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Keisuke Honda, who dressed warmly and changed his hair, supported the Sūduva team friends from the stands. The Japanese superstar who arrived in Lithuania last week was not registered for the match.
The main time of the match and extra time ended 0: 0 goalless. Host “Sūduva” attacked more dangerously, but the guests were rescued by goalkeeper Edvinas Gertmonas and Joel Bopesu, who played well in defense.
During extra time, both teams have already avoided risks and have taken care of the safety of their goal first. In the 118th minute, Serge Nyuiadzi fell into a situation of suspected penalty after a tackle from the visiting right-back, but the referee, in good line of sight, gave the signal to continue playing. The result did not change for the rest of the time.
He had to beat 11-meter penalties. Yevgeny Yefremov was the first to make a mistake in the decisive series. The Ukrainian of “Sūduva” did not hit the goal (2: 3), but the legionnaire of “Žalgiris”, a former player of “Sūduva”, Josipas Tadičius, who shook the crossbar, also made a mistake here.
After the first six tests, the result was 5: 5. Žalgiris accurately beat J.Bopesu, and the former defender of “Žalgiris”, now Semiras Kerla, who is competing in “Sūduva”, slipped, hit the crossbar and Vilnius’s “Žalgiris” triumphed (6: 5).
Žalgiris, who defeated the main rival, retaliated against “Sūduvai” for their losses in cup competition for the last two years in a row and advanced to the semi-finals.
Sūduva and Žalgiris are currently fighting for the top spot in League A. Marijampolė team is in front – 6 points, but they have played two more matches.
Panevėžys, defending the title, Hegelmann Litauen from Kaunas district and the only remaining representative of the First League – Babrungas from Plungė will also play in the LFF Cup semi-final. The semifinal pairs will be announced by lottery.
The final of the cup tournament will be played in Šiauliai on October 23.
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