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Spectators: 7729 (Terracing: 5798, Seating: 1777, VIP seats: 154) Beržas Užbalis made the kick off and thus started the match. After a defensive mix-up in Cheetah AFC's zone, Beržas Užbalis stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Paulius Aleksiūnas came out of the goal and Beržas Užbalis tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Paulius Aleksiūnas stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Zenonas Miežys's shot from short distance in the 5th minute. Paulius Aleksiūnas didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Zenonas Miežys went, in the 9th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Kristijonas Čiapas was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 14th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. When Ernestas Bekintis fell near the penalty area in the 15th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Cheetah AFC's protests and gave Ernestas Bekintis a yellow card for diving instead. After 15 played minutes Cheetah AFC got a freekick which was hit by Ernestas Bekintis. Beržas Užbalis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 17th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Paulius Aleksiūnas having to interfere. Beržas Užbalis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 19th minute. Paulius Aleksiūnas tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 19 played minutes Cheetah AFC got a freekick which was hit by Vėjas Žemaitis. FK Rusva's Modestas Pleskūnas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Modestas Pakerys in the 23rd minute of play. In the 24th minute, one of FK Rusva: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 FK Rusva. Laurynas Magelinskas shot the penalty kick by force right in the crossbar. No goal. In the 27th minute, Kristijonas Čiapas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 30th minute Cheetah AFC were awarded a corner. Laurynas Magelinskas went to the cornerflag to take it. When Beržas Užbalis came up free with the goalie in the 33rd minute, the FK Rusva 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 Beržas Užbalis couldn't finish the play. Beržas Užbalis 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. Beržas Užbalis might have been able to make a better finish in the 42nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Paulius Aleksiūnas. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Beržas Užbalis ran back to his position shaking his head. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zenonas Miežys in the 47th minute of play forced Cheetah AFC's goalkeeper Paulius Aleksiūnas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

The wind increased when Modestas Pakerys made the kick off in the second half. Paulius Aleksiūnas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Beržas Užbalis, who was totally free with the ball in the 52nd minute. Modestas Pakerys struck a weak shot in the 54th minute. Modestas Pleskūnas didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Cheetah AFC. Vaidotas Gurskis kicked well hit freekick during the 56th minute of the match. After 57 played minutes, Cheetah AFC's Laurynas Magelinskas shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Modestas Pleskūnas came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Cheetah AFC reached it. Paulius Aleksiūnas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Beržas Užbalis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 62 minutes, Egidijus Ozinskas mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the FK Rusva and the Cheetah AFC players grew even worse after the yellow card. Beržas Užbalis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 66th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Paulius Aleksiūnas having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Modestas Pakerys in the 70th minute of play forced FK Rusva's goalkeeper Modestas Pleskūnas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to FK Rusva getting a freekick after 80 minutes play. Egidijus Ozinskas hit a great ball. Cheetah AFC's defense didn't have a chance, in the 84th minute, when Beržas Užbalis scored to the left of an out of position Paulius Aleksiūnas, making the score, 0-3. In the 88th match minute, FK Rusva was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Vaidotas Gurskis to maneuver through the defense. Beržas Užbalis recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 93rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. When the match was over FK Rusva could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Cheetah AFC throughout the match.