Lithuanian footballers who did not maintain their advantage over Belarus took the fighting draws

Lithuanian footballers Sunday night at UEFA League of Nations home match 2: 2 He played with the Belarusian eleven.

Arvydas Novikovas, who has been showing great form lately, sent the ball into goal as early as the 7th minute and brought Lithuania forward.

Although the Belarusians took full control of the ball after the missed goal, the Lithuanians did not allow them to take a single shot into the goal area during the first half.

The Lithuanian footballers started the second half a bit more active, but in the 58th minute Egidijus Vaitkūnas knocked down the opponent with one hand and the referee imposed an 11-meter penalty.

Goalkeeper Tomas Švedkauskas guessed where the ball would hit, but was unable to counter Vitalijus Lisakovičius’s penalty. eleven.

The Belarusians, who did not reduce the number of spins after the goal, scored a goal and exploded. In the 66th minute, Alexander Sačivko disarmed T. Švedkauskas. 1: 2.

The Lithuanian team did not give up and tied the score in the 75th minute. Karolis Laukžemis entered the game and joined the game without being able to warm up. 2: 2.

In the remaining minutes, both teams showed strong defense and were satisfied with a draw after the final whistle sounded.

This was the first meeting between Lithuania and Belarus in the official soccer match. The national teams of these countries have played 9 friendly matches.

This match ended the first round of Group 4 in Division C. The other matches of the group developed a little earlier: Albania and Kazakhstan played 0: 0.

All teams in the group have scored 4 points after three rounds.

In previous group matches, Valdas Urbonas students lost 0: 2 to Kazakhstan, but broke Albania 1: 0. Belarus was 0: 2 behind Albania, but defeated Kazakhstan 2: 1.

After the victory against Albania, the Lithuanians defeated the Estonians 3: 1 in a friendly match this week.