Although the teams’ budgets differ tenfold, the Vilnius team hopes to create another miracle, like the one that happened last week in Liepkalnis in the match against Tbilisi “Dinamo,” which ended with a historic 7:2 victory.
Vilnius Žalgiris fans gather in the city before important matches
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13 min. Second penalty against “Žalgiris”…
7 min. V. Šarkauskas manages to block the ball from R. Pukštas at the last moment, but the Lithuanian-American opponent immediately stands up and passes the ball to a free teammate, who… misses the empty goal.
5 min. Dangerous attack by “Žalgiris,” but B. Teixera’s shot is blocked.
3 min. Penalty against “Žalgiris”… Dangerous attack by the visitors, the ball in the hosts’ penalty area, Michele Šego slightly bypasses Jurijus Kendyšas and falls, and referee Marcas Nagtegaalas immediately points to the 11-meter mark. The penalty is converted by M. Šego himself – a shot to the center of the goal (0:1).
1 min. The match begins.
Before the match
If Vilnius “Žalgiris” reached the third qualifying round of the Conference League by defeating two opponents – “Petrovac” (aggregate 5:2) and the mentioned “Dinamo” (7:5) – then “Hajduk” started one step higher – in the Europa League qualifiers.
Tapinas, who revealed “Žalgiris” earnings, explained who will be allowed the budget overrun
Skerla, returning to reality, wants a different scenario: “Miracles often do not repeat”
The historic Croatian club won the first match 2:0 at home against “Pafos” from Cyprus, but lost the return leg 0:4 after extra time.
It is noteworthy that the “Hajduk” team has not won away in Europe for 11 consecutive matches, and has been unsuccessfully participating in UEFA tournament qualifiers every year since 2011 – for 15 consecutive seasons.
If Vilnius “Žalgiris” has a Croatian – former captain of the “Hajduk” youth team Marko Capan – then the Split team has Rokas Pukštas, who holds Lithuanian and US citizenships, and both his parents are Lithuanian.
