Kulepov Scores First Goal of Polish Futsal Season, Motil Provides Two Assists

Latvia international Kulepov scored his first goal of the season in the Ekstraklasa, Poland's top futsal (indoor football) league, as his club We-Met Futsal won 5:2. Until this match he had been the only Latvian outfield player in the league who had not yet scored this season.

Kulepov opened the scoring in the 8th minute with a long-range shot after a kick-in. Motil, another Latvian player, provided assists in the 35th and 38th minutes, and Kulepov then set up the final goal of the game in the 39th minute.

Other Latvians in Poland

Renards Udris's Leszno beat Torun 7:5 at home for a third straight win, after earlier victories of 8:0 and 10:0. Udris did not score this time, but with seven goals he shares 9th–10th place on the league's scoring list. Rainers Murnieks came on as a substitute at 0:4 in Bochnia's 1:6 home defeat to Olsztyn, while Artemijs Pilipcuks received a yellow card as Bialystok's Jagiellonia lost 2:5 to Bialsko-Biala.

Bochnia is the only club with Latvian players in the top eight, sitting 7th with 15 points from nine matches. Leszno is three points and two places lower, and We-Met Futsal is a further three points and two places behind. Jagiellonia and Motil's Kazimierza Wielka, each with four points, are 14th and 15th in the 16-team table.

Latvians elsewhere

In Italy, Andrejs Baklanovs's Giovinazzo drew 6:6 at home with Feldi Eboli. In the Czech Republic, Artjoms Kozlovskis's Usti nad Labem won 4:3 in Liberec. In Greece, Igors Labuts's Athens side Panathinaikos lost 3:10 to Pyrgos 2024, its fourth defeat in four matches.

The Latvian national team plays a friendly against Ukraine at the Riga Olympic Centre on Friday and begins the main round of World Cup qualifying in the Czech Republic on Tuesday.