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Match Report
Kepurenu
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000,
Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Vincent Tunander took the kick off in the first half of the match. Rupertas Griškevičius fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 6th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Irmantas Žukauskas having to interfere. If Gintautas Maneikis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 11th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 12th minute of the game. One of BigBalls:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Kepurenu:s goal. BigBalls:s Vakaris Pipiras showed great skill when he stopped Oskaras Miežiaitis:s penalty. After 15th play minutes Gintautas Maneikis shot 1-0, a short shot which went by Vakaris Pipiras and just under the crossbar into goal. Oskaras Miežiaitis could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 18th minute of the match, but Vakaris Pipiras made a huge save. Rupertas Griškevičius sent away a hard shot on goal in the 19th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 21st minute Gintautas Maneikis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vakaris Pipiras saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Oskaras Miežiaitis's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Vakaris Pipiras firmly grabbed it by the left post. The supporters of BigBalls booed when Kepurenu was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 32 match minutes in a wonderful position. Darius Čižas didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 35th minute Rupertas Griškevičius shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Irmantas Žukauskas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 42 played minutes Kepurenu got a freekick which was hit by Aistis Merkelis. Kepurenu's Darius Čižas suffered a sore thigh after 45 minutes and couldn't finish the game. After 45 minutes, Stanislovas Nagys mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the BigBalls and the Kepurenu players grew even worse after the yellow card. Kepurenu's Augustinas Daškevičius was substituted for Darius Čižas. The supporters of Kepurenu booed when BigBalls was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 46 match minutes in a wonderful position. Stanislovas Nagys didn't get a good kick on the ball. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.
When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Oskaras Miežiaitis made a kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vincent Tunander in the 52nd minute of play forced Kepurenu's goalkeeper Irmantas Žukauskas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tomas Andriušaitis hit a great freekick 54 minutes into the match. In the 55th minute Stanislovas Nagys shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Irmantas Žukauskas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that Vincent Tunander's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Irmantas Žukauskas was relentless in the 56th minute of the game. BigBalls's Vakaris Pipiras played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gintautas Maneikis in the 61st minute of play. In the 63rd minute, one of Kepurenu: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 Kepurenu. Irmantas Žukauskas went to the wrong direction when Vincent Tunander was taking care of the penalty kick which however missed the goal. Rupertas Griškevičius fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 71st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Irmantas Žukauskas having to interfere. 85 minutes into the match, Gintautas Maneikis notched a goal, 2-0, to the right of BigBalls's Vakaris Pipiras. Vakaris Pipiras was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Augustinas Daškevičius took the ball and in the 96 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Vakaris Pipiras. Vakaris Pipiras dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-0. The Kepurenu players were eager to celebrate when the final whistle sounded. They had somehow managed to win, even though the away team had held the majority of the possession.
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