Official Cup

Nike Football Arena
Spectators: 205 (Terracing: 154, Seating: 47, VIP seats: 4) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Almantas Valančius kicked off to start the match. Almantas Valančius blasted a shot towards the goal in the 3rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Jokūbas Mikočionis having to make a save. FC Alytus United's Žygimantas Karanauskas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Albinas Kavaliūnas in the 11th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Mantas Balnis got free with Jokūbas Mikočionis in the 22nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 23rd minute, Hubertas Ronaldo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jokūbas Mikočionis made a fantastic save in the 26th minute, when Mantas Balnis sent off a good shot on target. With 29 minutes on the clock, Laimonas Kundrotas commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. In the 28th minute, one of FC Alytus United:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for FC Alytus United. Herkus Survila shot the penalty kick by force right in the crossbar. No goal. FC Alytus United's Žygimantas Karanauskas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ričardas Jasinskas in the 34th minute of play. In the 38th minute, Ričardas Jasinskas left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Kings fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Žygimantas Karanauskas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Romualdas Kaušpadas in the 42nd minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 42nd minute, Edmundas Raskevičius managed to get in a good position for a shot. Kings's supporters rose to their feet, but Edmundas Raskevičius was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Žygimantas Karanauskas breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Žygimantas Karanauskas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Albinas Kavaliūnas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After the first half Kings were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Albinas Kavaliūnas stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 51st minute, Kings's Romualdas Kaušpadas ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Žygimantas Karanauskas. Žygimantas Karanauskas yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-2. If Mantas Balnis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 55th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Jokūbas Mikočionis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Almantas Valančius in the 57th minute of the match. FC Alytus United's Emilis Pikelis suffered a sore thigh after 59 minutes and couldn't finish the game. After 59 minutes, Ričardas Jasinskas mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Kings and the FC Alytus United players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 60th minute, Ričardas Jasinskas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Arminas Balandis during the 63rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to FC Alytus United getting a freekick after 65 minutes play. Arminas Balandis hit a great ball. Almantas Valančius received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 67th minute. Jokūbas Mikočionis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Kings's Jokūbas Mikočionis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mantas Balnis in the 69th minute of play. Almantas Valančius recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 70th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Mantas Balnis scored 1-2 in the 72nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Jokūbas Mikočionis, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 85th minute, Mantas Balnis got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Jokūbas Mikočionis didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Hubertas Ronaldo went, in the 87th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-2 was the resulting score. Jokūbas Mikočionis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mantas Balnis, who was totally free with the ball in the 94th minute.