Following Tonybet Virsliga’s 13th-round win against FK Auda (2:1) Valmiera FC head coach Jurgis Kalns shared his comments and thoughts with the media.
Valmiera FC coach Jurgis Kalns: Thanks to the fans, we return to Janis Dalins stadium with three points. Two years ago, with Auda, our victory march began right here. If we talk about today, it was a great first half, but I’m getting tired of not scoring. We control the game, we dominate, the goals don’t fall – we didn’t even score a penalty kick. At the beginning of the second half, one ricochet and a ball into the goal. It was a bit of a shock, Auda recovered, came back into the game, and even tried to pull out the victory, seeing our condition. I know how the lads feel when you try to get the ball in the goal and it doesn’t go there, then someone goes down at the beginning of the second half, and it’s hard to recover after that. I’m glad we made it. I believe that the penalty kick saved by Davis Oss was the key moment, if a goal had been conceded, it could have put an end to the game. Glad for him! It gave us a second wind, we got the game back and got a lucky win. I already said – how to hang the game in the second half, this time we have a little tutorial. We knew that it would be difficult for Auda to adapt to the pitch, the task of the first minutes and the first half was to prevent them from adapting. Not letting them feel either the ball or the pitch and putting everything in place. Everything was successful, except for the goal, so Auda was still in the game in the second part of the game, everything had to end in the first half. Three points don’t stink, I’m glad that we managed to pull out the victory.”
