U23 World League

Zujūnai Stadium
Spectators: 7574 (Terracing: 5682, Seating: 1741, VIP seats: 151) Karolis Daubaras charged in rather forcefully in the 5th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Karolis Daubaras the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Karolis Daubaras hit a great freekick 5 minutes into the match. Aldas Saulis didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Edvin Keskrand went, in the 8th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Aldas Saulis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edvin Keskrand in the 15th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, TSC Tartu Seminar's Aabel Ladva got a free kick in the 16th minute. Aldas Saulis didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Edvin Keskrand went, in the 18th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. Taavet Ööbik took the ball and in the 25 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Aldas Saulis. Aldas Saulis dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-3. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Taavet Ööbik in the 28th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Aldas Saulis prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After a rather tough play, Geležinis Vilkas's Karolis Daubaras got a free kick in the 28th minute. 29 minutes into the match, Alo Hurt had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Aldas Saulis. Geležinis Vilkas's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Alo Hurt was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-4. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Jogaila Jameikis during the 34th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 34 played minutes Geležinis Vilkas got a freekick which was hit by Jogaila Jameikis. TSC Tartu Seminar's Taavet Ööbik got a good chance for a goal in the 35th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Aldas Saulis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rain Paabo, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. 40 minutes into the match, Edvard Uibo notched a goal, 0-5, to the right of Geležinis Vilkas's Aldas Saulis. Aldas Saulis was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Disappointed in the 0-6 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Alo Hurt stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Kaspar Vilu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Valentas Bizauskas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Taavet Ööbik in the 54th minute of play forced Geležinis Vilkas's goalkeeper Aldas Saulis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 55th minute Valentas Bizauskas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kaspar Vilu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Kaspar Vilu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Valentas Bizauskas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, Geležinis Vilkas's Valentas Bizauskas got a free kick in the 69th minute. A hard shot by Vahur Onkel from long distance, 70 minutes into the match, got Aldas Saulis's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. After a rather tough play, Geležinis Vilkas's Kristupas Kirkutis got a free kick in the 71st minute. Taavet Ööbik recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 72nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 74 minutes into the game, Alo Hurt cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-7. Aldas Saulis was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 78 minutes into the match, Taavet Ööbik dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Aldas Saulis, 0-8. Aldas Saulis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edvin Keskrand in the 82nd minute of play. Rain Paabo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 85th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Aldas Saulis having to interfere. A collision led to TSC Tartu Seminar getting a freekick after 88 minutes play. Aabel Ladva hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, TSC Tartu Seminar's Vahur Onkel got a free kick in the 89th minute. Geležinis Vilkas's Jogaila Jameikis got his second yellow card of the match in the 91st minute. The referee ordered Jogaila Jameikis off the ground. If Taavet Ööbik had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 93rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Edvin Keskrand sent away a hard shot on goal in the 94th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The Geležinis Vilkas fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. TSC Tartu Seminar were clearly better and deserved to take the win.