The match was watched by 8,308 spectators, which is the best attendance result of this Toplyga season.
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From the first minutes on the field, the initiative was taken by “Kauno Žalgiris”, who created several scoring opportunities quite early.
In the 9th minute, after a mistake by the Vilnius defenders on their own half, Motiejus Burba found himself in an ideal position, but the footballer missed the goal of his former team.
In the 16th minute, another former “Žalgiris” member, Fabien Ourega, could have sent the ball into the guests’ goal, but his shot hit the crossbar.
In the middle of the half, the representatives of the capital managed to even out the game, control the ball longer, and take several shots at the “Kauno Žalgiris” goal. However, every time they managed to hit the target, the ball went straight to goalkeeper Tomas Švedkauskas.
In the 37th minute, “Kauno Žalgiris” was again close to scoring when after a pass from the left flank, none of the home players reached the ball, which flew towards the far corner of the goal. However, Vincentas Šarkauskas saved his goal from a score.
In the second half, the first unpleasant episode for the opponents was created by the Vilnius team. In the 54th minute, after a long shot by Bryan Teixeira, T. Švedkauskas had to deflect the ball to a corner kick with a jump.
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Soon “Žalgiris” finally achieved their goal. In the 58th minute, after a great pass from Klaudijus Upstas from the right flank, Nikola Petković jumped out alone in front of the goal and headed the ball into the net.
During the remaining time, the Kaunas team failed to launch an assault on the guests’ goal, and they safely finished the match with a victory.
The loss prevented “Kauno Žalgiris” from regaining the Toplyga leaders’ position. The representatives of the temporary capital, who led the championship for a long time, have 29 points after 16 rounds and remain second. The tournament leader position was retained by Telšių “Džiugas”, who rose to it on Saturday (30 points).
“Kauno Žalgiris” has not won in Toplyga for 6 consecutive matches and suffered their second defeat in a row.
Meanwhile, the Vilnius team now has 22 points, and the victory allowed them to overtake “Panevėžys” in the tournament table and rise to 6th place.
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