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"Kauno Žalgiris" football club in the 25th round of the "Optibet A League" away match defeated the Gargždai "Banga" team with a score of 1:0 (0:0) and extended their unbeaten streak to seven. The team had to play without Rokas Garastas, who lost his father on the match day. In his place, Nerijus Mačiulis led the team. At the beginning of the match in Gargždai, defensive football dominated, making it difficult for players from both teams to create dangerous opportunities. In the 39th minute, the Kaunas team had the best opportunity in the first half of the match. Michael Thuique made a sharp pass to the penalty area, but Nerijus Valskis failed to direct the ball into the empty goal with one touch. In the 60th minute of the match, the Kaunas team made a mistake in the middle of the field, and the hosts almost took advantage of it. That time, Kaunas was saved from Roberto Vėževičius' shot by Deividas Mikelionis. Finally, "Kaunas Žalgiris" managed to score the first goal of the match, which later turned out to be the winning one. After coming on as a substitute, Gratas Sirgėdas made a run, made a great pass to Michael Thuique in the 73rd minute, and the latter beat the opponents' goalkeeper and sent the ball into the goal - 1:0. In the remaining time, the Kaunas team was able to maintain the advantage and bring back three more points to Kaunas."
