Kendysh's goal scored in the 99th minute secured 'Žalgiris' victory against 'Dainava'.

2025-03-30 20:47 © alyga.lt

The central match of the 4th round started in the Marijampolė football arena hall, where the home team DFK "Dainava" faced Vilnius "Žalgiris". In the final minutes of the match, the players from Alytus conceded a goal and lost by a minimal score of 0:1 (0:0).

From the very beginning of the match, the home team surrendered ball control to their opponents, focusing all their attention on the safety of their own goal. Among the Žalgiris players, Henrique Devensas appeared active, taking two shots from decent positions but missing the target. In the first half, Žalgiris also had several other good opportunities to take the lead, but Joris Moutachy’s shot was blocked by a defender, and Kassimas Hadji and Younnas Zahary shot off target.

In the 55th minute, Motiejus Burba, who came on as a substitute, had a great opportunity, but Volodymyras Krynskis saved the team from conceding a goal.

Five minutes later, for perhaps the first time, a serious threat arose near the goal defended by Arpadas Tordai, but Davor Rakičić failed to send the ball into the net.

Vilnius "Žalgiris" increased their pressure with each passing minute, but neither Giedrius Matulevičius nor H. Devensas could break through the Alytus defense and goalkeeper V. Krynskis. During the referee’s extra time, Jurijus Kendyšas took advantage of the confusion in the penalty area and scored the winning goal of the match, sending the fans into euphoria.

Despite putting in a lot of effort defensively, the players of "Dainava" ultimately could not withstand and suffered their third defeat of the season, remaining with 1 point, while the Žalgiris players, with 8 points, climbed to third place.