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Spectators: 10874 (Terracing: 8156, Seating: 2501, VIP seats: 217) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Artūras Ronaldo took the kick off in the first half of the match. Slawomir Milan kicked well hit freekick during the 3rd minute of the match. In the 8th minute FC COSA NOSTRA were awarded a corner. Stanislaw Trojanowski went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner led FC COSA NOSTRA's Stanislaw Trojanowski to fire away a dangerous shot which Robertas Sabaitis despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Tautvydas Eidintas tried to clear up in front of the goal, but didn't succeed and rather the ball rolled into the own goal to the right of a despaired Robertas Sabaitis. An unnecessary self made goal, 0-1 in the 8th minute. Absoliut's Robertas Sabaitis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Artūras Ronaldo in the 10th minute of play. Robertas Sabaitis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Artūras Ronaldo in the 14th minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Artūras Ronaldo in the 16th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Robertas Sabaitis saved Absoliut from getting behind. FC COSA NOSTRA were awarded a corner in the 19th minute after Absoliut's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Stanislaw Trojanowski took the corner. FC COSA NOSTRA's Erikas Mikoliūnas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mustafa Hakan Tosunoğlu in the 20th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Artūras Ronaldo in the 22nd minute of play forced Absoliut's goalkeeper Robertas Sabaitis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Arturo Brownell received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 23rd minute. Robertas Sabaitis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 25th minute Artūras Ronaldo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Robertas Sabaitis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A nice corner shot did that Liutauras Urmonas got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Robertas Sabaitis quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. 30 minutes into the match, Arturo Brownell had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Robertas Sabaitis. Absoliut's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Arturo Brownell was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. In the 33rdth minute of the game Mustafa Hakan Tosunoğlu who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FC COSA NOSTRA's Erikas Mikoliūnas was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Erikas Mikoliūnas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mustafa Hakan Tosunoğlu in the 36th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Arturo Brownell in the 37th minute of play forced Absoliut's goalkeeper Robertas Sabaitis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 40 minutes FC COSA NOSTRA's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Jotautas Bulzgis who took care of the corner kick. 44 minutes into the game, Tautvydas Eidintas was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Absoliut's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave FC COSA NOSTRA the free kick. In the 45th match minute, Absoliut was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tautvydas Eidintas to maneuver through the defense. After the first half FC COSA NOSTRA were leading 0-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The audience was convinced that Mustafa Hakan Tosunoğlu's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Erikas Mikoliūnas was relentless in the 53rd minute of the game. Mustafa Hakan Tosunoğlu's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Erikas Mikoliūnas read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 55th minute of play. 58 minutes into the match, Absoliut's Mustafa Hakan Tosunoğlu sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Erikas Mikoliūnas narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After some careless play in the Absoliut defense, Artūras Ronaldo kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Robertas Sabaitis. The Absoliut fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Robertas Sabaitis should have stopped the shot. In the 69th minute FC COSA NOSTRA were awarded a corner. Stanislaw Trojanowski went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner ended in Stanislaw Trojanowski almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Absoliut's Robertas Sabaitis did a great save. Absoliut's attentive Osvaldas Nutautas managed to snatch the ball when Liutauras Urmonas made a throw-in in the 74th minute of the game. Erikas Mikoliūnas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mustafa Hakan Tosunoğlu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Absoliut's Mustafa Hakan Tosunoğlu in the 84th minute got a chance for a shot 84th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye FC COSA NOSTRA's goalie prevented a goal. Robertas Sabaitis came out of the goal in the 86th minute to try and stop a shot by FC COSA NOSTRA's Arturo Brownell. But to his dismay, Arturo Brownell quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-4. Absoliut's Osvaldas Nutautas quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Liutauras Urmonas, made in the 93rd minute of the game. In the 93rd minute, Algitas Girkantas 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. In the 95th minute the ball was on its way in behind FC COSA NOSTRA's goalkeeper Erikas Mikoliūnas, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. FC COSA NOSTRA's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.