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Match Report
FC Leitgiriai
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000,
Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Arvydas Vaineikis started the match with the kick off. A collision led to Yatskogoli FC getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. Liudvikas Pažarauskas hit a great ball. The throw-in from Beržas Vertelis in the 13th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by FC Leitgiriai's Jaunius Misgirdas. Jurgis Misius came out of the goal in the 15th minute to try and stop a shot by Yatskogoli FC's Arvydas Vaineikis. But to his dismay, Arvydas Vaineikis quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. When Arvydas Vaineikis came up free with the goalie in the 19th minute, the Yatskogoli FC 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 Arvydas Vaineikis couldn't finish the play. In the 20th match minute, FC Leitgiriai was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ričardas Gražys to maneuver through the defense. Valentas Norvilas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 22nd minute. Jurgis Misius tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Danas Alminas's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Valentas Paplauskas read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 29th minute of play. In the 33rd minute, Arvydas Vaineikis left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Yatskogoli FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. In the 38th minute, Ričardas Gražys hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Vykintas Banys sent away a hard shot on goal in the 39th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ričardas Gražys's late challenge caught a Yatskogoli FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ričardas Gražys helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Yatskogoli FC booed when FC Leitgiriai was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 42 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ričardas Gražys didn't get a good kick on the ball. Jurgis Misius showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Margiris Balkaitis in the 43rd minute of the match.
52 minutes into the game, Laurynas Gavėnas cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-2. Valentas Paplauskas was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. FC Leitgiriai's Jaunius Misgirdas managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Beržas Vertelis in the 58 minute of the game. Valentas Paplauskas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Danas Alminas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Vykintas Banys might have been able to make a better finish in the 64th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Jurgis Misius. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Vykintas Banys ran back to his position shaking his head. Margiris Balkaitis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 65th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jurgis Misius having to interfere. A collision led to FC Leitgiriai getting a freekick after 68 minutes play. Adas Labanauskas hit a great ball. After recieving a nice pass, Yatskogoli FC's Margiris Balkaitis tried to score from far away in the 69th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. Beržas Vertelis made in the 71st minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by FC Leitgiriai's Jaunius Misgirdas. Margiris Balkaitis kicked well hit freekick during the 72nd minute of the match. Jurgis Misius showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arvydas Vaineikis in the 78th minute of the match. In the 80th minute Danas Alminas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Valentas Paplauskas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Arvydas Vaineikis could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 82nd minute of the match, but Jurgis Misius made a huge save. After some fancy dribbling in the 83rd minute, Margiris Balkaitis managed to get in a good position for a shot. Yatskogoli FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Margiris Balkaitis was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jurgis Misius breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Valentas Paplauskas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Laurynas Gavėnas in the 92nd minute of play. Arvydas Vaineikis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 94th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jurgis Misius having to interfere. When the final whistle sounded Yatskogoli FC left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than FC Leitgiriai.
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