Young Latvian footballers score for their clubs in Sweden and Italy
Two 20-year-old Latvian footballers scored in foreign leagues on Sunday. Alberts Aleksanjans scored twice as Norrköping secured a title in Sweden, while Kristiāns Mežsargs scored in a 2–2 draw in Italy.
Two Latvian footballers, both currently aged 20, scored for their clubs abroad on Sunday, one in Sweden and the other in Italy. Both players are connected with Latvia's national teams and play for foreign clubs, so such results draw attention from Latvian football followers.
Sweden: title for Norrköping
Norrköping, a club that has won the Swedish national championship several times, secured the title in Sweden's second-tier league on Sunday. In its match it beat Norrby, from the town of Borås, 4–0. Alberts Aleksanjans scored two of the four goals. He made his debut for Latvia's senior national team, the men's first team, in September this year.
Italy: a draw for Mežsargs
In Italy's Serie C, Folgore Caratese, from Carate Brianza, played a 2–2 draw against Lecco. Kristiāns Mežsargs, a forward for Latvia's U21 national team, which fields players aged up to 21, scored a precise shot for his side.
The source gives no further details about the course of the matches or the league standings. All that is known is that both young footballers found the net on Sunday, while their teams had different outcomes: Norrköping won and secured the title, while Folgore Caratese shared the points with its opponent.
