League Play-Off

Gantsyuntsy Stadium
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Linas Valeckas made the kick off and thus started the match. In the 3rd match minute, Gantsyuntsy was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gediminas Kalvis to maneuver through the defense. After 6 played minutes Gantsyuntsy got a freekick which was hit by Remigijus Bogusas. Gantsyuntsy's Karolis Lapeikis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Laimonas Saldauskas in the 6th minute of play. Linas Valeckas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 7th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Karolis Lapeikis having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in Gantsyuntsy's zone, Airūnas Mažulis stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Karolis Lapeikis came out of the goal and Airūnas Mažulis tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After 15 minutes, Linas Valeckas mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Tilvikai and the Gantsyuntsy players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 15th match minute, Tilvikai was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Linas Valeckas to maneuver through the defense. Tilvikai's Sikstas Gerulskis proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 16th minute of the match, managed to save Tilvikai from getting a goal against them. Karolis Lapeikis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Linas Valeckas in the 17th minute of the match. In the 20th minute Airūnas Mažulis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Karolis Lapeikis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 23rd minute the ball was on its way in behind Gantsyuntsy's goalkeeper Karolis Lapeikis, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Airūnas Mažulis in the 28th minute of play forced Gantsyuntsy's goalkeeper Karolis Lapeikis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After having played for 35 minutes, Linas Valeckas managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Tilvikai's supporters crossed their fingers, but Linas Valeckas was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 40 minutes into the match, Tilvikai's goalkeeper Sikstas Gerulskis had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Raigardas Snieckus. After 47 minutes, Linas Valeckas made it 0-1 with a short kick to the right side. Gantsyuntsy's Karolis Lapeikis tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. After the first half Tilvikai were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The wind increased when Ugnius Lukosius made the kick off in the second half. Sikstas Gerulskis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ugnius Lukosius in the 57th minute of the match. Karolis Lapeikis didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 58th minute, which inside left pole to 0-2. A collision led to Gantsyuntsy getting a freekick after 64 minutes play. Gediminas Kalvis hit a great ball. After recieving a nice pass, Tilvikai's Laimonas Saldauskas tried to score from far away in the 65th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. In the 72nd minute, Ugnius Lukosius ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Sikstas Gerulskis was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. 78 minutes into the match, Petras Lipskis dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Karolis Lapeikis, 1-3. After a rather tough play, Gantsyuntsy's Remigijus Bogusas got a free kick in the 88th minute. Karolis Lapeikis was a little too slow when Linas Valeckas got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 89th minute. The score was now 1-4. Karolis Lapeikis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Linas Valeckas in the 93rd minute of play. With an all-out effort, Tilvikai's Karolis Lapeikis threw himself towards the right post 96 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Žilvinas Garlauskas, which otherwise would have been placed in the net.