U23 World League

Dnipro-Arena
Spectators: 7471 (Terracing: 5604, Seating: 1718, VIP seats: 149) 3 minutes into the game, Rapolas Norkūnas was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Lithuanian amber's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave FC Vershina ESPN the free kick. A collision led to Lithuanian amber getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Rapolas Norkūnas hit a great ball. A collision led to FC Vershina ESPN getting a freekick after 6 minutes play. Volodymyr Ovcharenko hit a great ball. Ramūnas Grigutis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 12th minute. Artem Gordya tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 15 minutes into the game, Rokas Šernas was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Lithuanian amber's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave FC Vershina ESPN the free kick. The supporters of FC Vershina ESPN booed when Lithuanian amber was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 15 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rokas Šernas didn't get a good kick on the ball. Alfredas Pakintis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Volodymyr Ovcharenko, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. 17 minutes had been played when some careless play by Lithuanian amber's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Marko Lyubarskyi was slow to take the kick. During this time FC Vershina ESPN's players had a chance to rest. After a rather tough play, Lithuanian amber's Rapolas Norkūnas got a free kick in the 19th minute. The audience was convinced that Ramūnas Grigutis's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Artem Gordya was relentless in the 30th minute of the game. Artem Gordya stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Ramūnas Grigutis's shot from short distance in the 37th minute. The supporters of FC Vershina ESPN booed when Lithuanian amber was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 37 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rokas Šernas didn't get a good kick on the ball. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 1-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Ramūnas Grigutis stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 51st minute of the match, Liudas Murauskis got a very nice opportunity to score, but Artem Gordya was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. 57 minutes into the match, Lithuanian amber's goal looked a bit too open when Volodymyr Ovcharenko came free, but Alfredas Pakintis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Olexiy Bykaniv had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 58th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 59th match minute, Lithuanian amber was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rokas Šernas to maneuver through the defense. Ramūnas Grigutiss short, quick shot in the 63rdth minute got Artem Gordya to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. When Volodymyr Ovcharenko came up free with the goalie in the 64th minute, the FC Vershina ESPN 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 Volodymyr Ovcharenko couldn't finish the play. Artem Gordya didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Lithuanian amber's Ramūnas Grigutis shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 2-2 in the ordered_time% minute. In the 74th minute Ramūnas Grigutis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Artem Gordya saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 77th minute of the game, Anatoliy Konyushenko landed unfortunately after trying to head the ball, and pulled a muscle in the back, so badly that he had to leave the field. After 79 played minutes Lithuanian amber got a freekick which was hit by Oskaras Matulis. Olexiy Bykaniv got in the 81st a clear chance and fired away a hard shot against goal, but Alfredas Pakintis handled the situation perfectly and made a save by the crossbar. Alfredas Pakintis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Volodymyr Ovcharenko in the 84th minute of play. Artem Gordya was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Ramūnas Grigutis showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 2-3 in the 86 minute of play. Marko Lyubarskyi kicked well hit freekick during the 89th minute of the match. 94 minutes into the match, FC Vershina ESPN's goal looked a bit too open when Liudas Murauskis came free, but Artem Gordya reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line.