The Sūduva coach, who has not yet beaten Žalgiris this year: it will be even more difficult now

“Sūduvai” has yet to beat the rivals in the capital this year. During the Super Cup match in Vilnius, they lost 0: 1 in late February, and the A-league match on June 20 at Hikvision Stadium in Marijampolė ended in a 1: 1 draw.

In the last match, Marijampoliai managed to survive only during the time added by the referee, when the ball was directed by Thomas Salamonas.

“The last game was not easy, as we expected.” We have created many opportunities to score a goal, but we managed to use only one at the end of the match ”, Eivinas Černiauskas, the assistant to the head coach of Sūduva, Saulius Širmelis, recalled the last match.

In the league championship A “Sūduva”, after 8 rounds, he has 22 points and is in first place. At that time, “Žalgiris” has 14 points and is third – 2 points ahead of Vilnius residents who have played “Kauno Žalgiris” for one more game.

The mood of today’s Marijampolė rivals has recently reminded me of the American roller coaster. On June 28, they defeated Riterius 7: 0 in the Vilnius derby, but on July 3, they played 0-0 at home with Gargždai Banga.

“His game is improving in every game,” said E. Černiauskas. “In the last round,” Žalgiris “lost points, but had several opportunities to stand out.”

After the game with “Banga”, Vilnius residents managed to play one more game: on July 7, “Hegelmann” defeated “Šiauliai” 2: 0 in the eighth final of the LFF Cup tournament. “Sūduva” was not playing in That moment and focused on preparing for Sunday’s game.

“The opponents feel very good on the artificial surface of the LFF stadium, their attacking players are very strong, they constantly look for spaces behind the backs of the defenders,” said the coach of “Sūduva” before today’s match. “I expect an even more difficult match than it was in the first round.”