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Petukhovo
Spectators: 8449 (Terracing: 6338, Seating: 1943, VIP seats: 168) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Domas Jasas started the match with the kick off. Vladas Abadauskas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 4th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Benediktas Misiulis having to interfere. Domas Jasas hit a great freekick 12 minutes into the match. Skirmantas Balinskas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 13th minute. Gabrielius Ambrozaitis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Doğan Akbudun had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 15th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When the match clock showed 18 minutes, the score became 0-2 when Marijus Lukšys sped through Champions of Lithuania's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Gabrielius Ambrozaitis. Edmundas Donskis charged in rather forcefully in the 25th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Edmundas Donskis the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The audience was convinced that Skirmantas Balinskas's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Gabrielius Ambrozaitis was relentless in the 28th minute of the game. When Skirmantas Balinskas came up free with the goalie in the 30th minute, the Eglynas 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 Skirmantas Balinskas couldn't finish the play. Doğan Akbudun fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 31st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gabrielius Ambrozaitis having to interfere. After having played for 33 minutes, Edmundas Donskis managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Eglynas's supporters crossed their fingers, but Edmundas Donskis was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Raimundas Imbrasas hit a great freekick 35 minutes into the match. In the 42nd minute, Jogaila Enčius made a precise shot to the right of Gabrielius Ambrozaitis. Champions of Lithuania's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-5. When the match had gone on for 46 minutes, Skirmantas Balinskas put it in 0-6 from a short distance just to the right of Gabrielius Ambrozaitis. Disappointed in the 0-6 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The wind increased when Doğan Akbudun made the kick off in the second half. The crowd rose to their feet as Doğan Akbudun kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Gabrielius Ambrozaitis. That made the score 0-7 in the 51 minute of play. Champions of Lithuania's defense didn't have a chance, in the 64th minute, when Doğan Akbudun scored to the left of an out of position Gabrielius Ambrozaitis, making the score, 0-9. Doğan Akbudun struck a weak shot in the 68th minute. Gabrielius Ambrozaitis didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Eglynas. Champions of Lithuania's Gabrielius Ambrozaitis proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 70th minute of the match, managed to save Champions of Lithuania from getting a goal against them. Skirmantas Balinskas might have been able to make a better finish in the 74th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Gabrielius Ambrozaitis. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Skirmantas Balinskas ran back to his position shaking his head. The audience was convinced that Doğan Akbudun's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Gabrielius Ambrozaitis was relentless in the 77th minute of the game. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Marijus Lukšys in the 78th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Gabrielius Ambrozaitis prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Doğan Akbudun in the 80th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Gabrielius Ambrozaitis prevented the ball from getting in the gole. The audience was convinced that Doğan Akbudun's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Gabrielius Ambrozaitis was relentless in the 81st minute of the game. 86 minutes into the match, Champions of Lithuania's goal looked a bit too open when Doğan Akbudun came free, but Gabrielius Ambrozaitis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Gabrielius Ambrozaitis was out of position in the 88 minute of play, and Doğan Akbudun capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Doğan Akbudun really showed his touch with that goal: 0-11. In the 91st minute the ball was on its way in behind Champions of Lithuania's goalkeeper Gabrielius Ambrozaitis, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Eglynas's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.