League Play-Off

Shefere Stadium
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Simonas Dilys made the kick off which started today's match. A collision led to Shefere getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Audrius Vaineikis hit a great ball. In the 8th minute there was a penalty for FBK Buraki. Dovydas Pipiras stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Vitoldas Grybauskas. 0-1. When Rimvydas Urmonas fell near the penalty area in the 11th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored FBK Buraki's protests and gave Rimvydas Urmonas a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, FBK Buraki's Rimvydas Urmonas got a free kick in the 11th minute. Gvidas Žlabys kicked well hit freekick during the 14th minute of the match. When Vėjas Macius fell near the penalty area in the 16th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored FBK Buraki's protests and gave Vėjas Macius a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, FBK Buraki's Vėjas Macius got a free kick in the 16th minute. 17 minutes into the match, Shefere's Gvidonas Kondrackas broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. When the match had gone on for 20 minutes, Simonas Dilys took a quick shot and it went in 1-1 without a chance for Arvydas Gužauskas to make any attempt to save it. In the 23rdth minute of the game Simonas Dilys who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FBK Buraki's Arvydas Gužauskas was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After a rather tough play, FBK Buraki's Eduardas Motūzas got a free kick in the 24th minute. Arvydas Gužauskas made an important save on a dangerous shot by Aidas Kriskus in the 25th minute. Vitoldas Grybauskas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Emilis Lunskis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some fancy dribbling in the 32nd minute, Aidas Kriskus managed to get in a good position for a shot. Shefere's supporters rose to their feet, but Aidas Kriskus was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Arvydas Gužauskas breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rokas Sivickas in the 34th minute of play forced Shefere's goalkeeper Vitoldas Grybauskas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Emilis Lunskis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 36th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vitoldas Grybauskas having to interfere. When FBK Buraki's Rokas Sivickas in the 39th minute got a chance for a shot 39th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Shefere's goalie prevented a goal. Jaunius Arlauskas's late challenge caught a FBK Buraki's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Jaunius Arlauskas helped the player get up and apologised. Jaunius Arlauskas hit a great freekick 39 minutes into the match. Vitoldas Grybauskas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rokas Sivickas in the 44th minute of play. After 44 played minutes Shefere got a freekick which was hit by Audrius Vaineikis. When Rokas Sivickas came up free with the goalie in the 46th minute, the FBK Buraki 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 Rokas Sivickas couldn't finish the play. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

Rokas Sivickas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 52nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Arvydas Gužauskas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Aidas Kriskus in the 55th minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Tomas Galskis in the 57th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Vitoldas Grybauskas saved Shefere from getting behind. Rokas Sivickas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 59th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. With his leg Vitoldas Grybauskas managed to avoid a goal in the 63rdth minute, when FBK Buraki's Emilis Lunskis fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. FBK Buraki's Arvydas Gužauskas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Aidas Kriskus in the 64th minute of play. Rokas Sivickas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 69th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vitoldas Grybauskas having to interfere. In the 76th minute, FBK Buraki's Rokas Sivickas ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Vitoldas Grybauskas. Vitoldas Grybauskas yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-3. Rokas Sivickas was extremely unlucky when he, in the 81st minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. After 82 minutes of play Shefere's Audrius Vaineikis was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. The supporters of FBK Buraki booed when Shefere was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 83 match minutes in a wonderful position. Audrius Vaineikis didn't get a good kick on the ball. The audience was convinced that Rokas Sivickas's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Vitoldas Grybauskas was relentless in the 84th minute of the game. When Rokas Sivickas came up free with the goalie in the 89th minute, the FBK Buraki 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 Rokas Sivickas couldn't finish the play. In the 91st minute, Emilis Lunskis 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. Emilis Lunskis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 96th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vitoldas Grybauskas having to interfere.