For the Baltic Cup, the Lithuanian football team will compete with a significantly changed lineup

Remember that on June 6, the Lithuanian national team will face the Latvian team in the Baltic Cup semifinal in Kaunas.

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In the other semifinal, Estonia will host the Faroe Islands team. The final and the third-place match will be played on June 9. If the Lithuanians have to play against the Estonian footballers, this meeting will take place away, and if the Lithuanians’ opponents become the Faroe Islands team, this duel will be played in Kaunas,

The second semifinal on June 6 in Estonia will start at 18:00.

Meanwhile, there are many new or long-unseen faces in this national team lineup. After a long break, Arvydas Novikovas, Ignas Plūkas, and Vaidas Magdušauskas return to the squad, and the first call-ups were received by goalkeeper Arnas Voitinovičius and midfielder Domantas Šluta, who previously represented the U21 team, as well as Ignas Venckus and Edvinas Kloniūnas, who are having a solid season.

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The squad will also include Armandas Kučys and Artemijus Tutyškinas, who became Slovenian champions, Edgaras Utkus, who finished the season in Saudi Arabia, and the national team captain Justas Lasickas, as well as Žygimantas Baltrūnas and Lukas Michelbrinkas, who debuted in the national team in the last window.

National team coach Edgaras Jankauskas and his staff have chosen the following squad for the Baltic Cup:

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Goalkeepers

Ignas Plūkas (FK „Sūduva“)

Tomas Švedkauskas (FK „Kauno Žalgiris“)

Arnas Voitinovičius („Benfica“, Portugal)

Defenders

Vilius Armalas (Budapest MTK, Hungary)

Žygimantas Baltrūnas (FK „Sūduva“)

Edvinas Kloniūnas (FK „TransINVEST“)

Justas Lasickas („Rijeka“, Croatia)

Rokas Lekiatas (FK „Kauno Žalgiris“)

Matijus Remeikis (FC „Hegelmann“)

Artemijus Tutyškinas („Celje“, Slovenia)

Klaudijus Upstas (FK „Žalgiris“)

Edgaras Utkus („Al Kholood“, Saudi Arabia)

Midfielders

Gvidas Gineitis („Torino“, Italy)

Eligijus Jankauskas („Hapoel Ironi Rishon“, Israel)

Tomas Kalinauskas („Roda“, Netherlands)

Vaidas Magdušauskas (FK „Banga“)

Lukas Michelbrinkas („Energie Cottbus“, Germany)

Arvydas Novikovas (FK „Riteriai“)

Domantas Šluta (FK „TransINVEST“)

Modestas Vorobjovas („Istanbulspor“, Turkey)

Forwards

Motiejus Burba (FK „Kauno Žalgiris“)

Armandas Kučys („Celje“, Slovenia)

Meinardas Mikulėnas (FK „Sūduva“)

Ignas Venckus (FK „Banga“)

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Lithuanian national team schedule for June:

June 6 (Saturday)

16:00 Lithuania – Latvia

June 9 (Tuesday)

Lithuania – Faroe Islands OR Estonia – Lithuania