Super Nova youngsters beat Tukums reserves, pushing them closer to the First League's bottom places
In the First League, Latvia's second-tier football division, Super Nova's reserve side won 3-0 away at Tukums 2000's reserves on 22 October. Tukums sit 11th, one point above 12th place.
In round 24 of the Latvian football First League on 22 October, Super Nova's second team, made up of 17-year-old players, won 3-0 (2-0) away against the second team of Tukums 2000. The result ended a run of seven games without a win for the Super Nova youngsters, while leaving the Tukums side close to the foot of the table.
How the match went
Georgijs Bombāns opened the scoring in the 12th minute. The previous week he had also scored Super Nova's only goal in a win over Cliftonville's U19 side from Belfast in the first round of the UEFA Youth League, a European club competition for young players.
At the end of the first half, in the 40th minute, Fabio Sebastians Rošā beat goalkeeper Mārtiņš Veļiks. Shortly after the hour mark, in the 67th minute, Rodrigo Ģēģermanis extended the lead.
The table
After the win, Super Nova's second team are eighth with 29 points from 24 games. Tukums 2000's reserves are 11th with 19 points from 24 games. Below them are RFS's reserves on 18 points, Ventspils on 16 and Rēzekne on six, and each of those teams has played one game fewer.
The leaders are Metta with 60 points from 23 games, followed by Valmiera and Leevon PPK, both on 53.
What comes next
In their remaining fixtures, the Super Nova youngsters must host the reserve teams of RFS and Riga. Tukums face exactly the same opponents.
