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Representatives from Latin America already have 3 minutes. He warned Lithuanians that the planet’s priorities were uncharted territory. Carlos Sanz was the one who defined.
However, the hosts were not too upset and promptly gave their reply. 7 min. Justinas Zagurskas’ counterattack resulted in a counterattack that was gently controlled by Justinas Zagurskas in the center of the opposition penalty area.
In the second half, the students of the Ukrainian Yevgeny Ryvkin had to defend more on their side of the field, but for a long time they did so without major errors and threatened the opponents’ goal several times: the most dangerous was the free one. kick from the same J. Zagurskas.
At the critical moment, the team was saved by the selfless play of goalkeeper Egidijus Žagaras.
However, the 38 min. Alfredo Vidalis finally took advantage of the opportunity and with a strong blow from several meters broke the net, saddening the local public.
The Lithuanian team tried to save by releasing an additional player from the field, but failed to unlock the opposing defense for the second time.
Both teams made similar shots (Lithuania – 31, Venezuela – 39), a small advantage of the guests from South America was also in control of the ball (54 and 46 percent, respectively), although they won much more corners (12 and 5, respectively). .
The match was watched by 1.5 thousand people at the “Žalgiris” stadium. viewers.
In the world rankings, Lithuanians occupy the lowest position among all tournament participants: 75th place. Venezuela 23rd place.
In Sunday’s Group A match, favorite Kazakhstan 6: 1 left no hope for Costa Rica.
On Wednesday, Lithuania starting at 8 pm It will meet with the Kazakh national team and end the first round on Saturday with a match against Costa Rica.
The best two teams in each group and 4 of the 6 will take third place in the round of 16.
World Cup Groups
Group A (Kaunas): Lithuania, Costa Rica, Kazakhstan, Venezuela;
Group B (Vilnius): Football Union Team of Russia, Egypt, Guatemala, Uzbekistan;
Group C (Kaunas): Portugal, Thailand, Solomon Islands, Morocco;
Group D (Klaipeda): Brazil, Czech Republic, Panama, Vietnam;
Group E (Klaipeda): Spain, Paraguay, Japan, Angola;
Group F (Vilnius): Argentina, Iran, Serbia, United States.
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