Loss against the Hibernians! Opportunity to change the situation on August 12!

On Thursday at the Daugava Stadium "Riga Football Club" in the 3rd round of the UEFA Europa Conference League qualification game suffered a painful loss with 0:1 against the Maltese "Hibernians"! Second leg game on August 12 in Malta!

"Riga" in the first round of the Champions League lost to the Swedish champion "Malmo" (0:1, 1:1). We continued the European Cups with the second round games in the Conference League against the North Macedonian champion "Shkendija". We won both games (2:0, 1:0) and entered the next round.

Malta's "Hibernians" in the first round of the Champions league lost without chance to Estonia's strongest team "Flora" (0:2, 0:3). In the second round of the Conference League, the "Hibernians" won the San Marino team "Folgere" quite easily in both games (3:1, 4:2).

"Riga" played more with the ball at the beginning of the game, but "Hibernians" formed a dangerous counterattacks. The Maltese club played aggressively in the first half and made a lot of fouls. Opponents were emotional, fell a lot on the pitch, and the referee stoped the game many times. We didn't create really good moments in the first half of the game - 0:0 after 45 minutes.

There were also problems in the second half, and the Maltese team responded with dangerous counter-attacks. Ivan Paurevič had a great opportunity in the 57th minute after the corner, but the captain of the team could not take his chance. In the 69th minute, the visitors put themselves ahead - Andrei Agius finished off an attack with a spectacular shot into the far corner. "Riga" tried to play more aggressive, but "Hibernians" played good in the defense and won with 1:0.

The second leg game will take place on 12 August in Malta.