The “Dinamo” football players arrived at the Kaunas Darius and Girėnas Stadium relaxed. Having won 5:0 at home, the blues did not try too hard on the “Kauno Žalgiris” territory.
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After scoring the first two goals, the Croats shifted into cruise control and let their football machine roll. After precise shots from Luka Kačavenda and Josip Mišić, “Dinamo” simply thanked the fans – there were no big celebrations.
During the remaining time, their goalkeeper Ivan Filipović was punished with a red card, and in the 55th minute, the hosts’ newcomer Gabriel Debeljuh scored, but it changed nothing.
“Dinamo” defeated “Kauno Žalgiris” 2:1, with an aggregate score of 7:1.
Next, they will face the Norwegian representative “Viking” in the next stage.
“A huge fear has spread in Northern Europe – the powerful ‘Dinamo’ is coming: ‘This is one of the scariest witches in Europe’,” such a headline flashes on the “Jutarnji” portal.
“Dinamo” did not allow a sensation and won the second victory against “Kauno Žalgiris,” – can be seen immediately upon opening the “Sportnet” portal.
Other portals also tried to maintain a similar, neutral line in their headlines. Digging a little deeper, more opinions could be found.
“With this result, the ‘blues’ achieved their main goal and secured at least a place in the Europa League group stage. This was especially important for the club’s management when planning finances before the start of this season,” – states the “Index” portal.
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They also emphasized the relaxation of the “Dinamo” team in this match.
“The rather demonstrative match against ‘Žalgiris’ started in the best possible way,” – the journalists rejoiced at the victory.
There were no loud analyses in Croatia in the morning yet. However, they highlighted a beautiful gesture between the fans. During the match, “Dinamo” supporters “Bad Blue Boys” and “Kauno Žalgiris” supporters “Green White Boys” chanted “Slava Ukraini” together.
“A special moment of the match was created by the fans of both teams. The chant ‘Slava Ukraini’ echoed in the stands, first started by the ‘Bad Blue Boys’, and soon joined by the hosts, Lithuanian fans ‘Green White Boys’,” – boasted “Jutarnji”.
Although there was not much attention to the match with “Kauno Žalgiris,” there was another Lithuanian accent – Valdas Dambrauskas. Well known to the Croats, the Lithuanian led Baku “Sabah” to the last qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League and is one step away from a true fairy tale.
- In 2020-2021, V. Dambrauskas worked at “Gorica,” and in 2021-2022 coached Split’s “Hajduk.”
- Since 2025, he has been working at Baku “Sabah.”
The club from the Azerbaijani capital defeated “Aarhus” 4:0 at home and won the tie 5:2 on aggregate.
In the next stage, they will face “Beer Sheva” from Israel.
The Croats praised V. Dambrauskas’s victory in the most beautiful words.
