A month. Kaunas district “Hegelmann” team extended the winning streak to seven – they defeated Gargždės “Banga” 3:0 at home and continue to prevent the leader from relaxing.
Two goals for the winners were scored by Michael Thuique, who claims to play his most productive season in Lithuania. The Brazilian has scored 5 goals in the last five matches.
Return. Valdas Paulauskas, the Wave’s attack leader of the 2024 season, helped the team last Friday when he recovered from an injury.
Palangiškis did not play for more than a month and a half, but during that time newcomer Airesas Sousa played usefully. The Gargžda and Kaunas district teams are the first participants in the semi-finals of the “FPRO LFF Cup”.
Removal. “Kaunas Žalgiri” could not defeat Marijampolė “Sūduva” away, the persistent match ended in a draw 1:1. On the other hand, the series of unbeaten matches of the Marijampolians continued until the 11th.
Vilius Armanavičius, who brought the Kaunians forward, earned a red card. This was the first expulsion of the long-time Lithuanian championship player since 2016, when he represented Kaunas Stumbr.
Debuts. The team from the temporary capital, having filled up with players during the summer transfer window, threw two more new faces into the fray.
Bosnian midfielder Numan Kurdičius started the match in Marijampolė in the starting line-up, and Frenchman Quentin Bena appeared on the field in the 82nd minute.
The script. In the second meeting between Vilnius “Žalgiris” and Telšiai “Džiugo” in the capital this season, the people of Džiugo were the first to take the lead again, but did not keep the lead – 1:2.
After two consecutive victories at home, the vice-champions are ahead of the blue and white team by 2 points and also have a duel in reserve. Telsiški’s unbeaten streak extended to six.
Punishment. “Džiugas” welcomed the return of goalkeeper Mariaus Paukštas after a break of more than four months. Uteniškis was injured in the 4th round.
M. Paukštė saved Joel Bopes’ penalty in the second half and it was not the first time that the goalkeeper saved the team in this way. He managed to do the same in the match of the 3rd round against Alytus DFK “Dainava”.
Trait. FA “Šiauliai” will have to wait for a victory, as the home match against “Dainava” ended 0:0.
For the third season in a row, the Šiauliai team has equal results. Last season, Mindaugas Čep’s army shared a point with their opponents 14 times, and this year they have already played in a draw 12 times. “TransINVEST” football players of Vilnius district ended the duels like this only 2 times.
The answer. On Wednesday, FA “Šiauliai” will play a very important “FPRO LFF Cup” quarterfinal match against “Kaunas Žalgiris”.
If the representatives of the city of Saulė lose, their situation, in order to play again in international competitions, will be quite complicated. Next week, the last teams – “Džiugas” and “TransINVEST” will meet in the last quarter-final.
2024-08-20 12:55:31