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National Stadium
Spectators: 10301 (Terracing: 7726, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) After 4 minutes of play, U21 Belarus's Taras Osipov made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Virgilijus Stackevičius was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 10th minute Igor Astapkovich shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Virgilijus Stackevičius saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 12th minute, Juras Stanevičius left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The U21 Lithuania fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. Virgilijus Stackevičius didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Igor Astapkovich went, in the 15th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. 19 minutes into the match, U21 Lithuania's goal looked a bit too open when Igor Astapkovich came free, but Virgilijus Stackevičius reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 20th minute Taras Osipov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Virgilijus Stackevičius saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Taras Osipov took the ball and in the 20 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Virgilijus Stackevičius. Virgilijus Stackevičius dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-3. When U21 Belarus's Taras Osipov 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 U21 Lithuania's goalie prevented a goal. After having played for 30 minutes, Igor Astapkovich managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. U21 Belarus's supporters crossed their fingers, but Igor Astapkovich was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The audience was convinced that Igor Astapkovich's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Virgilijus Stackevičius was relentless in the 32nd minute of the game. After 32 minutes, Igor Astapkovich made it 1-4 with a short kick to the right side. U21 Lithuania's Virgilijus Stackevičius tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 40th minute, Taras Osipov made a precise shot to the right of Virgilijus Stackevičius. U21 Lithuania's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-5. U21 Belarus's Timur Parasevich played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Adas Grušnys in the 47th minute of play. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-5.

U21 Lithuania made a substitution. Darijus Matolis replaced Gvidas Urniežius. U21 Lithuania's Juras Zaleckis was substituted for Gvidonas Burneika. Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Taras Osipov to make the kick off. Timur Parasevich made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Valentas Gražulis in the 53rd minute of play. Aloyzas Kontautas was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 58 minutes into the match. U21 Belarus's Vadim Matyl was substituted for Igor Astapkovich. After 58 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for U21 Lithuania! U21 Belarus's Mechyslav Tsupa was substituted for Gleb Mirovich. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Taras Osipov in the 67th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Virgilijus Stackevičius saved U21 Lithuania from getting behind. An unexpectedly hard shot by Taras Osipov in the 70th minute of play forced U21 Lithuania's goalkeeper Virgilijus Stackevičius to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Dmitry Sokolovsky got free with Virgilijus Stackevičius in the 74th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Vadim Matyl could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 78th minute of the match, but Virgilijus Stackevičius made a huge save. In the 78th minute, Vadim Matyl reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Virgilijus Stackevičius. The goal made the score 1-7. U21 Belarus's Vladimir Mohnach was substituted for Radamir Yankovsky. Virgilijus Stackevičius made a fantastic save in the 83rd minute, when Vadim Matyl sent off a good shot on target. An unexpectedly hard shot by Taras Osipov in the 86th minute of play forced U21 Lithuania's goalkeeper Virgilijus Stackevičius to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When U21 Belarus's Taras Osipov in the 88th minute got a chance for a shot 88th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye U21 Lithuania's goalie prevented a goal. Taras Osipov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 89th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Taras Osipov in the 96th minute of play forced U21 Lithuania's goalkeeper Virgilijus Stackevičius to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Although U21 Lithuania had been in control for most of the match, U21 Belarus still came away with the win.