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On Saturday in Vilnius, at the "Sportima" artificial turf field, two Lithuanian "A Lyga" teams - the defending champion FBK "Kaunas" and Marijampolė's "Sūduva" - met in a friendly match to compete for the title next season. The match was won by Kaunas with a minimal score of 1-0.
1 - 0
55' [1 - 0] Ričardas Beniušis
"Kaunas": Malinauskas (Stonys); Bagužis, Radžius (A.Sanajevas), Kunevičius; Mendy, Bartkus (T.Kijanskas), Kvaratskhelia, Kižys, Manchkava (Papečkys); Pehlič (Grigalevičius), Beniušis
"Sūduva": S.Klevinskas (Padimanskas); Milevskiy, Leimonas (Mačiulis), M.Skinderis, Sobol; G.Juška, Litvinas (G.Slavickas), Miklinevičius, G.Grigas, D.Maciulevičius; Dyone
"Kaunas" took the initiative from the beginning of the match, but despite having chances to score, they were not successful. The best opportunity came to Bosnian forward Edin Pehlič, but he could not outsmart goalkeeper Saulius Klevinskas.
In the 19th minute, a hundred percent chance to convert the Lithuanian champions' advantage into a goal was missed by Georgian Nukri Manchkava, as the defender failed to convert the penalty earned by Edin Pehlič - the goalkeeper S.Klevinskas saved the ball.
At the end of the first half, "Sūduva" threatened the opponents' goal, but Mindaugas Malinauskas saved a powerful penalty kick from Gvidas Juška, on loan from Marijampolė.
However, in the early minutes of the second half, "Kaunas" scored - R.Beniušis broke through from the right side and passed the ball towards the goal, which passed through Gytis Padimanskas and ended up in the net of "Sūduva".
Later, both teams exchanged dangerous shots from a distance, but after missing a bizarre goal, the Marijampolė team could not recover and had to admit the opponents' superiority.
