Lithuania – Kosovo 0: 4. Certificates for players and coach of the national team Sports

Tomas Švedkauskas 5

The Marijampolė player recently lacked playing practice at club Lomel, but that hasn’t stopped her from returning to occupy a place between the spindles. The goalkeeper didn’t make big mistakes, but he didn’t do miracles either. In the second half he saved the team from another goal as Vytas Gašpuitis and Martynas Dapkus bathed on the edge of the penalty area.

Egidijus Vaitkūnas 4

It did not damage the video, but it should be noted that Kosovo used to vibrate its attacks through the opposite country. The defense functioned reliably until the 71st minute, when a mistake was made and Kosovo scored a third goal after a combination of several passes.

Markas Beneta 3

Rather unexpectedly, he found himself in the middle of the defense and took the usual position of Edvinas Girdvainis, although his club mainly plays on the right side of the defense. Much of the blame falls on the second missed goal, when Vytas Gašpuičius could not agree on who should take over Vedata Muriqi and this head struck completely free. When Kosovo scored the third goal, they failed to rebound properly.

Vytas Gašpuitis 2

Much blame falls on the first missed goal. With Saulius Mikoliūnas’ slip, the Dunfermline Athletic defender was unable to react quickly and gave Arberis Zeneli too much freedom, which the Reims defender successfully wielded. In the middle of the quarter, another error by the defender almost ended with the second goal, when Kosovo threw a long ball to V.Gašpuičius “Behind the mountain” – Fortunately, the opponent missed the mark in the last minute. When Kosovo scored the second goal, they did not pick up the first ball, they disagreed with M.Beneta and Vedatas Muriqi shot completely free. There was a lack of everything: speed, skills, game practice, cool blood.

Saulius Mikoliūnas 4

Record 91st captains game in the Lithuanian team. In the opening minutes, he brought peace and freedom to the Lithuanian game, but slipped uncomfortably in the episode in which Kosovo scored the first goal. However, Arberis Zeneli decided he wanted to do his job and cleared it with a sure header. Changed during the break and handed over the captain’s bandage to Fyodor Chernych.

Plum Vykintas 5

At the end of the first half, he had a 100 percent chance of falling from the sky after Fyodor Chernych successfully fought for the ball. However, one of the guards who ran into the goalkeeper fired near the crossbar. Central attacks were the recipe of the day for the team, and they successfully passed the ball from the wing to the middle to push them forward. In the 60th minute, Danielius Romanovskis left the venue.

Martynas Dapkus 4

He formed a medium-security duo with Vykintas Slivka, although he often plays as a midfielder for Kauno Žalgiris Club. However, in the position in which he played for most of his career, Tauragiškis felt safe and wise and stopped Kosovo’s attacks in a timely manner. A strong foul defending in the second half barely cost him the fourth goal.

Jousting Lasickas 4

He was quite active in counterattacks and did not avoid playing “to the bone” on defense. The Vilnius resident did not really damage the video frame. There was a lack of energy in the second half. Modified after 72 minutes.

Arvydas Novikovas 4

In the first minutes he was the most active player on the Lithuanian team, but from the middle of the first half he “fell”. After 6 minutes, a pair of quick and successful tackles followed by a shot from outside the box by Eduardo Alonso could have resulted in another goal for fc. Still, nothing more dangerous could be identified. He was active again early in the second half, but often, in search of the ball, he was forced to land too low. The game time was changed, already thinking about a match with the Swiss.

Pleasant Sirgėdas 6

He started the game on the left wing, but changed sides very quickly with Justas Lasickas. He played with courage, freedom, confidence, without avoiding playing one on one. A great save by goalkeeper Fiodorui Černychui in the 15th minute kept the visitors in the game after fc. Replaced after the first quarter, probably saving energy before the start of the World Cup qualifiers.

Fiodoras Černychas 5

In the 15th minute, a pair of quick and successful tackles followed by a shot from outside the box by Jürgen Schneider could have resulted in another goal for fc. At the end of the half, Vykintas Slivka had a very good chance to fight for the ball and after this episode. However, Panevėžys did not convert his goal into a goal. When he was substituted in the 72nd minute, he was comforted by the fact that his team was in the lead.

Sleeves Šimkus 3

After a rare substitution, Valdas Urbonas took a break at half-time and took the place of the right side of the defense in place of Saulius Mikoliūnas, although he has not played in this position during his career. The second goal fell after the transfer of this area, although in that situation Milotas Rashicas was supervised by Tautvydas Eliošius. Kosovo’s fourth goal fell on the Lithuanian team’s right wing again. After this, it could be seen that the FC players were more interested in killing time than in keeping scoring goals. To play in this position, the residents of Šiauliai simply lack mobility.

Tautvydas Eliosius 3

He has been on the field since the middle of the second half and has also taken an unusual left position. Later pushed to the middle. In the 53rd minute, a pair of quick and successful attacks followed by a shot from outside the box by Fiodoro Černycho could have ended in another goal for Tautvydas, but Milv Rashicos managed a spectacular save. Overcoming the fourth goal was again one of those who only passively watched Bessar Halimi’s attack.

Danielis Romanovskis (not rated)

As the 60th minute approached, the Vykintas Slivka coach decided it was time for a substitution. It was a bad day for the usually speedy Kosov, who cleared Arberius Zenelis.

Nerijus Valskis (no evaluation)

In the 60th minute he replaced Arvydas Novikovs. Nothing stood out.

Karolis Laukžemis (no evaluation)

In his place, Fiodoro Černycho came in after 72 minutes, but his shot went wide.

Deimantas Petravičius (no evaluation)

In the 72nd minute, a deflected free kick from Justo Lasicko nearly sent the home team ahead, but the shot went harmlessly off the goal frame.

Valdas Urbonas 2

They chose an unusual 4-4-2 tactical scheme and Mark Benet and Martynas Dapkas in positions not where they started this season.

He deliberately gave the initiative and control of the ball to the opponents, but that game plan worked well before the break: the Lithuanians had chances and Vykintas Slivka had to compare the result at the end of the second half.

However, in the second part of the game, the coach “got burned.” V. Urbon’s army began to collapse and the strategist could not react in any way.

Not only that, during the break V. Urbonas was surprised by a difficult experiment to understand, when he released Domantas Šimkas instead of Saulius Mikoliūnas in the right-back position, although the latter has never competed in this position. Tautvydas Eliošius moved into the unusual left-back position. The decision did not work out: Kosovo scored two goals after outrageous errors on the right.

The result is tragic, although the fight was not against any of the giants of world football, but against the youngest member of UEFA.

Many experiments, high cost of errors, zero reactions. The third year in the national team began with a nightmare for the coach.