U21 League

Lions Den
Spectators: 205 (Terracing: 154, Seating: 47, VIP seats: 4) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Mike Wadham took the kick off in the first half of the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Leicester Lions's Mike Wadham slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Daumantas Kardašius. That made the score 1-0 after 3 minutes of play. In the 8th minute, Andrius Pranys hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 10 minutes into the game, Ernestas Genys was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. FC Žalia Giria's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Leicester Lions the free kick. After having played for 11 minutes, Mike Wadham managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Leicester Lions's supporters crossed their fingers, but Mike Wadham was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After 16 played minutes FC Žalia Giria got a freekick which was hit by Jogaila Radeikis. Luke Deveraux was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 17th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. After 21 played minutes FC Žalia Giria got a freekick which was hit by Benediktas Zenkevičius. When the match had gone on for 25 minutes, Mike Wadham put it in 2-0 from a short distance just to the right of Daumantas Kardašius. In the 28th match minute, FC Žalia Giria was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rūtenis Sartauskas to maneuver through the defense. Huey Porter could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 31st minute of the match, but Daumantas Kardašius made a huge save. When Ralph Masters came up free with the goalie in the 33rd minute, the Leicester Lions 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 Ralph Masters couldn't finish the play. If Ozzy Blythe had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 37th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Mike Wadham received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Daumantas Kardašius came out and tried to block the shot, but Mike Wadham slotted it home off the left post making it 3-0 in the 42nd minute. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 4-0 at half-time.

The wind increased when Rūtenis Sartauskas made the kick off in the second half. Daumantas Kardašius took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ozzy Blythe, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Mike Wadham scored 5-0 in the 54th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Daumantas Kardašius, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 57thth minute of the game Mike Wadham who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FC Žalia Giria's Daumantas Kardašius was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 58th minute, Ozzy Blythe 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. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Ralph Masters in the 60th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Daumantas Kardašius saved FC Žalia Giria from getting behind. Mike Wadham took the ball and in the 62 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Daumantas Kardašius. Daumantas Kardašius dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 6-0. In the 66thth minute of the game Mike Wadham who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FC Žalia Giria's Daumantas Kardašius was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Daumantas Kardašius showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mike Wadham in the 68th minute of the match. Daumantas Kardašius made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ralph Masters in the 71st minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ralph Masters in the 75th minute of play forced FC Žalia Giria's goalkeeper Daumantas Kardašius to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 76 minutes into the match, FC Žalia Giria's goal looked a bit too open when Mike Wadham came free, but Daumantas Kardašius reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 78th minute Ralph Masters shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Daumantas Kardašius saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Ozzy Blythe came up free with the goalie in the 79th minute, the Leicester Lions 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 Ozzy Blythe couldn't finish the play. Leicester Lions made a substitution. Adam Bettney replaced Ozzy Blythe. The attack was good, but when Mike Wadham in the 85th minute was about to shoot he didn't kick quite good enough and the ball went high over goal. FC Žalia Giria's Daumantas Kardašius played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mike Wadham in the 92nd minute of play. 93 minutes into the match, Adam Bettney notched a goal, 8-0, to the right of FC Žalia Giria's Daumantas Kardašius. Daumantas Kardašius was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Leicester Lions's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.