League Play-Off

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Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Haroldas Abromaitis got the match started through his kick off. Raimondas Kalytis charged in rather forcefully in the 4th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Raimondas Kalytis the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Raimondas Kalytis kicked well hit freekick during the 4th minute of the match. Almantas Vitkauskas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ąžuolas Dūda in the 11th minute of the match. Eugenijus Jocys made an important save on a dangerous shot by Aras Jasilionis in the 15th minute. Vilius Siaučiulis hit a great freekick 16 minutes into the match. Almantas Vitkauskas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ąžuolas Dūda in the 22nd minute of play. In the 24th match minute, Bridziai was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Justas Džiaugstas to maneuver through the defense. A collision led to Bridziai getting a freekick after 28 minutes play. Marius Miceika hit a great ball. The audience thought it was a sure goal in the 29th minute, when Wasteland Rebels's Laimonas Masteika after having done a great run through the defense got himself free with Eugenijus Jocys in Bridziai's goal and fired away a shot, but it missed the goal by a fraction of an inch. In the 37th minute, Irmantas Bartkus 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. A collision led to Wasteland Rebels getting a freekick after 39 minutes play. Faustas Plekavičius hit a great ball. Wasteland Rebels's Almantas Vitkauskas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ąžuolas Dūda in the 43rd minute of play. The supporters of Bridziai booed when Wasteland Rebels was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 45 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rūtenis Karaliūnas didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Aras Jasilionis to make the kick off. Ąžuolas Dūda could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 52nd minute of the match, but Almantas Vitkauskas made a huge save. Eugenijus Jocys showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aras Jasilionis in the 56th minute of the match. Almantas Vitkauskas made a fantastic save in the 63rd minute, when Ąžuolas Dūda sent off a good shot on target. In the 70th minute, Irtautas Tamošaitis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 73 minutes into the match, Aras Jasilionis had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Eugenijus Jocys. Bridziai's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Aras Jasilionis was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. In the 82nd minute Aras Jasilionis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eugenijus Jocys saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Adolfas Dervinis could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 94th minute of the match, but Almantas Vitkauskas made a huge save. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Wasteland Rebels had won after a very even match.