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Zpoone
Spectators: 6952 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1932, VIP seats: 20) When Mindaugas Smilgys came up free with the goalie in the 9th minute, the Lybiskia 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 Mindaugas Smilgys couldn't finish the play. 10 minutes into the game, Lybiskia's Marijus Lapeika nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Vakaris Damanskas made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. Vakaris Damanskas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marijus Lapeika in the 14th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Marijus Lapeika's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Vakaris Damanskas was relentless in the 15th minute of the game. 18 minutes into the game, Lybiskia's Marijus Lapeika nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Vakaris Damanskas made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. Zpoone's Albertas Karitonas managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Paulius Tarutis in the 21 minute of the game. 23 minutes into the game, Adolfas Taujanskas was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Zpoone's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Lybiskia the free kick. In the 23rd minute, Adolfas Taujanskas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Kristijonas Matiušaitis hit a great freekick 25 minutes into the match. In the 32nd minute Marijonas Vaitiekaitis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vakaris Damanskas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 34 minutes into the match, Zpoone's goal looked a bit too open when Mindaugas Smilgys came free, but Vakaris Damanskas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mindaugas Smilgys in the 36th minute of play forced Zpoone's goalkeeper Vakaris Damanskas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Vakaris Damanskas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marijus Lapeika in the 38th minute of play. Vakaris Damanskas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mindaugas Smilgys in the 39th minute of play. In the 42nd minute Mindaugas Smilgys shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vakaris Damanskas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mindaugas Smilgys in the 46th minute of play forced Zpoone's goalkeeper Vakaris Damanskas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Disappointed in the 0-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Adolfas Taujanskas was the one to do the kick off. 53 minutes into the game, Irtautas Macijauskas was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Zpoone's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Lybiskia the free kick. Vakaris Damanskas came out of the goal in the 55th minute to try and stop a shot by Lybiskia's Marijus Lapeika. But to his dismay, Marijus Lapeika quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-3. Artūras Jasinskas's late challenge caught a Lybiskia's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Artūras Jasinskas helped the player get up and apologised. After recieving a nice pass, Lybiskia's Mindaugas Smilgys tried to score from far away in the 58th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. 61 minutes into the game, Lybiskia's Marijus Lapeika nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Vakaris Damanskas made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-4. Vakaris Damanskas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mindaugas Smilgys in the 64th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Marijus Lapeika got free with Vakaris Damanskas in the 65th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. With his leg Vakaris Damanskas managed to avoid a goal in the 66thth minute, when Lybiskia's Marijus Lapeika fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 71st minute Mindaugas Smilgys shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vakaris Damanskas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Mindaugas Smilgys was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 72nd minute. Lybiskia's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. The Lybiskia fans' excitement grew in the 79th match minute when Lybiskia's Marijus Lapeika looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-5 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Marijonas Vaitiekaitis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 85th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to Zpoone getting a freekick after 86 minutes play. Artūras Jasinskas hit a great ball. Vakaris Damanskas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mindaugas Smilgys, who was totally free with the ball in the 91st minute. In the 92nd minute of the match, Mindaugas Smilgys tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Vakaris Damanskas saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. When the final whistle sounded Lybiskia left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Zpoone.