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Ropanis
Spectators: 7749 (Terracing: 5813, Seating: 1782, VIP seats: 154) Mitas's Agatas Kimbartas 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. A collision led to Ropanis getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Lukas Indriuška hit a great ball. The audience was convinced that Deividas Kadauskas's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Aidas Kantauskas was relentless in the 5th minute of the game. If Agatas Kimbartas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 7th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 11 minutes, Romas Knieža mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Mitas and the Ropanis players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 11th minute, Romas Knieža hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Regimantas Aleksiūnas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Osvaldas Turskis, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. If Marius Utkevičius had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 18th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Eidvilas Balnis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 19th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Agatas Kimbartas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 22nd minute. Aidas Kantauskas tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Mitas's Zenonas Martišius got a free kick in the 28th minute. In the 29th minute, Eidvilas Balnis 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. When the match had gone on for 31 minutes, Osvaldas Turskis took a quick shot and it went in 2-0 without a chance for Regimantas Aleksiūnas to make any attempt to save it. Agatas Kimbartas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 40th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Agatas Kimbartas in the 45th minute of play forced Ropanis's goalkeeper Aidas Kantauskas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Osvaldas Turskis was the one to do the kick off. Eidvilas Balnis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 53rd minute. Regimantas Aleksiūnas tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Eidvilas Balnis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 56th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Regimantas Aleksiūnas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Osvaldas Turskis in the 57th minute of the match. Edmundas Katkus charged in rather forcefully in the 58th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Edmundas Katkus the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 58th match minute, Mitas was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Edmundas Katkus to maneuver through the defense. In the 60th minute, Bronislovas Žadeika hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 68 played minutes Ropanis got a freekick which was hit by Marius Utkevičius. Mitas's Romas Knieža couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 69th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for Ropanis. Deividas Kadauskas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 73rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Aidas Kantauskas having to interfere. In the 75th match minute, Mitas was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kęstutis Kareiva to maneuver through the defense. Regimantas Aleksiūnas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Osvaldas Turskis, who was totally free with the ball in the 76th minute. In the 78th minute, Ropanis's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Deividas Kadauskas fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. In the 79th minute Agatas Kimbartas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aidas Kantauskas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 80th minute, Deividas Kadauskas 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. An unexpected shot in the 82nd minute by Deividas Kadauskas got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Ropanis's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Agatas Kimbartas 85 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 2-1. Regimantas Aleksiūnas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Osvaldas Turskis, who was totally free with the ball in the 91st minute. In the 95th minute Agatas Kimbartas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aidas Kantauskas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The Ropanis support was delighted with a win in a match that could easily have ended differently.