The Ukrainian helped Riga win the Latvian championship match.
On Tuesday, April 5, Riga hosted the Spartaks in the fourth round of the Latvian Championship.
Three Ukrainians appeared in the starting lineup of the home team simultaneously – Yuriy Vakulko, Oleksandr Filippov and Vladlen Yurchenko. The latter was able to open an account in this meeting, confident to take a penalty kick in the 14th minute.
🔥 Noskaties @RigaFC_Official we will be glad and rejoice @fkspartaks!
14 ‘Yurchenko
69 ‘Jurkovskis
71 ‘Barnes #OptibetVirsliga pic.twitter.com/QUAC7rNxu9– Optibet Virsliga (@FutbolaVirsliga) April 5, 2022
This is the first Ukrainian goal for the Latvian club, which he joined in January 2022.
Note that Riga won this match with a score of 3: 0.
The team is currently in second place in the league table with nine points.
Earlier, Vladlen Yurchenko said that there are many zombified people in Latvia.
Source: korrespondent
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