Latvia round-up: Skonto keep up pressure
Sunday, September 1, 2002
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FC Skonto comfortably won 4-0 at Dinaburg to move to within five points of FK Ventspils.
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FC Skonto comfortably won 4-0 at Dinaburg in a rearranged fixture to move to within five points of Latvian first division leaders FK Ventspils.
Four different scorers
Pavels Rizevskis scored on 19 minutes to give Skonto the lead, and Orestas Buitkus netted another goal on the stroke of half-time. A Mihails Zemilinskis penalty and a first-time shot by Arturs Zakresevskis completed the victory.
Defensive debut
Polish defender Kzsistof Lagewski made his debut for reigning champions Skonto in the game.
