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The Kosovo team, which was inducted into the UEFA and FIFA families in 2016, is one of the newest on the football map, but has already managed to create a scandal when it was close to 2020. Championship Final of Europe Soccer.
The leaders of the Kosovo team are playing in the championships of “Serie A” in Italy, “Bundesliga” in Germany and “Ligue 1” in France, so V. Urbon’s men will face a difficult test Wednesday night.
In the FIFA rankings, Kosovo is ranked 117 and the Lithuanian team is a dozen notches down at 129.
After this match, only four teams will remain on the list of European teams that the Lithuanian team has not played against: Wales, the Netherlands, Turkey and Gibraltar.
Both the Lithuanian and Kosovo teams are preparing for the selection in 2022. the World Cup, which will start next Sunday.
The Lithuanian team will have two games in a few days: on Sunday, the Lithuanians will visit Switzerland and next Wednesday, March 31, they will host the Italian footballers at home. Kosovo will play Sweden and Spain.
Paulius Golubickas will not be able to help the Lithuanian national team in the match in the Kosovo capital, which will not be able to play in any of the matches in this selection window due to injury.
Kosovo – Lithuania 1: 0
27 ‘Arberas Zeneli [1:0]
The course of the match
44 min. Well how is that? Kosovo lost the ball on an equal footing and V.Slivka, who ran against the goalkeeper, did not hit the goal very well, the ball flew close to the crossbar. Sorry, but the result could not be matched.
41 min. Again a hole in the Lithuanian defense and again a blow from Kosovo. It is good that the ball flies over the goal.
36 min. T.Švedkauskas is back in his place when Kosovo organizes another dangerous attack.
34 min. A sigh in the Lithuanian national team: the Kosovo players threw the ball through V.Gašpuitis, and M.Rashica, when passing the ball, only missed the goal through the hair.
32 min. V.Berisha shot slightly, but the ball fell into the hands of T.Švedkausko.
27 min. Unfortunately, the goal on the Lithuanian goal … V.Gašpuitis did not stop A.Zeneli from breaking into the penalty area and hitting her, and the opponent who had the opportunity led Kosovo forward – 1: 0.
16 min. Oh! F. Chernych found herself in a situation of gratitude, but slipped into resentment and remained with the divided gelda.
7 min. Kosovo leader V. Muriqi has received a blow to the head, but T. Švedkauskas stops him.
6 min. A.Novikov tries his own awkward right leg, but Kosovo goalkeeper S.Ujkani is in place and catches the ball.
1 minute. The first match of the Lithuanian team started this year!
Initial compositions
Kosovo (4-2-3-1): Samiras Ujkani, Fidanas Aliti, Ibrahimas Dreševičius, Mergimas Vojvoda, Florentas Hadergjonajus, Valonas Berisha, Hekuranas Kryeziu, Arberas Zeneli, Bersantas Celina, Milotas Rashica, Vedatas Muriqi.
Lithuania (4-4-2): Tomas Švedkauskas, Egidijus Vaitkūnas, Markas Beneta, Vytas Gašpuitis, Saulius Mikoliūnas, Gratas Sirgėdas, Vykintas Slivka, Martynas Dapkus, Justas Lasickas, Fiodoras Černychas, Arvydas Novikovas.
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