Askolds Pillanders stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Fredis Bilēvics showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Askolds Pillanders, who was totally free with the ball in the 53rd minute. After 56 played minutes FK Poolisti got a freekick which was hit by Alfs Vallis. Raitis Priediņš stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Knuts Plekss's shot from short distance in the 59th minute. In the 60th minute, Juliāns Russkis made a precise shot to the right of Raitis Priediņš. Birzes's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-1. Kaspars Medinieks was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 65 minutes into the match. In the 64th minute, one of FK Poolisti: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 FK Poolisti. Fredis Bilēvics went to the wrong direction when Eižens Rācenis was taking care of the penalty kick which however missed the goal. After 68 played minutes FK Poolisti got a freekick which was hit by Alfs Vallis. Knuts Plekss sent away a hard shot on goal in the 72nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 73rd minute, Ojārs Leimans hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 74 minutes into the match, Birzes's goal looked a bit too open when Knuts Plekss came free, but Raitis Priediņš reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 75 minutes into the match, Knuts Plekss notched a goal, 4-1, to the right of Birzes's Raitis Priediņš. Raitis Priediņš was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 79th minute Knuts Plekss shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Raitis Priediņš saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 81 minutes into the game, FK Poolisti's Knuts Plekss nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Raitis Priediņš made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 5-1. 85 minutes into the match, Knuts Plekss had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Raitis Priediņš. Birzes's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Knuts Plekss was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 6-1. Raitis Priediņš took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Knuts Plekss, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Guntars Memis in the 91st minute of play forced Birzes's goalkeeper Raitis Priediņš to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Knuts Plekss received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 94th minute. Raitis Priediņš tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Saivis Amplis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 96th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Raitis Priediņš having to interfere. There was no doubt that FK Poolisti were the better team. FK Poolisti's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.