Challenge

National Stadium
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Nuno Macieira got the match started through his kick off. In the 3rd minute, U21 Lithuania's Algitas Girkantas dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. After a defensive mix-up in Triez's zone, Daavid Šembera stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Mathis Basque came out of the goal and Daavid Šembera tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 11 minutes into the match, Triez's goal looked a bit too open when Daavid Šembera came free, but Mathis Basque reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 11 minutes, Daavid Šembera made it 2-0 with a short kick to the right side. Triez's Mathis Basque tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. With a little luck, Triez's Mathis Basque got control of the ball when Gabriele Meilutyte tried to sneak it across the goal line. Mathis Basque showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Algitas Girkantas in the 17th minute of the match. After 18 minutes Triez's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Agnius Pocius who took care of the corner kick. The corner led U21 Lithuania's Agnius Pocius to fire away a dangerous shot which Mathis Basque despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Mathis Basque made a fantastic save in the 19th minute, when Gabriele Meilutyte sent off a good shot on target. With an all-out effort, U21 Lithuania's Mathis Basque threw himself towards the right post 21 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Marius Baltramaitis, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Mathis Basque made an important save on a dangerous shot by Gabriele Meilutyte in the 22nd minute. Mathis Basque took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marius Baltramaitis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Gabriele Meilutyte came up free with the goalie in the 26th minute, the U21 Lithuania fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Gabriele Meilutyte couldn't finish the play. Mathis Basque made an important save on a dangerous shot by Daavid Šembera in the 28th minute. 29 minutes into the match, Triez's goal looked a bit too open when Gabriele Meilutyte came free, but Mathis Basque reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The supporters of U21 Lithuania booed when Triez was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 31 match minutes in a wonderful position. Éluard Péron didn't get a good kick on the ball. U21 Lithuania's Agnius Pocius couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 31st minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for Triez. Gabriele Meilutytes short, quick shot in the 33rdth minute got Mathis Basque to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. The audience thought a goal was coming when Marius Baltramaitis got free with Mathis Basque in the 34th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 37 minutes into the match, Gabriele Meilutyte had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Mathis Basque. Triez's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Gabriele Meilutyte was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-0. The U21 Lithuania fans' excitement grew in the 40th match minute when U21 Lithuania's Gabriele Meilutyte looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 4-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Mathis Basque made a fantastic save in the 43rd minute, when Marius Baltramaitis sent off a good shot on target. Mathis Basque showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gabriele Meilutyte in the 44th minute of the match. Gabriele Meilutyte scored 5-0 in the 46th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Mathis Basque, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 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 5-0.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Gabriele Meilutyte was the one to do the kick off. Mathis Basque came out of the goal in the 55th minute to try and stop a shot by U21 Lithuania's Gabriele Meilutyte. But to his dismay, Gabriele Meilutyte quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 6-0. Mathis Basque made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gabriele Meilutyte in the 58th minute of play. Mathis Basque didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Gabriele Meilutyte went, in the 58th minute, to the upper right corner, 7-0 was the resulting score. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marius Baltramaitis in the 61st minute of play forced Triez's goalkeeper Mathis Basque to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 61stth minute of the game Gabriele Meilutyte who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Triez's Mathis Basque was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. When the match clock showed 61 minutes, the score became 8-0 when Gabriele Meilutyte sped through Triez's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Mathis Basque. After 64 minutes, Marius Baltramaitis made it 9-0 with a short kick to the right side. Triez's Mathis Basque tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 67th minute, Skirmantas Kadauskas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. U21 Lithuania's Sikstas Čiuzas was substituted for Marius Baltramaitis. Triez made a substitution. Kevin Richon replaced Éluard Péron. The supporters of Triez booed when U21 Lithuania was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 68 match minutes in a wonderful position. Skirmantas Kadauskas didn't get a good kick on the ball. 73 minutes into the game, Gabriele Meilutyte cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 10-0. Mathis Basque was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Mathis Basque took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gabriele Meilutyte, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sikstas Čiuzas in the 78th minute of play forced Triez's goalkeeper Mathis Basque to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the match clock showed 79 minutes, the score became 11-0 when Gabriele Meilutyte sped through Triez's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Mathis Basque. In the 81st minute, Sikstas Čiuzas got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Mathis Basque took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sikstas Čiuzas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Matheo Giraudon's late challenge caught a U21 Lithuania's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Matheo Giraudon helped the player get up and apologised. In the 83rd match minute, Triez was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Matheo Giraudon to maneuver through the defense. In the 86th match minute, U21 Lithuania was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sikstas Čiuzas to maneuver through the defense. Mathis Basque stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Sikstas Čiuzas's shot from short distance in the 88th minute. After 88 minutes of play, U21 Lithuania's Gabriele Meilutyte made it 12-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Mathis Basque was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Sikstas Čiuzas in the 92nd minute of play forced Triez's goalkeeper Mathis Basque to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 93 minutes of play, U21 Lithuania's Gabriele Meilutyte made it 13-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Mathis Basque was left in no man's land by his defense there! After some fancy dribbling in the 96th minute, Sikstas Čiuzas managed to get in a good position for a shot. U21 Lithuania's supporters rose to their feet, but Sikstas Čiuzas was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Mathis Basque breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Mathis Basque showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sikstas Čiuzas in the 97th minute of the match. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. U21 Lithuania had played much better football throughout.