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Milgavdze Stadium
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Gauciukas's Saulius Mačionis 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. After 5 played minutes Tauras Dainavičius rounded Gauciukas's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 1-0. When Žydrūnas Vaičiulis fell near the penalty area in the 9th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Gauciukas's protests and gave Žydrūnas Vaičiulis a yellow card for diving instead. In the 9th match minute, Gauciukas was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Žydrūnas Vaičiulis to maneuver through the defense. A hard shot 12 in the game by Nerūnas Momkus from a close distance when the talented Osvaldas Tumėnas managed to make a qualified save. Gauciukas's players were relieved. Vidmantas Gabriūnas hit a great freekick 17 minutes into the match. If Nerūnas Momkus had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 18th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. The supporters of FK Milgavdze booed when Gauciukas was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 20 match minutes in a wonderful position. Žydrūnas Vaičiulis didn't get a good kick on the ball. When the match had gone on for 21 minutes, Tauras Dainavičius took a quick shot and it went in 2-0 without a chance for Osvaldas Tumėnas to make any attempt to save it. If Arvydas Vaidžiulis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 24th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tauras Dainavičius in the 26th minute of play forced Gauciukas's goalkeeper Osvaldas Tumėnas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tauras Dainavičius struck a weak shot in the 27th minute. Osvaldas Tumėnas didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for FK Milgavdze. In the 37th minute Saulius Mačionis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zenonas Širvinskas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Aldas Bardauskas hit a great freekick 38 minutes into the match. In a very dangerous position, a player in FK Milgavdze fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 39th minute. Penalty! Zenonas Širvinskas had in the 41stth minute some difficulties stopping Emilis Kardašius's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. Gauciukas's Osvaldas Tumėnas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Aldas Bardauskas in the 42nd minute of play. Osvaldas Tumėnas stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Tauras Dainavičius's shot from short distance in the 45th minute. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Tauras Dainavičius stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. FK Milgavdze's Nerūnas Momkus got a good chance for a goal in the 51st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tauras Dainavičius in the 65th minute of play forced Gauciukas's goalkeeper Osvaldas Tumėnas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 66 played minutes Gauciukas got a freekick which was hit by Jogaila Sereika. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tauras Dainavičius in the 67th minute of play forced Gauciukas's goalkeeper Osvaldas Tumėnas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Osvaldas Tumėnas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nerūnas Momkus in the 69th minute of play. Osvaldas Tumėnas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tauras Dainavičius, who was totally free with the ball in the 71st minute. After 72 minutes, Vidmantas Gabriūnas mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Gauciukas and the FK Milgavdze players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of FK Milgavdze booed when Gauciukas was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 72 match minutes in a wonderful position. Vidmantas Gabriūnas didn't get a good kick on the ball. FK Milgavdze's Nerūnas Momkus got a good chance for a goal in the 78th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After a rather tough play, Gauciukas's Jogaila Sereika got a free kick in the 79th minute. Osvaldas Tumėnas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nerūnas Momkus, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. FK Milgavdze's Nerūnas Momkus got a good chance for a goal in the 88th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Nerūnas Momkus sent away a hard shot on goal in the 95th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance.