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00:30At Dorgavava Stadium in Riga, today, round 7 of UEFA World Cup qualifying, Group K,
00:57puts precious points on the table, a Latvian wind tightens their grip on mid-table momentum,
01:03Andorra fights to stay in touch and keep qualification dreams flickering.
01:07Latvia plays on the front foot and piles numbers into the box.
01:11Vladislav's Gutkovskis leads the line and battles for every cross,
01:15Dmitri Zelenkov's breaks from midfield and strikes from the edge.
01:18Andorra stays compact and punishes mistakes.
01:22Moises San Nicolas threatens on set-pieces and late runs,
01:25the visitors press in waves and spring direct counters.
01:29History leans Baltic, Latvia edges this match-up,
01:32Andorra replies with stubborn defending and restarts.
01:36Wide service and second balls face a deep block and fast transitions.
01:40Stay with us, one delivery, one rebound, and this night tilts.
01:45At Dorgavava Stadium, Riga.
01:48At 25 minutes, Andorra set the tone with a crunching foul,
01:51Jor Di Guillen goes into the book.
01:54At 33 foot, the visitors strike first.
01:57Moises San Nicolas ghosts to the near post and steers in after a low feed from Albert Rosas,
02:02Andorra lead.
02:03At 41 foot, Latvia answer.
02:06Dmitri Zelenkov's arrives at the edge of the box and lashes home the equaliser,
02:10the crowd erupting as the hosts restore belief.
02:13Halftime comes with the game finally poised at 1-1.
02:16At 46 foot, Latvia reset with a triple change.
02:20Janis Ikornieks, Roberts Vips and Ikas Vapni come on to inject pace and width.
02:26The pressure builds.
02:27At 55 foot, penalty to Latvia.
02:30Gutkowskis places the ball on the spot, waits for the keeper to move,
02:34and rolls it into the opposite corner.
02:36Latvia flip the script, 2-1.
02:39At 68 foot, Adolf Savelnik is cautioned after a late challenge as Andorra try to rest back momentum.
02:45At 69 foot, Rosas makes way as the visitors are just up front, chasing parity.
02:52Latvia sit in a mid-block, springing when space opens.
02:55Andorra push fullbacks higher, slinging crosses that the Latvian backline heads away under pressure.
03:01We tick into the 70th minute in Riga, Latvia 2-1 Andorra,
03:05the home side in front but this remains on a knife's edge.
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