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Mintis Arena
Spectators: 10831 (Terracing: 8124, Seating: 2491, VIP seats: 216) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Artemio Quiroga got the match started through his kick off. FK Mintis Vilnius's Aldas Galkus got a good chance for a goal in the 2nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. FC Pegasas Siauliai's Pavel Romanescu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomas Danilevičius in the 7th minute of play. Oliver Can didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Miltos Kotsovolos went, in the 12th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Pavel Romanescu made a fantastic save in the 14th minute, when Arūnas Pukelis sent off a good shot on target. In the 16thth minute of the game Artemio Quiroga who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FK Mintis Vilnius's Oliver Can was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Artemio Quiroga in the 17th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Oliver Can prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Oliver Can showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Artemio Quiroga, who was totally free with the ball in the 19th minute. FC Pegasas Siauliai's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Vilius Gudavičius in the 20th minute. When FC Pegasas Siauliai's Artemio Quiroga in the 22nd minute got a chance for a shot 22nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye FK Mintis Vilnius's goalie prevented a goal. A collision led to FK Mintis Vilnius getting a freekick after 23 minutes play. Amado Guterres hit a great ball. After 24 played minutes, FC Pegasas Siauliai's Vilius Gudavičius shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Oliver Can came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in FC Pegasas Siauliai reached it. In the 32ndth minute of the game Tomas Danilevičius who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FC Pegasas Siauliai's Pavel Romanescu was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Pavel Romanescu made an important save on a dangerous shot by Aldas Galkus in the 37th minute. In the 42nd minute Artemio Quiroga shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Oliver Can saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 46th minute, FK Mintis Vilnius's Leandro Grimi seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Leandro Grimi the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of FK Mintis Vilnius protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Leandro Grimi had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. In the 45th minute, one of FK Mintis Vilnius:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for FK Mintis Vilnius. After 49 minutes FK Mintis Vilnius's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Vilius Gudavičius who took care of the corner kick. Vilius Gudavičius made a great header on FC Pegasas Siauliai's corner, it was just that FK Mintis Vilnius's Oliver Can managed to reach the ball for a save. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

57 minutes into the match, FC Pegasas Siauliai's goal looked a bit too open when Hubertas Dabkevičius came free, but Pavel Romanescu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Pavel Romanescu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kęstutis Latoža, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. FC Pegasas Siauliai's Pavel Romanescu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomas Danilevičius in the 62nd minute of play. 63 minutes had been played when some careless play by FC Pegasas Siauliai's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Aldas Galkus was slow to take the kick. During this time FK Mintis Vilnius's players had a chance to rest. In the 67thth minute of the game Tomas Danilevičius who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FC Pegasas Siauliai's Pavel Romanescu was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After 67 minutes, Tomas Danilevičius made it 1-1 with a short kick to the right side. FC Pegasas Siauliai's Pavel Romanescu tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. FK Mintis Vilnius's Oliver Can proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 71st minute of the match, managed to save FK Mintis Vilnius from getting a goal against them. Oliver Can showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Artemio Quiroga, who was totally free with the ball in the 74th minute. In the 75th minute Artemio Quiroga shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Oliver Can saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomas Danilevičius in the 77th minute of play forced FC Pegasas Siauliai's goalkeeper Pavel Romanescu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 78th minute, Tomas Danilevičius managed to get in a good position for a shot. FK Mintis Vilnius's supporters rose to their feet, but Tomas Danilevičius was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Pavel Romanescu breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 84 minutes into the match, FK Mintis Vilnius's goalkeeper Oliver Can had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Miltos Kotsovolos. 88 minutes into the match, FK Mintis Vilnius's goal looked a bit too open when Rupertas Daužvardis came free, but Oliver Can reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When FK Mintis Vilnius's Tomas Danilevičius in the 90th minute got a chance for a shot 90th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye FC Pegasas Siauliai's goalie prevented a goal. In the 91stth minute of the game Artemio Quiroga who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FK Mintis Vilnius's Oliver Can was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After having played for 93 minutes, Tomas Danilevičius managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. FK Mintis Vilnius's supporters crossed their fingers, but Tomas Danilevičius was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal.