yardımcı hakemler: oleksandr voytyuk (ukr), oleg pluzhnyk (ukr)
4. hakem: yuriy moseychuk (ukr)
çizgi hakemleri: andriy shandor (ukr), viktor shvetsov (ukr)
ventspils: aleksandrs koļinko (gk), jurijs Žigajevs (dk. 63 andrejs butriks), jevgēņijs kosmačovs (c), grigori chirkin, jean-paul ndeki, pāvels mihadjuks, alessandro zamperini, igor Ţîgîrlaş, edgars gauračs (dk. 88 eduards višņakovs), ronny hodel, aleksandrs solovjovs (dk. 90+1 ritvars rugins)
yedekler: pavel chesnovski (gk), aleksejs soleičuks, ivan shpakov, alexandru dedov
teknik direktör: nunzio zavettieri (ita)
heerenveen: brian vandenbussche(gk), michel breuer (c), michael dingsdag, viktor elm, paulo henrique (dk. 70 oussama assaidi), michal švec (dk. 54 roy beerens), christian grindheim, daryl janmaat, goran popov, hernán losada, gerald sibon (dk. 83 michal papadopulos)
yedekler: martin lejsal (gk), igor djurić, bart de groot, richard stolte
teknik direktör: jan de jonge (ned)
sarı kartlar: dk. 90+3 michael dingsdag (heerenveen)
published: thursday 1 october 2009, 23.40cet fk ventspils 0-0 sc heerenveen
the dutch side got off the mark in group d with an attritional draw in latvia where even a late flurry of chances could not bring a goal.
sc heerenveen got off the mark in group d with an attritional goalless draw away to fk ventspils in a match short on meaningful opportunities.
late drama defence held sway for much of a dreary evening in latvia, the only real opening falling to edgars gauračs early on before holes finally started appearing with full time approaching. ıgor Ţîgîrlaş squandered a fine chance on the break as poor control allowed the heerenveen back line to improve their odds on a one-on-one while at the other end aleksandrs kolinko beat out a point-blank gerald sibon header and 0-0 it ended.
gauračs denied ventspils claimed an impressive 1-1 draw at hertha bsc berlin on matchday 1 and with the storm clouds opening in riga it was nunzio zavettieri's side that began the brighter. aleksandrs solovjovs steered one effort just wide as heerenveen were pegged back though when they did escape the confines of their own half on 16 minutes they almost fell behind. the hosts broke, a long ball sending gauračs through one-on-one with brian vandenbussche and though the goalkeeper stood up well, a scuffed effort gave him every chance.
profligacy ıf that was a warning, heerenveen heeded it and began playing like a side that claimed the dutch cup in may; not one that had lost four in a row before the weekend. with pāvels mihadjuks in particular looking impenetrable, chances were at a premium so paulo henrique could ill-afford to wastefully pull an effort into the side-netting when found in space midway through the second period. ıt was a sign of things to come as both teams took a chance with full time approaching but, as always looked the case, neither could take it.
