After finishing the match without two excluded players, “Žalgiris” firmly advanced to the next stage of the Champions League.



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The Žalgiris folks could have sent the Northern Ireland champions to Knockdown early in the match, but Jakub Sylvestr couldn’t hit from a few yards after a good foray from Hugo Videmont.

18 min. The attacker’s mistake was corrected by Saulius Mikoliūnas. The Žalgiris captain put his team ahead after a powerful corner kick.

After scoring the goal, the Žalgiris retreated to their side of the field and paid more attention to the safety of their goal, but at the end of time they proved they could and could attack.

36 min. After the corner, Žalgiris’s team staged a lightning counterattack, but J. Sylvestras found himself on his spike and struck his head over the gate again a few meters away.

However, 44 min. Another guest attack ended in a fantastic long shot from Ogenyi Onazio in the upper corner and at half-time Žalgiris came out with a solid lead.

In the second half, the hosts attacked with greater force, but most of their attacks ended in long passes to the Lithuanian champions’ penalty area, where “Žalgiris” goalkeeper Edvinas Gertmonas awaited them.

65 min. The hosts’ regular transfer to the penalty area resulted in a red card from “Žalgiris” central defender Elhadji Pape Diaw and an 11-meter penalty. Chris Shields, the home team defender, who realized the latter with confidence, reduced his team’s delay to a minimum, but the overall result of the two games – 5: 2 – still spoke of the obvious advantage of “Žalgiris “.

At the end of the match, Žalgiris lost another player. 89 min. After several obvious jerking incidents, Karolis Uzėla was booked, but Karolis Uzėla’s coach was not happy. But even the remaining 9 Žalgiris did not fall apart and ended the match calmly.

After successfully crossing the first barrier of the champion selection competition, in the second “Žalgiris” he will meet the Budapest team “Ferencváros”. The Hungarian champions defeated Kosovo’s FC Pristina team twice: 3: 0 and 3: 1.

The first match of the second qualifying round will take place on July 20. In Budapest, the second on July 27. In Vilnius.

The Cluj CFR team represented by Giedrius Arlauskis also entered the next stage of the Champions League selection competition. Although in the second match the Romanian champions lost to Banja Luka’s Borac (Bosnia and Herzegovina) team 1: 2 after extra time, they won the door to the next stage with a 3: 1 victory in the first match. In the second stage, the G. Arlauskis team will meet the Gibraltar champions, the Lincoln Red Imps team.

The Razgrad team “Ludogorets” led by Valdas Dambrauskas continues to play in the Champions League selection competition. In the second leg, the Bulgarian champions defeated Salihorsko Šachtior of Belarus 1: 0. The only goal for the winners is 71 min. by Kirill Despodov. The first match also ended with a 1: 0 victory for the Razgrad team.

In the second stage of the Champions League selection competition, the students of V. Dambrauskas will meet the “Mura” team of Murska Sobota from Slovenia.

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