U23 World League

Zujūnai Stadium
Spectators: 7550 (Terracing: 5664, Seating: 1736, VIP seats: 150) Geležinis Vilkas's Danas Niauronis 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. A collision led to Geležinis Vilkas getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Dalius Stankus hit a great ball. After having played for 5 minutes, Feyyaz Baştuğ managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Beto Martini MZ 20 years's supporters crossed their fingers, but Feyyaz Baştuğ was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Vidmantas Bieliauskas hit a great freekick 6 minutes into the match. Danas Niauronis received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Bernard Fedosz came out and tried to block the shot, but Danas Niauronis slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 12th minute. The supporters of Beto Martini MZ 20 years booed when Geležinis Vilkas was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 16 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nerūnas Stulgys didn't get a good kick on the ball. Bernard Fedosz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Danas Niauronis in the 22nd minute of play. In the 23rdth minute of the game Yu Peng Chang who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Geležinis Vilkas's Juozas Zelmikas was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The audience was convinced that Yu Peng Chang's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Juozas Zelmikas was relentless in the 26th minute of the game. A collision led to Geležinis Vilkas getting a freekick after 26 minutes play. Nerūnas Stulgys hit a great ball. In the 27th minute, Dalius Stankus hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After having played for 28 minutes, Ricardo Martini managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Beto Martini MZ 20 years's supporters crossed their fingers, but Ricardo Martini was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Juozas Zelmikas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Yu Peng Chang in the 32nd minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Danas Niauronis's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Bernard Fedosz was relentless in the 36th minute of the game. The supporters of Beto Martini MZ 20 years booed when Geležinis Vilkas was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 43 match minutes in a wonderful position. Kristupas Kirkutis didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 46th match minute, Geležinis Vilkas was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Dalius Stankus to maneuver through the defense. In the 47th minute of the match Jiang Qian Xu shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Juozas Zelmikas showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Yu Peng Chang to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 50th minute Yu Peng Chang shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Juozas Zelmikas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Juozas Zelmikas was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Yu Peng Chang showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-1 in the 56 minute of play. Rupertas Laurinavičius might have been able to make a better finish in the 59th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Bernard Fedosz. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Rupertas Laurinavičius ran back to his position shaking his head. Bernard Fedosz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rupertas Laurinavičius in the 59th minute of the match. 59 minutes into the game, Geležinis Vilkas's Rupertas Laurinavičius nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Bernard Fedosz made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-1. Bernard Fedosz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Justinas Paliūnas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 64th minute Danas Niauronis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bernard Fedosz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Beto Martini MZ 20 years's Bernard Fedosz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Justinas Paliūnas in the 68th minute of play. Jochen Gijselinx hit a great freekick 78 minutes into the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Danas Niauronis in the 79th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Bernard Fedosz saved Beto Martini MZ 20 years from getting behind. In the 80th minute, Rupertas Laurinavičius made a precise shot to the right of Bernard Fedosz. Beto Martini MZ 20 years's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-1. Juozas Zelmikas was a little too slow when Jochen Gijselinx got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 83rd minute. The score was now 3-2. Bernard Fedosz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Danas Niauronis in the 86th minute of the match. In the 89th minute, Algitas Sadauskas ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Bernard Fedosz was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-2.