Down ladder: Žalgiris, trapped in Slovenian defense, has last retreat



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The first match played in Slovenia a week ago ended in a draw 0: 0.

The only goal on Thursday for the guests is already 12 minutes. defender Ziga Kousas.

After an early cold shower, Vilnius residents constantly pressured their opponents and lit several fires at the last gate. The best chance was squandered by forward Josipas Tadic in the second half, who was unable to hit accurately from a distance of several meters.

At the end of the duel, “Žalgiris” had completely closed off the Slovenians in their penalty area, however, they refrained from defending the latter.

It is true that the nude figures do not reflect the dominance of the hosts in the square. Both teams made 13 shots on Thursday and Mura hit the goal area more often (3 and 2, respectively).

In the final qualifying round of the European League, Mura will compete against the bronze winner of the Austrian championship Graz Sturm. Even if this barrier is not overcome, the Slovenian international season would continue in the third-capacity UEFA European Conference League group stage, established this year.

In turn, Žalgiris will still have to overcome Glimt of Buddha (Norway) on the way to the European Conference League. The latter team reached a rematch against Pristina (Kosovo) 2: 0 on Thursday and advanced to the next stage with a total ratio of 3: 2.

The name “Glimt” does not promise anything good for the Lithuanian champions. Last year, in the European League team, the Norwegians defeated the Vilnius people at home 3: 1, before that they also eliminated “Kaunas Žalgiris” with a crushing score of 6: 1.

“Žalgiris” 0 – 1 “Mura”
12 ‘ [0 – 1] Kiga Kousas

Compared to the previous match, Vladimir Cheburin, the helmsman of Žalgiris, made two changes at the start: Tomislav Kišas will start the match in place of Ovidijus Verbickas, and Jakubas Sylvestra was replaced by Josip Tadičius at the top of the attacks.

Žalgiris starting eleven: Edvinas Gertmonas; Saulius Mikoliūnas, Elhadji Pape Diaw, Nemanja Ljubisavljevičius, Joelis Bopesu; Ogenyi Onazi, Tomislavas Kišas, Karolis Uzėla; Francisas Kyeremeh, Hugo Videmontas, Josipas Tadičius.

UEFA EUROPEAN LEAGUE: ŽALGIRIS – MURA

The match ended with a 1: 0 victory for Mura. “Žalgiris” has dropped one more step in the ranking of the new European Conference League. https://www.facebook.com/fkzalgiris/posts/10159865495401018

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At the beginning of the last minute of regulation time after the free-kick against J. Tadic, H. Videmont had the opportunity to try with his right with a free kick from about 20 m. Without his shot, the ball landed over the goal.

86 min. Mura’s defense remains his last.

80 min. once again, individual dominance was demonstrated by H. Videmont, who struck alongside the spindle.

Mura is already closed for his penalty area and kicks the ball anywhere.

Atmosphere in the LFF stadium: O. Onazi almost scored.

Just two minutes later, the disinterested play of N. Ljubisavljevičius saved him from a possible second goal by the Slovenians: the defender blocked an extremely threatening shot.

70 min “Žalgiris” missed the best opportunity. J. Sylvestras had a good run in the 8th minute, but was eventually stopped by J. Sadivestras.

L. Bobičanecas then had a third chance to score, but a final challenge ensured that he didn’t.

Mura in the last 5 minutes defends only a third of his square.

H. Videmontas is still the most dangerous footballer in “Žalgiris”: after his breakthrough and a sharp pass, J. Tadičius’ ingenious shot was blocked by the defender.

60 min. The spectators demand an 11m penalty for pushing J. Tadičius into Mura’s rival area.

52 min Gertmon had to work to stop the Slovenian retaliation.

Kish keeps trying to adapt, but his punches are still inaccurate or blocked.

“Žalgiris” started the second quarter with a dangerous attack by T. Kišas.

In the middle of the match, the statistics for team shots are almost identical: Vilnius residents made 6 attempts (2 in the goal area), their opponents tried their luck 7 times (2).

The whistle of the Polish judge Bartosz Frankowski sent the teams to the locker room “Žalgiris” still without finding the keys to the opponent’s defensive valves – 0: 1. https://www.facebook.com/fkzalgiris/posts/10159865404476018

In the last minutes of the quarter, however, “Mura” came out of his trenches and the tension increased both in the penalty area of ​​”Žalgiris” and in her.

Right, 40 min. the Slovenians staged two threatening counterattacks in a row.

Žalgiris’ passing combinations lack the precise last touch, on the other hand, as Mura nears the end of the half, they are about to forget about their own attacks.

34 min. Videmont and Onazi were blocked when they met in the penalty area – at the end, the Frenchman’s shot flew over the crossbar.

The pressure from the Lithuanian champions is mounting, the “Žalgiris” attacks often resonate on the right side, where S. Mikoliūnas and F. Kyeremeh and H. Videmont, migrating from flank to flank, try to take down the rival defense.

29 minutes after S. Mikoliūnas ‘pass, the ball flew past F. Kyeremeh into the opponents’ penalty area, but he did not react.

Already in the first half, guest defender T. Horvatas and home defender E. Diaw also received bookings.

After a cold shower, the people of Žalgiris continue to try to control the ball and push opponents, “Mura” still does not cause much trouble.

16 min. S. Mikoliūnas is penalized with a yellow card.

Mura had a pass from the edge to keep defender Žiga Kousas, who was in Žalgiris’s goal, completely free and to direct the ball into the net unhindered. After the goal, a tenth of the guests, located near the media sector of the LFF Stadium, jumped from their seats. https://www.facebook.com/NogometnaSolaMura/posts/4610733195624853

12 min. The first goal falls to the Vilnius goal!

Slovenian champions in 10 minutes. how much he got used to the artificial turf at the LFF stadium and took the initiative very quickly.

A minute later, Žalgiris goalkeeper E. Gertmon had to join the game for the first time.

Much more threatening was H. Videmont’s advance to the edge of the square in the 8th minute, which was interrupted by the Slovenian defense in the last minute.

The first shot at the visitor’s goal in 3 minutes. taken by E. Diaw after the corner, but did not cause any problems for goalkeeper M. Obradovičius.

The start of the match has been announced.

Žalgiris starting lineup: https://www.facebook.com/fkzalgiris/posts/10159865034406018

Mura Start Line: https://www.facebook.com/NogometnaSolaMura/posts/4610552618976244

The people of Žalgiris started the international season in the Champions League qualifying, in which they initially eliminated Northern Ireland’s Linfield de Belfield (3: 1 and 2: 1), but then lost to the stronger Hungarian team Budapest. Ferencvaros (0: 2 and 1: 3).

Mura followed a similar path, beating Tetovo’s Škendija (North Macedonia) 1: 0 and 5: 0, but ran into the barrier of Bulgarian champion Razgrad Ludogorec, led by Valdas Dambrauskas (0: 0 and 1: 3).

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