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Last year, bronze medalist of the "Optibet A League" "Kauno Žalgiris" slowly started to fill their point account. Roko Garasta faced a stubborn resistance from "Jonavos", but after scoring two goals in the second half, they won 2:0 (0:0). Jonava started the match aggressively and launched several sharper attacks, and in the middle of the half, Nahuelio Machado's long-range shot was forced to be pushed away by Deividas Mikelionis. The Kaunas team took the initiative in the second half of the first half and could break through. Martynas Matuzas caught Ryan Trotman's shot, and in the last minutes, Michael Thuique found Ben Anis perfectly, but the latter shot straight at the goalkeeper from a great position. At the beginning of the second half, the most serious danger signal was knocked on the door of the "Kauno Žalgiris". After a rival's rough mistake, Marius Ganusauskas ran towards D. Mikelionis, but unsuccessfully shot into the right corner of the goal. The "Kauno Žalgiris" finally scored the first goal of the match in the 66th minute - Linas Pilibaitis, who came on as a substitute and celebrated his 37th birthday on April 5, directed the ball into the empty net after M. Thuique's pass. M. Thuique doubled the advantage in the 79th minute, scoring a goal after M. Matuzas blocked Felix Kekoh's shot. D. Mikelionis also had work to do - he had to defend against Sebastian Vasquez's attempt. Midfielder Jason Noslin made his debut for "Kauno Žalgiris" and the temporary capital team rose to 5th place with 8 points. "Jonava" - still without points.
