U23 League

Glory of Aleksotas
Spectators: 159 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Tomas Dekanis took the kick off in the first half of the match. Ramūnas Morkūnas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Iikka Haapaniemi in the 8th minute of the match. In the 10th minute, Iikka Haapaniemi left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Liverpool FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. After a rather tough play, Liverpool FC's Elmer Harjanne got a free kick in the 14th minute. Ramūnas Morkūnas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tarmo Heikkinen, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 22nd minute Iikka Haapaniemi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ramūnas Morkūnas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ramūnas Morkūnas came out of the goal in the 23rd minute to try and stop a shot by Liverpool FC's Tarmo Heikkinen. But to his dismay, Tarmo Heikkinen quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tarmo Heikkinen in the 26th minute of play forced Aleksotas FK's goalkeeper Ramūnas Morkūnas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ilmo Kaven scored 0-3 in the 28th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Ramūnas Morkūnas, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Aleksotas FK's Ramūnas Morkūnas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Iikka Haapaniemi in the 36th minute of play. Abcdefghijklmno Abcdefghijklmnopqrst made an important save on a dangerous shot by Nojus Peleckas in the 43rd minute. The Aleksotas FK players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Liverpool FC were winning 0-4.

The wind increased when Ilmo Kaven made the kick off in the second half. 53 minutes into the match, Tuukka Liimatainen had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ramūnas Morkūnas. Aleksotas FK's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Tuukka Liimatainen was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-5. Liverpool FC's Tuukka Liimatainen was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 56th play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. Tomas Dekanis's late challenge caught a Liverpool FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Tomas Dekanis helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Aleksotas FK getting a freekick after 59 minutes play. Tomas Dekanis hit a great ball. In the 63rd minute, Tarmo Heikkinen ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ramūnas Morkūnas was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-7. Aleksotas FK's Ramūnas Morkūnas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Iikka Haapaniemi in the 67th minute of play. A collision led to Aleksotas FK getting a freekick after 67 minutes play. Arnoldas Nagys hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tarmo Heikkinen in the 70th minute of play forced Aleksotas FK's goalkeeper Ramūnas Morkūnas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ramūnas Morkūnas came out of the goal in the 75th minute to try and stop a shot by Liverpool FC's Ilmo Kaven. But to his dismay, Ilmo Kaven quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-8. In the 78th minute, Iikka Haapaniemi ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ramūnas Morkūnas was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-9. The audience thought a goal was coming when Tarmo Heikkinen got free with Ramūnas Morkūnas in the 82nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Ramūnas Morkūnas made an important save on a dangerous shot by Tarmo Heikkinen in the 82nd minute. A collision led to Liverpool FC getting a freekick after 85 minutes play. Tuukka Liimatainen hit a great ball. Abcdefghijklmno Abcdefghijklmnopqrst showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tomas Dekanis, who was totally free with the ball in the 86th minute. In the 86th match minute, Liverpool FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Miika Vihtilä to maneuver through the defense. Liverpool FC's Abcdefghijklmno Abcdefghijklmnopqrst played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomas Dekanis in the 89th minute of play. Virginijus Geibūnas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 93rd minute. Abcdefghijklmno Abcdefghijklmnopqrst tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Abcdefghijklmno Abcdefghijklmnopqrst showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomas Dekanis in the 95th minute of the match. Tarmo Heikkinen's late challenge caught a Aleksotas FK's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Tarmo Heikkinen helped the player get up and apologised. After 95 played minutes Liverpool FC got a freekick which was hit by Tarmo Heikkinen. When the match was over Liverpool FC could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Aleksotas FK throughout the match.