League

Royal Stadium
Spectators: 8475 (Terracing: 6357, Seating: 1949, VIP seats: 169) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Daugirdas Burneika kicked off to start the match. Royal Club Siauliai's Dangiras Labuckas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Juozas Vilkas in the 6th minute of play. After taking down the ball on vAbAlAy's corner Adas Abakevičius fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Dangiras Labuckas quite easily take care of the ball. If Tauras Ragaišis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 15th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Kęstutis Pekšys kicked well hit freekick during the 17th minute of the match. In the 19th minute, Juozas Vilkas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Daugirdas Burneika sent away a hard shot on goal in the 26th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Adas Abakevičius in the 29th minute of play forced Royal Club Siauliai's goalkeeper Dangiras Labuckas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Svajūnas Petronis could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 32nd minute of the match, but Sylwester Fujarczuk made a huge save. Dangiras Labuckas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Adas Abakevičius, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. If Daugirdas Burneika had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 34th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Svajūnas Petronis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 37th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sylwester Fujarczuk having to interfere. After a rather tough play, vAbAlAy's Tauras Ragaišis got a free kick in the 38th minute. Dangiras Labuckas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Adas Abakevičius, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 42nd minute, Juozas Vilkas made a precise shot to the right of Dangiras Labuckas. Royal Club Siauliai's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-1. Dangiras Labuckas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Juozas Vilkas in the 46th minute of the match. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Juozas Vilkas stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. vAbAlAy's Sylwester Fujarczuk played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Daugirdas Burneika in the 53rd minute of play. Dangiras Labuckas made a fantastic save in the 54th minute, when Adas Abakevičius sent off a good shot on target. 59 minutes into the match, vAbAlAy's goal looked a bit too open when Daugirdas Burneika came free, but Sylwester Fujarczuk reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Sylwester Fujarczuk showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vismantas Minkevičius, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. In the 61st minute Vismantas Minkevičius shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sylwester Fujarczuk saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 63 minutes of play, vAbAlAy's Juozas Vilkas made it 2-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Dangiras Labuckas was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 67th match minute, vAbAlAy was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nedas Ratkus to maneuver through the defense. Daugirdas Burneika sent away a hard shot on goal in the 69th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 74th minute Juozas Vilkas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dangiras Labuckas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to vAbAlAy getting a freekick after 77 minutes play. Jotautas Brazas hit a great ball. Daugirdas Burneika recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 78th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The supporters of Royal Club Siauliai booed when vAbAlAy was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 83 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tauras Ragaišis didn't get a good kick on the ball. 95 minutes into the match, Jotautas Brazas had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Dangiras Labuckas. Royal Club Siauliai's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Jotautas Brazas was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-3.