League

Berciunai
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Ričardas Papšys took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 7th match minute, Leypalingis was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Justas Banys to maneuver through the defense. Ričardas Papšys who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 11thth minute tested the skills of Aldas Jonaitis when he managed to save the team from getting behind. 14 minutes into the match, Leypalingis's goalkeeper Aldas Jonaitis had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ričardas Papšys. Ričardas Papšys in the 17thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Aldas Jonaitis, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Justas Banys charged in rather forcefully in the 19th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Justas Banys the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Leypalingis getting a freekick after 19 minutes play. Justas Banys hit a great ball. In the 22nd minute, Ričardas Papšys 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. After 24 played minutes Paulius Lemežis rounded Leypalingis's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 1-0. Berciunai were furious when Raimundas Žadeika was red carded, 29 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. In the 29th minute, one of Berciunai: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 Berciunai. Klemensas Žirgulis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hubertas Bakaitis in the 33rd minute of the match. With a little luck, Leypalingis's Aldas Jonaitis got control of the ball when Ričardas Papšys tried to sneak it across the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in Leypalingis's zone, Ričardas Papšys stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Aldas Jonaitis came out of the goal and Ričardas Papšys tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Berciunai were awarded a corner in the 43th minute after Leypalingis's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Paulius Lemežis took the corner. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Justas Banys made a kick off. Hubertas Bakaitis hit a great freekick 51 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ričardas Papšys in the 52nd minute of play forced Leypalingis's goalkeeper Aldas Jonaitis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After having played for 53 minutes, Ugnius Jašinskas managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Berciunai's supporters crossed their fingers, but Ugnius Jašinskas was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 54th minute Miglius Kučinskas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aldas Jonaitis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ričardas Papšys blasted a shot towards the goal in the 59th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Aldas Jonaitis having to make a save. Aldas Jonaitis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ričardas Papšys, who was totally free with the ball in the 64th minute. Ričardas Papšys scored 2-0 in the 65th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Aldas Jonaitis, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Leypalingis's Aldas Jonaitis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ričardas Papšys in the 69th minute of play. In the 78th minute, Rimas Kaupelis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The crowd rose to their feet as Leypalingis's Justas Banys slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Klemensas Žirgulis. That made the score 2-2 after 81 minutes of play. Aldas Jonaitis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ričardas Papšys, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Aldas Jonaitis didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ugnius Jašinskas went, in the 90th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-2 was the resulting score. After some fancy dribbling in the 95th minute, Ričardas Papšys managed to get in a good position for a shot. Berciunai's supporters rose to their feet, but Ričardas Papšys was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Aldas Jonaitis breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Ugnius Jašinskas recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 96th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Berciunai's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.