Jonava's "Vikings" - "Gargždai Entertainment" January 17, 2021, 2:00 p.m. arena for sports and entertainment in Prienai. In the thirteenth round of the Optibet Futsal A League, "Gargždai Entertainment" will face off against Jonava's "Vikings", who lost 1:2 in the semi-final series of the last championship. We can remember that time the Gargždians won the first game, but then experienced two failures and lost the opportunity to fight for the first place. Speaking of the past week, the Gargždians confidently defeated Alytus "Dainava" and got closer to the league's top four. This match became Aurimas Skurdelis's benefit game - the player stood out with four goals.
"I think that we are of similar strength with the 'Vikings,' and in cases like this, the outcome in indoor soccer is determined by many small things. The team that takes advantage of them better wins. Of course, the playing style of the Jonava team has changed since last season, but so has ours. We play very inconsistently, it seems like there is a lack of focus and concentration. Essentially, we are still looking for our game. I hope that we will find it by the most important matches of the season and show our best game. On Sunday, I hope for my team's victory, which, of course, will be very difficult to achieve. An analysis has been made for the match, so now the most important thing is to neutralize not only their most dangerous players but the entire team game. How it will turn out, we will see in the match," - said A. Skurdelis.
In the last match, the "Vikings" managed to take the first points from Kaunas' "Vyčio." The culmination of this match was Jurijus Jeremejevas' goal in the final second of the game.
"Since last year, the situation of our and Gargždai's teams has changed. The main change would be that we regularly train, develop our playing style, standards. Whereas last year, especially after the New Year, we simply didn't have players for full-fledged training. This year we have many players who focus solely on futsal, we have excellent conditions in Jonava, great leadership. In my opinion, from an organizational point of view, the 'Vikings' do not lag behind the 'Vyčio.' I do not know about the training situation of Gargždai's team, but as the results show, they catch the rhythm and, as every year, are contenders for the top three positions. Nevertheless, we expect a tough battle, where the winner will be determined by the smallest details, Gargždai is one of those teams that it is pleasant to play with, regardless of the fierce competition on the court, there is never any arrogance, respect always remains, which I think is the most important in sports," - B. Spietinis shared the relations between the teams.
Vilnius' "Turbotransfers" - Alytus' "Dainava" January 17, 2021, 4:15 p.m. in the arena for sports and entertainment in Prienai. In other Sunday matches, Vilnius' "Turbotransfers" will try once again to win the first victory of the season. In the last match against "Akmenė," the residents of Vilnius could console themselves with having at least one point. A point guaranteed by Aurimas Tamaliūnas' goal in the final minute of the match.
"We didn't succeed against 'Akmenė,' we will try against 'Dainava'. Without a doubt, we will go into the match only for a victory. Now, we are in a situation where we have nothing to lose, so we will try to enjoy the game and fight for three points," - said A. Tamaliūnas.
In the first round, "Dainava" defeated the capital's team 7:3. "Dainava" and "Turbotransfers" along with "Akmenė" are the three teams that have conceded the most goals in the league.
"We are among those teams that have a lot of experienced attacking plan players, but defensively we are a bit weaker. I think both us and 'Turbotransfers' lack discipline in defense, which sometimes prevents us from achieving an even better result. We expect from future matches what we have expected from every match so far - a positive result and victory. However, we want to retaliate after the defeat against Gargždai in the last round," - commented "Dainava" goalkeeper Martynas Matijoška.
