On Saturday, in the A League, the "Šiauliai" club won an easy victory, defeating "Kruoja" 4-0 away. A.Rimkevičius, scoring a hat-trick for the victors, immediately entered the ranks of the most productive players of the championship.
In another match, Marijampolė's "Sūduva" narrowly defeated "Taura" at home. P.Lukšys scored the decisive goal in the last seconds of the match.
Sūduva (Marijampolė) - Tauras (Tauragė) 1:0 (0:0) Referee: J.Paškovskis (Vilnius), 600 spectators Goals: 90+4 min. P.Lukšys ("Sūduva") Warnings: 56 min. V.Slavickas, 62 min. C.Thomson, 90+4 min. P.Lukšys ("Sūduva"); 14 min. T.Vyšniauskas, 25 min. M.Lėkis ("Tauras")
Kruoja (Pakruojis) - Šiauliai (Šiauliai) 0:4 (0:1) Referee: D.Petraška (Ukmergė), 300 spectators Goals: 22 min., 53 min. and 55 min. A.Rimkevičius, 67 min. R.Vėževičius ("Šiauliai"); 90 min. V.Antipov ("Kruoja") missed a penalty shot Warnings: 20 min. V.Čistjakovs, 38 min. A.Skroblas ("Kruoja"); 72 min. I.Kirhners, 89 min. D.Lunskis ("Šiauliai")
Top scorers: 1. C.Elliot (Žalgiris) - 11 goals 2. A.Rimkevičius (Šiauliai) - 5 3-6. J.Moroz (REO) - 4 3-6. R.Radavičius (Ekranas) - 4 3-6. M.Savėnas (Ekranas) - 4 3-6. P.Lukšys (Sūduva) - 4