League Play-Off

Mikaline
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Vytautas Baranauskas made the kick off which started today's match. If Raimundas Gadliauskas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 4th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Arnoldas Andriukevicius received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 7th minute. Žydrūnas Pukelis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 8 minutes into the game, Mindaugas Marčiauskas was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. TrekFactoryRacing's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Pakieve the free kick. Mindaugas Marčiauskas kicked well hit freekick during the 8th minute of the match. Arnoldas Andriukevicius received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 11th minute. Žydrūnas Pukelis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Žydrūnas Pukelis stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Arnoldas Andriukevicius's shot from short distance in the 12th minute. Edmundas Ivanauskas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 14th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Žydrūnas Pukelis having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 20th minute, Vytautas Baranauskas managed to get in a good position for a shot. Pakieve's supporters rose to their feet, but Vytautas Baranauskas was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Žydrūnas Pukelis breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Raimundas Gadliauskas recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 24th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Arnoldas Andriukevicius received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 31st minute. Žydrūnas Pukelis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Arnoldas Andriukevicius in the 37th minute of play forced TrekFactoryRacing's goalkeeper Žydrūnas Pukelis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Marijus Ziskis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 40th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Žydrūnas Pukelis having to interfere. Žydrūnas Pukelis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arnoldas Andriukevicius in the 43rd minute of the match. Žydrūnas Pukelis came out of the goal in the 45th minute to try and stop a shot by Pakieve's Vytautas Baranauskas. But to his dismay, Vytautas Baranauskas quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. After the first half Pakieve were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Vėjas Tamulis to make the kick off. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Vytautas Baranauskas in the 56th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Žydrūnas Pukelis saved TrekFactoryRacing from getting behind. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Raimundas Gadliauskas in the 60th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Arnoldas Jasevicius saved Pakieve from getting behind. Žydrūnas Pukelis made an important save on a dangerous shot by Arnoldas Andriukevicius in the 64th minute. With a little luck, TrekFactoryRacing's Žydrūnas Pukelis got control of the ball when Arnoldas Andriukevicius tried to sneak it across the goal line. If Vytautas Baranauskas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 69th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Raimundas Gadliauskas came up free with the goalie in the 71st minute, the TrekFactoryRacing 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 Raimundas Gadliauskas couldn't finish the play. In the 72nd minute of the match Vygantas Beinoris shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Arnoldas Jasevicius showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. In the 77th minute, one of Pakieve: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 Pakieve. In the 79th minute there was a penalty for TrekFactoryRacing. Vygantas Beinoris stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Arnoldas Jasevicius. 1-1. Vėjas Tamulis took the ball and in the 84 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Arnoldas Jasevicius. Arnoldas Jasevicius dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-1. After 87 played minutes TrekFactoryRacing got a freekick which was hit by Ugnius Timinskas. If Arnoldas Andriukevicius had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 88th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Marijus Ziskis hit a great freekick 93 minutes into the match. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The TrekFactoryRacing fans cheered their team off the field, for while Pakieve had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.