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title: "Paide winless as Narva trial six players, Levadia win their first pre-season game"
date: 2025-01-19T08:29:35Z
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author: "Morten Palu"
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# Paide winless as Narva trial six players, Levadia win their first pre-season game
![](https://i0.wp.com/balticfootballnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/1736604531-e1736633417268.jpg?resize=729%2C486&ssl=1)Photo: Liisi Troska/jalgpall.ee

Paide midfielder Martin Miller.

**Estonian clubs featured in pre-season fixtures yesterday, as [Levadia](https://balticfootballnews.com/?page_id=1034) beat [Tartu JK Tammeka](https://balticfootballnews.com/?page_id=1046) 3-1 and [Paide Linnameeskond](https://balticfootballnews.com/?page_id=987) are still looking for their first win, after a 1-2 defeat to [Narva Trans](https://balticfootballnews.com/?page_id=957).**

For **Levadia** and **Tammeka**, the match was their first of the pre-season campaign. The first half was relatively quiet in terms of chances, as the best opportunities to score were by Tammeka forwards **Tristan Koskor** and **Kevin Burov**, but neither could get the ball past Levadia’s goalkeeper **Oliver Ani**.

For the second half, both teams substituted most of their lineups. The score was opened on the 51st minute by Tammeka midfielder **Mattis Karis**, who headed in a **Karl Kiidron** free-kick. Tammeka’s lead lasted about 10 minutes, as Dutch midfielder **Richie Musaba** squared the game. 10 minutes after that, Musaba recorded his second of the match, and the final score was settled by new signing **Bubacarr Tambedou**, who scored his first goal in a Levadia shirt from the penalty spot. Levadia’s staff members for the game included **Karel Voolaid**, who had left **[Riga FC](https://balticfootballnews.com/?page_id=882)** alongside former head coach **Simo Valakari** in 2024.

For **Narva Trans**, it was the first game of their pre-season, as **Paide** has already played against SJK. The border town team took the lead in the 34th minute, as **Nikita Baljabkin** made the most after a mix up in Paide’s defensive line. In the second half Narva doubled their lead – **Arnas Besirgikis** went one-on-one with the goalkeeper, but before he could get a shot off, Paide’s **Mohammed Gueye** reached the ball. His attempt at a clearance went very poorly, as the ball landed at Mattias Sapp’s net. In the final minutes, **Sten Reinkort** minimized Paide’s deficit, but Trans held on to the lead untill the end.

Trans’ squad featured six trialists – defenders 26-year old Ukrainian player **Bondar**, most recently playing for Lithuanian second tier team **Klaipeda Neptunas** and **Filatov** from **Levadia**, who mainly played for their U21s team. Midfielders **Artur Sakarias**, who similarly featured for the **Levadia** youth team, playing in 5 Premium Liiga matches thus far, and 23-year old Portuguese player **Afonso Correia**, who is an academy graduate of **Maritimo**. According to Transfermarkt, the midfielder most recently played for **Pombal** in Portuguese lower leagues. Also new attackers, 18-year old Ukrainian player **Kožuško**, who has been a part of **Kharkiv’s** and **Dnipro’s** youth systems in Ukraine, and **Seinäjoki’s** youth system in Finland. He most recently played for German sixth tier side **Lok Stendal**. Another new name in attack was 25-year old **Bogdan Stoyanov**. The Bulgarian most recently played for **Jõhvi Phoenix** in Esiliiga B and scored 21 goals in 22 games for the club.

**FCI Levadia – Tartu JK Tammeka 3-1 (0-0)**  
  
Goals: 62′, 72′ **Musaba**, 80′ **Tambedou** (PEN) – 51′ **Karis**

  
**Paide Linnameeskond – Narva Trans 1-2 (0-1)**  
  
Goals: 86′ **Reinkort** – 34′ **Baljabkin**, 78′ **Gueye** (OG)

Sources: [https://soccernet.ee/artikkel/vaata-jarele-trans-kasutas-paide-vead-ara-ja-vottis-voidu](https://soccernet.ee/artikkel/vaata-jarele-trans-kasutas-paide-vead-ara-ja-vottis-voidu)  
[https://soccernet.ee/artikkel/tana-otsepilt-levadia-ja-tammeka-kohtuvad-taliturniiri-avamangus](https://soccernet.ee/artikkel/tana-otsepilt-levadia-ja-tammeka-kohtuvad-taliturniiri-avamangus)  
[https://soccernet.ee/artikkel/trans-testib-taliturniiril-kaht-levadia-noort-ning-nelja-valsimaalast  
](https://soccernet.ee/artikkel/trans-testib-taliturniiril-kaht-levadia-noort-ning-nelja-valsimaalast)[https://soccernet.ee/artikkel/karel-voolaid-liitus-levadia-treeneritiimiga](https://soccernet.ee/artikkel/karel-voolaid-liitus-levadia-treeneritiimiga)