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Glory of Aleksotas
Spectators: 9216 (Terracing: 6914, Seating: 2119, VIP seats: 183) Hugo Haedelt made the kick off and thus started the match. 5 minutes into the game, Hugo Haedelt was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Aleksotas FK's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave FK ATLANTAS the free kick. After a rather tough play, Aleksotas FK's Hugo Haedelt got a free kick in the 5th minute. After a defensive mix-up in FK ATLANTAS's zone, Dinaras Dackus stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Mantas Balabonas came out of the goal and Dinaras Dackus tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 8 minutes into the match, Darijus Rudauskas notched a goal, 2-0, to the right of FK ATLANTAS's Mantas Balabonas. Mantas Balabonas was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Mantas Balabonas was out of position in the 13 minute of play, and Dinaras Dackus capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Dinaras Dackus really showed his touch with that goal: 3-0. After some fancy dribbling in the 15th minute, Hugo Haedelt managed to get in a good position for a shot. Aleksotas FK's supporters rose to their feet, but Hugo Haedelt was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Mantas Balabonas breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Tadas Poškevičius hit a great freekick 16 minutes into the match. In the 18th minute there was a penalty for Aleksotas FK. Hugo Haedelt stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Mantas Balabonas. 4-0. Mantas Balabonas stood somewhat misplaced when Hugo Haedelt came free in front of goal and shot 5-0 to the left of him in the 20 minute. 25 minutes into the game, Hugo Haedelt lined in a short shot 6-0 behind a frustrated Mantas Balabonas. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hugo Haedelt in the 28th minute of play forced FK ATLANTAS's goalkeeper Mantas Balabonas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 29 minutes into the game, Tadas Poškevičius was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. FK ATLANTAS's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Aleksotas FK the free kick. Dinaras Dackus fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 30th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mantas Balabonas having to interfere. In the 31st match minute, Aleksotas FK was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Daugirdas Matulevičius to maneuver through the defense. Mantas Balabonas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dinaras Dackus in the 33rd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hugo Haedelt in the 33rd minute of play forced FK ATLANTAS's goalkeeper Mantas Balabonas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of Aleksotas FK booed when FK ATLANTAS was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 34 match minutes in a wonderful position. Eligijus Vaineikis didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 36th minute, Hugo Haedelt ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Mantas Balabonas was frozen by the shot and now it was 7-0. Dinaras Dackus who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 41stth minute tested the skills of Mantas Balabonas when he managed to save the team from getting behind. If Darijus Rudauskas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 45th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Af the end of the first half the score was 7-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Tadas Obrikis to strike the kick off in the second half. Mantas Balabonas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hugo Haedelt in the 56th minute of play. Daugirdas Matulevičius received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 58th minute. Mantas Balabonas tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 60th minute Hugo Haedelt shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mantas Balabonas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. FK ATLANTAS's Liudas Vainoras suffered a sore thigh after 61 minutes and couldn't finish the game. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Darijus Rudauskas during the 62nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. FK ATLANTAS's Justas Balkys was substituted for Liudas Vainoras. In the 64th minute, Darijus Rudauskas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Hugo Haedelt in the 65th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Mantas Balabonas saved FK ATLANTAS from getting behind. When the match had gone on for 65 minutes, Hugo Haedelt put it in 9-0 from a short distance just to the right of Mantas Balabonas. Mantas Balabonas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hugo Haedelt in the 69th minute of the match. FK ATLANTAS's Mantas Balabonas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dinaras Dackus in the 70th minute of play. In the 74th minute Hugo Haedelt shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mantas Balabonas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Mantas Balabonas stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Hugo Haedelt's shot from short distance in the 76th minute. After a rather tough play, Aleksotas FK's Paulius Katkus got a free kick in the 78th minute. Mantas Balabonas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Paulius Katkus in the 81st minute of the match. Daugirdas Matulevičius might have been able to make a better finish in the 84th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Mantas Balabonas. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Daugirdas Matulevičius ran back to his position shaking his head. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hugo Haedelt in the 88th minute of play forced FK ATLANTAS's goalkeeper Mantas Balabonas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Aleksotas FK were awarded a corner in the 90th minute after FK ATLANTAS's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Hugo Haedelt took the corner. Paulius Margelis made in the 92nd minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by FK ATLANTAS's Tadas Poškevičius. After 93 played minutes FK ATLANTAS got a freekick which was hit by Valentas Baravykas. Valentas Baravykas's late challenge caught a Aleksotas FK's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Valentas Baravykas helped the player get up and apologised.