U18 League

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Spectators: 162 (Terracing: 122, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) FC Pegasas Siauliai's Linas Mandraflis started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. The supporters of FC Pegasas Siauliai booed when VfL Bad Nenndorf was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 3 match minutes in a wonderful position. Arne Rentsch didn't get a good kick on the ball. VfL Bad Nenndorf were furious when Marlon Lambrecht was red carded, 6 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. 5 minutes into the game, one of VfL Bad Nenndorf:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Klemensas Rožėnas shot the penalty kick right outside the post. When Matthias Schwendler fell near the penalty area in the 10th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored VfL Bad Nenndorf's protests and gave Matthias Schwendler a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to VfL Bad Nenndorf getting a freekick after 10 minutes play. Matthias Schwendler hit a great ball. 16 minutes into the match, Linas Mandraflis dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Addi Kremer, 1-0. The corner ended in Linas Mandraflis almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but VfL Bad Nenndorf's Addi Kremer did a great save. In the 25th minute the ball was on its way in behind VfL Bad Nenndorf's goalkeeper Addi Kremer, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Addi Kremer came out of the goal in the 28th minute to try and stop a shot by FC Pegasas Siauliai's Petras Tamašauskas. But to his dismay, Petras Tamašauskas quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-0. Vidas Lapukas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nikolaus Worm in the 37th minute of the match. In the 39th match minute, VfL Bad Nenndorf was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Joseph Hasenjäger to maneuver through the defense. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Nikolaus Worm in the 42nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Vidas Lapukas saved FC Pegasas Siauliai from getting behind. After 42 minutes, Darijus Baltrūnas mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the FC Pegasas Siauliai and the VfL Bad Nenndorf players grew even worse after the yellow card. Darijus Baltrūnas hit a great freekick 42 minutes into the match. Edgar Abegg fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 47th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vidas Lapukas having to interfere. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-0 at half-time.

The wind increased when Nikolaus Worm made the kick off in the second half. Edgar Abegg received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 56th minute. Vidas Lapukas tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Vidas Lapukas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nikolaus Worm, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 70th minute Klemensas Rožėnas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Addi Kremer saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 71st match minute, VfL Bad Nenndorf was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Edgar Abegg to maneuver through the defense. After a rather tough play, VfL Bad Nenndorf's Edgar Abegg got a free kick in the 81st minute. If Nikolaus Worm had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 83rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Joseph Hasenjäger in the 86th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Vidas Lapukas saved FC Pegasas Siauliai from getting behind. Vidas Lapukas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nikolaus Worm in the 90th minute of the match. When Edgar Abegg fell near the penalty area in the 91st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored VfL Bad Nenndorf's protests and gave Edgar Abegg a yellow card for diving instead. Edgar Abegg hit a great freekick 91 minutes into the match. 94 minutes into the match, VfL Bad Nenndorf's goal looked a bit too open when Klemensas Rožėnas came free, but Addi Kremer reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. For all the effort they put into the match, the VfL Bad Nenndorf players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for FC Pegasas Siauliai.