U23 World League

Liudvinavo Parkas
Spectators: 7608 (Terracing: 5707, Seating: 1750, VIP seats: 151) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Samim Nevsal started the match with the kick off. Raimondas Bitėnas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 慕容 复, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. In the 8th minute of the match, Tautrimas Gabriūnas tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Isak Björkdal saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. When Žydrūnas Tindžiulis fell near the penalty area in the 12th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored FK Užnemunė SLAVA UKRAINI's protests and gave Žydrūnas Tindžiulis a yellow card for diving instead. Žydrūnas Tindžiulis kicked well hit freekick during the 12th minute of the match. The supporters of TSIGALKO booed when FK Užnemunė SLAVA UKRAINI was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 16 match minutes in a wonderful position. Agatas Plakys didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a defensive mix-up in FK Užnemunė SLAVA UKRAINI's zone, Samim Nevsal stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Raimondas Bitėnas came out of the goal and Samim Nevsal tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 24 minutes into the match, FK Užnemunė SLAVA UKRAINI's goal looked a bit too open when Sebastián Rambert came free, but Raimondas Bitėnas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, FK Užnemunė SLAVA UKRAINI's Liudvikas Tiškus got a free kick in the 28th minute. In the 30th minute Sebastián Rambert shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Raimondas Bitėnas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some careless play in the FK Užnemunė SLAVA UKRAINI defense, Samim Nevsal kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Raimondas Bitėnas. The FK Užnemunė SLAVA UKRAINI fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Raimondas Bitėnas should have stopped the shot. In the 43rd minute, 慕容 复 hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Eduardas Dovydėnas fell near the penalty area in the 45th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored FK Užnemunė SLAVA UKRAINI's protests and gave Eduardas Dovydėnas a yellow card for diving instead. After 46 played minutes FK Užnemunė SLAVA UKRAINI got a freekick which was hit by Eduardas Dovydėnas. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 47th minute of the game. One of FK Užnemunė SLAVA UKRAINI:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of TSIGALKO:s goal. The FK Užnemunė SLAVA UKRAINI players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. TSIGALKO were winning 1-2.

55 minutes into the game, 慕容 复 cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-3. Raimondas Bitėnas was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. A collision led to FK Užnemunė SLAVA UKRAINI getting a freekick after 57 minutes play. Eidvilas Markūnas hit a great ball. Raimondas Bitėnas was out of position in the 58 minute of play, and Samim Nevsal capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Samim Nevsal really showed his touch with that goal: 1-4. FK Užnemunė SLAVA UKRAINI's Raimondas Bitėnas proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 64th minute of the match, managed to save FK Užnemunė SLAVA UKRAINI from getting a goal against them. Merūnas Urbelis hit a great freekick 64 minutes into the match. 67 minutes into the match, TSIGALKO's goal looked a bit too open when Eidvilas Markūnas came free, but Isak Björkdal reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 70 minutes into the match, FK Užnemunė SLAVA UKRAINI's goal looked a bit too open when Sebastián Rambert came free, but Raimondas Bitėnas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Raimondas Bitėnas made a fantastic save in the 73rd minute, when Samim Nevsal sent off a good shot on target. In the 74th minute Merūnas Urbelis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Isak Björkdal saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, FK Užnemunė SLAVA UKRAINI's Agatas Plakys got a free kick in the 75th minute. FK Užnemunė SLAVA UKRAINI's attentive Liudvikas Tiškus managed to snatch the ball when Wilton Paraibano made a throw-in in the 79th minute of the game. 慕容 复 could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 85th minute of the match, but Raimondas Bitėnas made a huge save. 87 minutes into the match, FK Užnemunė SLAVA UKRAINI's goal looked a bit too open when Baldemer Feal came free, but Raimondas Bitėnas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 88th minute, TSIGALKO's Baldemer Feal ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Raimondas Bitėnas. Raimondas Bitėnas yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-5. Raimondas Bitėnas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sebastián Rambert, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Joakim Termander's late challenge caught a FK Užnemunė SLAVA UKRAINI's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Joakim Termander helped the player get up and apologised. TSIGALKO's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.