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Ionantse Stadium
Spectators: 5020 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 20) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Ramūnas Dumčius got the match started through his kick off. 3 minutes into the game, Svajūnas Šaulys was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Ropanis's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave FC Darina the free kick. The supporters of FC Darina booed when Ropanis was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 3 match minutes in a wonderful position. Svajūnas Šaulys didn't get a good kick on the ball. Ropanis's Aidas Kantauskas proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 4th minute of the match, managed to save Ropanis from getting a goal against them. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 6th minute of the game. One of Ropanis:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of FC Darina:s goal. Ropanis:s Aidas Kantauskas showed great skill when he stopped Ramūnas Dumčius:s penalty. 12 minutes into the match, Ramūnas Dumčius notched a goal, 2-0, to the right of Ropanis's Aidas Kantauskas. Aidas Kantauskas was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. A collision led to FC Darina getting a freekick after 15 minutes play. Vykintas Vadalauskas hit a great ball. Aidas Kantauskas made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ramūnas Dumčius in the 19th minute. Vykintas Vadalauskas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 20th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Aidas Kantauskas having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ramūnas Dumčius got free with Aidas Kantauskas in the 23rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Stanislovas Dumčius received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 32nd minute. Aidas Kantauskas tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Vykintas Vadalauskas recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 35th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 37 minutes into the match, Ramūnas Dumčius notched a goal, 3-0, to the right of Ropanis's Aidas Kantauskas. Aidas Kantauskas was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Ugnius Galskis to make the kick off. Nojus Inda sent away a hard shot on goal in the 51st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ramūnas Dumčius received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 53rd minute. Aidas Kantauskas tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Aidas Kantauskas didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Aras Šemeta went, in the 54th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-0 was the resulting score. Aidas Kantauskas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nojus Inda, who was totally free with the ball in the 62nd minute. Ramūnas Dumčius fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 63rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Aidas Kantauskas having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in FC Darina's zone, Osvaldas Turskis stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jaunius Pakėnas came out of the goal and Osvaldas Turskis tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 70 minutes into the match, Ropanis's goal looked a bit too open when Nojus Inda came free, but Aidas Kantauskas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ramūnas Dumčius received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 73rd minute. Aidas Kantauskas tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ropanis's Aidas Kantauskas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nojus Inda in the 76th minute of play. Ramūnas Dumčius fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 77th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Aidas Kantauskas having to interfere. After 79 played minutes Ropanis got a freekick which was hit by Ugnius Galskis. Aidas Kantauskas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ramūnas Dumčius, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some careless play in the Ropanis defense, Ramūnas Dumčius kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Aidas Kantauskas. The Ropanis fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Aidas Kantauskas should have stopped the shot. If Ramūnas Dumčius had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 85th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 89 minutes into the match, Ropanis's goal looked a bit too open when Ramūnas Dumčius came free, but Aidas Kantauskas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Aras Šemeta fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 90th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Aidas Kantauskas having to interfere. There was no doubt that FC Darina were the better team. FC Darina's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.