Andrejs Cigaņiks and his FC Luzern faced a tough match today in the Swiss Super League. They played to a 1-1 draw against FC Basel, as both teams aspire to lift the Swiss Super League trophy. Latvian players abroad also made an appearance in Cambodia, Romania, and Serbia today.
Cigaņiks, who had previously provided an assist in the last game, returned to the starting lineup. The two teams had met just a month earlier, with Basel securing a comeback victory thanks to two penalties from Shaqiri. Basel took the lead this time when Ivory Coast striker Benie Traore scored his first goal in four months.
However, FC Luzern managed to equalize late in the game when defender Stefan Knezevic found the net. Cigaņiks played the entire match, leaving Luzern in third place in the league table, two points behind Basel. The new leaders of the Swiss Super League are Servette, who won 3-1 against Zurich. They now sit two points ahead of Basel and four points ahead of Cigaņiks’ Luzern. The next match for Luzern will be an away game against Zurich on Saturday.
CPL, Cambodia
In the Cambodian CPL, Arturs Karašausks and his Visakha achieved a surprising away victory against league leaders Svay Rieng, winning 2-1. The winning goal was scored by 20-year-old Cambodian Nora Leng in the 82nd minute. The 33-year-old attacking player who is on loan from FK Liepāja, made his third league appearance in this match.
With this win, Visakha moved closer to the top of the league. It is now just five points behind Svay Rieng, who leads with 58 points. Visakha has seven games remaining in the Championship Group.
Super Liga, Romania
Aleksejs Saveļjevs and his Gloria Bužau faced a heavy defeat in the Romanian Super Liga, losing 0-6 to CFR Cluj. The 26-year-old midfielder, who joined the club in January, was an unused substitute in the last two league games but came on in the 61st minute when Cluj was already leading by four goals.
Saveļjevs and Gloria Bužau find themselves in a tough position. After 30 games, they sit last in the league table with 20 points. They will now be split into Championship and Relegation groups, with each team in the relegation group playing nine more matches. Gloria Bužau is six points behind 15th-place Unirea Slobozia.
Second Division, Serbia
In the Serbian second league, Eduards Tīdenbergs and Aleksejs Grjaznovs started for Dubocica, who could not upset one of the league leaders, Mladost GAT, losing 1-2. Dubocica initially took the lead in the second half, but Mladost scored twice to secure the win.
Eduards Tīdenbergs made his fifth league appearance for Dubocica, while Aleksejs Grjaznovs, who played for Mladost GAT in the first part of the season, has made four appearances for Dubocica since his move in the winter. Dubocica currently sits 14th in the league table with 21 points after 25 games in a 16-team league.
