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Match Report
Levintoy
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27,
Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Levintoy's Eugenijus Rutkauskas 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. The audience was convinced that Eugenijus Rutkauskas's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Daugirdas Bernotas was relentless in the 3rd minute of the game. With a little luck, Juodoji Orchideja's Daugirdas Bernotas got control of the ball when Martynas Kraujalis tried to sneak it across the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Eugenijus Rutkauskas in the 7th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Daugirdas Bernotas saved Juodoji Orchideja from getting behind. A collision led to Juodoji Orchideja getting a freekick after 11 minutes play. Dovydas Stonkus hit a great ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 13th minute, Eugenijus Rutkauskas managed to get in a good position for a shot. Levintoy's supporters rose to their feet, but Eugenijus Rutkauskas was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Daugirdas Bernotas breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Juodoji Orchideja's Mantas Basys got a good chance for a goal in the 16th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. If Vydas Nagevičius had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 18th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 20thth minute of the game Eugenijus Rutkauskas who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Juodoji Orchideja's Daugirdas Bernotas was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. A collision led to Levintoy getting a freekick after 23 minutes play. Vilmantas Adomavičius hit a great ball. Juodoji Orchideja's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Dovydas Stonkus in the 26th minute. A nice corner shot did that Dovydas Stonkus got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Ovidijus Geibūnas quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 30th minute, Eugenijus Rutkauskas 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. Vilmantas Adomavičius's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Daugirdas Bernotas read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 33rd minute of play. After a rather tough play, Levintoy's Vilmantas Adomavičius got a free kick in the 42nd minute. After having played for 43 minutes, Vydas Nagevičius managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Juodoji Orchideja's supporters crossed their fingers, but Vydas Nagevičius was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After having played for 45 minutes, Eugenijus Rutkauskas managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Levintoy's supporters crossed their fingers, but Eugenijus Rutkauskas was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.
When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Mantas Basys made a kick off. If Mantas Basys had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 53rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Daugirdas Bernotas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eugenijus Rutkauskas in the 60th minute of play. After 74 minutes of play, Levintoy's Martynas Kraujalis made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Daugirdas Bernotas was left in no man's land by his defense there! Ovidijus Geibūnas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vydas Nagevičius, who was totally free with the ball in the 77th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Vydas Nagevičius got free with Ovidijus Geibūnas in the 81st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Dovydas Stonkus during the 82nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of Juodoji Orchideja booed when Levintoy was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 86 match minutes in a wonderful position. Eugenijus Rutkauskas didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Arūnas Vilkas came up free with the goalie in the 90th minute, the Juodoji Orchideja 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 Arūnas Vilkas couldn't finish the play. Mantas Tamašauskis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 94th minute. Daugirdas Bernotas tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Levintoy walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.
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