U18 World League

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Spectators: 7805 (Terracing: 5855, Seating: 1795, VIP seats: 155) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Gražvydas Vaitiekus took the kick off in the first half of the match. Absoliut's Evaldas Grikšas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bogdan Barniszke in the 5th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Gražvydas Vaitiekus got free with Stefan Bialakowski in the 10th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. A collision led to DOJLIDY getting a freekick after 12 minutes play. Witalis Oliszewski hit a great ball. Evaldas Grikšas didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Witalis Oliszewski went, in the 14th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. 18 minutes into the game, DOJLIDY's Witalis Oliszewski nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Evaldas Grikšas made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. Evaldas Grikšas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Napoleon Bendyk in the 26th minute of the match. 28 minutes into the game, Bogdan Barniszke was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. DOJLIDY's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Absoliut the free kick. Bogdan Barniszke kicked well hit freekick during the 28th minute of the match. With a little luck, DOJLIDY's Stefan Bialakowski got control of the ball when Gražvydas Vaitiekus tried to sneak it across the goal line. Leonard Konieczny hit a great freekick 39 minutes into the match. A hard shot by Artūras Miežys from long distance, 40 minutes into the match, got Stefan Bialakowski's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. In the 44th match minute, DOJLIDY was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Witalis Oliszewski to maneuver through the defense. Evaldas Grikšas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Witalis Oliszewski in the 47th minute of the match.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Witalis Oliszewski was the one to do the kick off. When the match had gone on for 52 minutes, Witalis Oliszewski took a quick shot and it went in 1-3 without a chance for Evaldas Grikšas to make any attempt to save it. Skirmantas Skrebys hit a great freekick 60 minutes into the match. 70 minutes into the match, Absoliut's goalkeeper Evaldas Grikšas had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Witalis Oliszewski. Modestas Merkelis's late challenge caught a DOJLIDY's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Modestas Merkelis helped the player get up and apologised. After 75 played minutes Absoliut got a freekick which was hit by Modestas Merkelis. Witalis Oliszewski hit a great freekick 83 minutes into the match. 90 minutes into the match, Gražvydas Vaitiekus had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Stefan Bialakowski. DOJLIDY's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Gražvydas Vaitiekus was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-3. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched DOJLIDY eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.