National cup

National Stadium
Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Trevor Carey-Bertram started the match with the kick off. Pierre Burgess hit a great freekick 5 minutes into the match. The audience was convinced that Pierre Burgess's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Regimantas Zaleckis was relentless in the 9th minute of the game. Feliksas Jučas could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 10th minute of the match, but Darius Goodall made a huge save. 14 minutes into the match, U21 England's goalkeeper Darius Goodall had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ąžuolas Giedraitis. After a rather tough play, U21 England's Pierre Burgess got a free kick in the 18th minute. Regimantas Zaleckis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pierre Burgess, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. 20 minutes into the match, Pierre Burgess had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Regimantas Zaleckis. U21 Lithuania's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Pierre Burgess was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Feliksas Dirgėla's late challenge caught a U21 England's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Feliksas Dirgėla helped the player get up and apologised. Feliksas Dirgėla kicked well hit freekick during the 23rd minute of the match. Pierre Burgess recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 24th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 27th match minute, U21 England was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ethan Peake to maneuver through the defense. Pierre Burgess scored 0-2 in the 29th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Regimantas Zaleckis, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 32 minutes into the match, U21 England's goalkeeper Darius Goodall had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ąžuolas Giedraitis. With a little luck, U21 England's Darius Goodall got control of the ball when Vismantas Budvytis tried to sneak it across the goal line. Regimantas Zaleckis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Trevor Carey-Bertram in the 34th minute of the match. Darius Goodall showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ąžuolas Giedraitis, who was totally free with the ball in the 37th minute. In the 39th minute of the match U21 Lithuania got a corner. U21 England's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Virginijus Dailidė ran over to the corner to take the kick. 41 minutes into the match, U21 England's goalkeeper Darius Goodall had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Eitautas Poškevičius. Regimantas Zaleckis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pierre Burgess in the 43rd minute of play. When U21 Lithuania's Ąžuolas Giedraitis in the 45th minute got a chance for a shot 45th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye U21 England's goalie prevented a goal. Pranas Batura kicked well hit freekick during the 47th minute of the match.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Ąžuolas Giedraitis to strike the kick off in the second half. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Feliksas Jučas in the 60th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Darius Goodall prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Darius Goodall showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ąžuolas Giedraitis in the 61st minute of the match. Darius Goodall showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ąžuolas Giedraitis, who was totally free with the ball in the 62nd minute. Darius Goodall showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Feliksas Jučas, who was totally free with the ball in the 65th minute. 71 minutes into the match, U21 England's goal looked a bit too open when Ąžuolas Giedraitis came free, but Darius Goodall reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Darius Goodall showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Feliksas Jučas in the 74th minute of the match. In the 77th minute, Pranas Batura hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. U21 Lithuania made a substitution. Hubertas Maneikis replaced Vismantas Budvytis. U21 England's Paddy Madden was substituted for Trevor Carey-Bertram. U21 Lithuania made a substitution. Valdemaras Radavičius replaced Feliksas Jučas. The supporters of U21 England booed when U21 Lithuania was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 78 match minutes in a wonderful position. Pranas Batura didn't get a good kick on the ball. A hard shot by Pierre Burgess from long distance, 79 minutes into the match, got Regimantas Zaleckis's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. Hubertas Maneikis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 80th minute. Darius Goodall tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. U21 England made a substitution. Phillip Newbury replaced Tom Lester. Feliksas Dirgėla made in the 86th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by U21 England's Greg Fitter. In the 90th minute, Syd Mann hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Valdemaras Radavičius succeeded in the game's 92nd minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 1-2.

When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. U21 England had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.