Official Cup

Degtindariai
Spectators: 206 (Terracing: 155, Seating: 47, VIP seats: 4) Absoliut's Ovidijus Andrišiūnas 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. With his leg Giannis Gounaris managed to avoid a goal in the 5thth minute, when Absoliut's Ovidijus Andrišiūnas fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. 7 minutes into the game, Absoliut's Algitas Girkantas nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Giannis Gounaris made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. After having played for 9 minutes, Ovidijus Andrišiūnas managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Absoliut's supporters crossed their fingers, but Ovidijus Andrišiūnas was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 11th minute Algitas Girkantas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Giannis Gounaris saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 13 minutes into the game, Algitas Girkantas recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Giannis Gounaris. Algitas Girkantas showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 2-0. Eddi Ramkilde received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 16th minute. Vaclovas Jurkus tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 23rd match minute, FC Karamba was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alfonsas Miceika to maneuver through the defense. In the 26th match minute, FC Karamba was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kastytis Kundrotas to maneuver through the defense. Algitas Girkantas recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 27th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. FC Karamba's Giannis Gounaris proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 28th minute of the match, managed to save FC Karamba from getting a goal against them. Ovidijus Andrišiūnas scored 3-0 in the 28th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Giannis Gounaris, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Giannis Gounaris made a fantastic save in the 31st minute, when Ovidijus Andrišiūnas sent off a good shot on target. 36 minutes in the game Maksymilian Cisek did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Eddi Ramkilde. When Ovidijus Andrišiūnas came up free with the goalie in the 44th minute, the Absoliut 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 Ovidijus Andrišiūnas couldn't finish the play. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-0 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Jaunius Petkevičius was the one to do the kick off. Giannis Gounaris made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Algitas Girkantas in the 54th minute of play. Algitas Girkantas's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Giannis Gounaris read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 57th minute of play. Lukas Uggstedt hit a great freekick 61 minutes into the match. In the 62nd minute Algitas Girkantas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Giannis Gounaris saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. FC Karamba's Giannis Gounaris played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Algitas Girkantas in the 65th minute of play. Lukas Uggstedt hit a great freekick 65 minutes into the match. In the 67th minute Algitas Girkantas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Giannis Gounaris saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 67 played minutes Absoliut got a freekick which was hit by Osvaldas Nutautas. Algitas Girkantas's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Giannis Gounaris read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 73rd minute of play. Giannis Gounaris showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Algitas Girkantas, who was totally free with the ball in the 75th minute. FC Karamba's Alfonsas Miceika got his second yellow card of the match in the 76th minute. The referee ordered Alfonsas Miceika off the ground. Giannis Gounaris made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Algitas Girkantas in the 77th minute of play. FC Karamba's Eddi Ramkilde got a good chance for a goal in the 79th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Šarūnas Žvigaitis might have been able to make a better finish in the 83rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Giannis Gounaris. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Šarūnas Žvigaitis ran back to his position shaking his head. Maksymilian Cisek made in the 87th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Absoliut's Osvaldas Nutautas. Šarūnas Žvigaitis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 89th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Giannis Gounaris having to interfere. A collision led to Absoliut getting a freekick after 93 minutes play. Henrikas Lisauskas hit a great ball. In the 95th minute the ball was on its way in behind FC Karamba's goalkeeper Giannis Gounaris, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Absoliut's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.