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Montenegro hosted Latvia in the fifth round of the Nations League’s League C group stage. The hosts won 2-1.
Nikola Krstović opened the scoring for Montenegro in the 70th minute. Two minutes later, Latvia midfielder Deniss Melniks equalized.
Aleksa Maras scored the winner in the first minute of second-half stoppage time.
Montenegro secure top spot in group
The result secured Montenegro first place in Group C2 and promotion to a higher division for the next Nations League season. The team has collected 13 points from five matches.
Latvia are bottom of the group, in fourth place, with one point after five matches and cannot finish higher before the group stage ends.
In the sixth round, Montenegro will visit Cyprus, while Latvia will host Armenia. Both matches will be played on November 15.
