League Play-Off

Poshelaupe Stadium
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Alanas Arlauskas started the match with the kick off. After a rather tough play, Poshelaupe's Aidas Kulevicius got a free kick in the 2nd minute. 7 minutes into the game, Bronius Prakapas cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Algis Uleckis was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Bronius Prakapas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 10th minute. Algis Uleckis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Jurgis Zaboras fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 13th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Agnius Abakas having to interfere. Algis Uleckis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Laurynas Pakalnis in the 15th minute of play. 17 minutes into the match, FC Balninkai's Laurynas Pakalnis sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Algis Uleckis narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Elliott Valrot fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 20th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Algis Uleckis having to interfere. Algis Uleckis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Elliott Valrot in the 21st minute of play. 23 minutes into the match, FC Balninkai's goalkeeper Agnius Abakas had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Lauras Gaizauskas. Agnius Abakas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alanas Arlauskas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 29 minutes into the match, Poshelaupe's goal looked a bit too open when Bronius Prakapas came free, but Algis Uleckis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 32 minutes into the match, FC Balninkai's Elliott Valrot sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Algis Uleckis narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Algis Uleckis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Laurynas Pakalnis in the 33rd minute of play. 34 minutes into the match, Poshelaupe's goal looked a bit too open when Elliott Valrot came free, but Algis Uleckis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 36 minutes into the match, FC Balninkai's Elliott Valrot sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Algis Uleckis narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After 39 played minutes FC Balninkai got a freekick which was hit by Marian Chludzinski. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alanas Arlauskas in the 41st minute of play forced FC Balninkai's goalkeeper Agnius Abakas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Elliott Valrot came up free with the goalie in the 44th minute, the FC Balninkai fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Elliott Valrot couldn't finish the play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bronius Prakapas in the 45th minute of play forced Poshelaupe's goalkeeper Algis Uleckis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After the first half FC Balninkai were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Tomas Kaučikas made a kick off. 53 minutes into the match, FC Balninkai's Tomas Kaučikas sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Algis Uleckis narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Elliott Valrot struck a weak shot in the 55th minute. Algis Uleckis didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for FC Balninkai. Laurynas Pakalnis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 62nd minute. Algis Uleckis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Algis Uleckis came out of the goal in the 68th minute to try and stop a shot by FC Balninkai's Bronius Prakapas. But to his dismay, Bronius Prakapas quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. In the 74thth minute of the game Elliott Valrot who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Poshelaupe's Algis Uleckis was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Bronius Prakapas kicked well hit freekick during the 75th minute of the match. 77 minutes into the match, FC Balninkai's goal looked a bit too open when Alanas Arlauskas came free, but Agnius Abakas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Agnius Abakas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lauras Gaizauskas in the 79th minute of the match. Algis Uleckis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bronius Prakapas, who was totally free with the ball in the 82nd minute. Laurynas Pakalnis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 84th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Algis Uleckis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Elliott Valrot, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Algis Uleckis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bronius Prakapas in the 87th minute of the match. 89 minutes into the game, Bronius Prakapas recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Algis Uleckis. Bronius Prakapas showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 0-3. Elliott Valrot sent away a hard shot on goal in the 93rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Algis Petrauskas scored 1-3 in the 96th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Agnius Abakas, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. FC Balninkai played a much better game than Poshelaupe and deserved their victory. The Poshelaupe players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.