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Excellent matches against Alytus DFK "Dainava" played by Vilnius "Žalgiris" footballers earned many spots in the team of the week. Danas Šimkevičius ("Panevėžys"): The 18-year-old goalkeeper played very solidly in the match against "Džiugas" held in Telšiai. D. Šimkevičius repelled three opponent shots, two of which were very dangerous, and kept a "clean sheet" – which helped "Panevėžys" secure an important victory. The young goalkeeper collected 231 "InStat" performance points. Choco ("Kauno Žalgiris"): The right-back was truly noticeable in the duel with Kėdainiai "Nevėžis". The Brazilian made even 6 successful passes into the penalty area, effectively assisted a teammate, and stood out with 244 "InStat" performance points in the victorious match. Egidijus Vaitkūnas ("Kauno Žalgiris"): The central defender, playing in Kėdainiai, spent more time with the ball than most central midfielders - completed as many as 101 accurate passes out of 106 (95 percent). E. Vaitkūnas won all 7 matches and made an impressive assist for a goal during an effective pass. Aleksandras Živanovičius (Marijampolės "Sūduva"): The runners-up in Kaunas marked another "working" victory and the experienced central defender from Serbia greatly contributed to that. In the matches against Kauno rajono "Hegelmann Litauen" team, A. Živanovičius blocked a crucial opponent shot and maintained "Sūduva's" winning result 1:0. Joel Bopesu (Vilnius "Žalgiris"): The Frenchman playing on the left flank performed well in the duel with Alytus DFK "Dainava". J. Bopesu won 65 percent of the duels (11/17) and was the first to reach 12 loose balls. The Žalgiris player justified his performance with 258 "InStat" performance points. Francis Kyeremeh (Vilnius "Žalgiris"): The "Žalgiris" legionnaire from Ghana, F. Kyeremeh, collected a total of 357 "InStat" performance points. The most productive player of the capital club this season scored 2 goals against Dzukiu and made 4 successful dribbles out of 5. Mantas Kuklys (Vilnius "Žalgiris"): The experienced defender who started the match in the lineup stood out with a beautiful goal and won matches (10/12, 83 percent). M. Kuklys also won 9 balls and his performance in the match against "Dainava" earned him 315 "InStat" performance points. Marko Pavlovskis (Vilnius "Riteriai"): The conductor of "Riteriai's" attacks scored a goal against Gargždai "Banga" – which contributed to the important victory of the Vilnius team as visitors. The Serb's statistics in attack were excellent: 7 successful dribbles, 89 percent of successful duels (8/9), and 3 provoked fouls. Hugo Videmont (Vilnius "Žalgiris"): The most productive player of the past season collected the most - as many as 371 "InStat" performance points last week. The Frenchman scored a goal, made 2 assists, marked 11 successful dribbles, and won as many as 18 out of 24 duels in attack (75 percent). Aleksandras Makasis (Marijampolės "Sūduva"): The Belarusian defender who started the match with the "Hegelmann Litauen" club caused significant troubles for the opponents. In a difficult match, only A. Makasis scored an accurate shot and this was the second match where this forward secured a victory for his team. Linas Pilibaitis ("Kauno Žalgiris"): The forward playing in the attack managed to break through the dense defense of "Nevėžis" with his skill - scoring a great header goal, which was the fifth in this "Optibet A Lyga" season. L. Pilibaitis' fighting spirit is well illustrated by the 6 balls won on the opponent's side of the field.
