FA "Šiauliai" played equal with Tallinn's "Nomme United" team

2024-01-27 13:19 © FA Šiauliai

The football academy "Šiauliai" in Estonia continued their marathon of friendly matches. The people of Šiauliai played a draw with the debutant in the highest division of the country this year, Tallinn's "Nomme United" team - 1:1.

From the first minutes of the match, Mindaugas Čepas' trainees took the initiative into their own hands - during a quick counterattack in the opponents' half, the people of Šiauliai found the decisive Donatas Kazlauskas, who, after receiving the ball, struck at the goal from the penalty area access, although this time the ball flew above the goal.

Later, the people of Šiauliai did not reduce their attacks - they launched one positional attack after another, but when a greater danger arose near the hosts' goal, the yellow and blacks were still lacking success in the final phase of the attack. Nevertheless, after the opponent's mistake against Augustinas Klimavičius, a penalty kick was awarded, which was taken by the aforementioned D. Kazlauskas. However, this time the opponent's goalkeeper saved Donatas' shot.

The hosts started the second half of the match more actively. At the beginning of the second half, they organized a successful attack near the Šiauliai's guarded goal - after a confusion in the penalty area, the opponent's forward sent the ball into the goal with his head.

As the match was coming to an end, the team from Šauliai managed to equalize the result - after a substitution in the penalty area, Gabijus Micevičius made a pass, and Davis Ikaunieks appeared in time and place to send the ball into the goal. Later, the yellow and blacks organized another dangerous attack near the Estonian team's goal, but this time Simonas Urbys' shot missed the goal.

Starting lineup of the people of Šiauliai: G. Baliutavičius, E. Vaitkūnas, Y. Yefremov, S. Olberkis, V. Gašpuitis, D. Šimkus, K. Žebrauskas, D. Kazlauskas, D. Dovydaitis, J. Petravičius, A. Klimavičius.

Players who appeared in the second half: L. Paukštė, E. Gasiūnas, M. Gasiūnas, R. Baravykas, V. Jucys, S. Paulius, S. Urbys, E. Jermolajev, G. Micevičius, D. Ikaunieks.