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"General financing" football A league 20th round did not end without scandals. On Saturday, Vilnius REO team did not show up for the match, and on Sunday there were disturbances at the LFF stadium. REO's opponent, the country's champion and current A league leader Panevėžio "Ekranas," is now waiting for the decision of the LFF Discipline Committee, which should credit Panevėžys with a victory by a technical result. Meanwhile, REO President Rimantas Turskis, with the "VU-Vilmeistos" team traveling to Spain, promises the Lithuanian media a complete withdrawal of REO from A league and plans to play in the Latvian championship. However, R. Turskis does not mention that such a step by REO should first be approved by both countries' football federations and UEFA. The first match of the 20th round was played by Alytus "Dainavos" and Gargždai "Bangos" players. As usual, the "Dainavos" fans who gathered in large numbers at the Alytus stadium were disappointed, as the guests led 3:0 already in the first half. After two – 4:0. "Kruojai," which is feared by all recognized authorities this year and which is fighting for A league medals, is struggling the most to compete with neighbors – the "Šiauliai" team. On Sunday, the Kruojai team lost the third inter-team match of this year and at least temporarily lost the third position in the country's championship tournament table. "The match was as difficult as we expected. Both physically and psychologically. We tried not to pay attention to the so-called rivalry, but whether we want it or not, it is still escalating. It was really not easy. The first half was better, we had several moments that we did not take advantage of. In the second half, there was more physical struggle, not many moments, happily, success visited us and what we did not do in the first half we managed to implement in the second," commented the match by "Šiauliai" head coach Gediminas Jarmalavičius. "Kruojai" was surpassed by "Sūduva." After Virginijus Liubšys, the head coach of the Marijampolė team, was replaced by Darius Gvildys, "Sūduva" significantly improved its results. They won against Latvia's "Daugava" in the Europa League qualification matches, and then played 1:1 away against Serbia's "Vojvodina." "Sūduva" also won against "Tauras." Although in the first half the footballers of Suvalkija's capital did not give in an own goal, they were not more superior in the game. The second half changed everything on the field with the appearance of Rafael Ledesma. Within the first 11 minutes of his appearance, the Brazilian scored twice: first with his head, and then with a penalty kick. This was enough for "Sūduva" to win 2:1. "The match was tough, fatigue was felt after the trip from Serbia. After the first half, the coach said that playing like this is not acceptable," explained the change in "Sūduva's" gameplay by midfielder Gytis Urba. Vilnius "Žalgiris" easily defeated Klaipėda's "Atlantas." The Vilnius team scored three goals, and the guests scored a goal by Denis Gordejus, who used to play for "Žalgiris" last year. "Atlantas" club announced that a large legion of various foreign footballers came to help them. However, most of the newcomers could not play against "Žalgiris" because the club did not have time to arrange their documents. Interestingly, clashes occurred between fans who had come to Vilnius to support "Atlantas" and future "Atlantas" legionnaires watching the match from the stands. During the second half of these matches, the "Western Front" ultras clashed with several footballers passing through their sector. There was even a scuffle with a legionnaire from Croatia. Quickly intervening police officers sparked a confrontation between the ultras and the latter. According to "Atlantas" fans, one of the visitors had his head split open by a police officer's telescopic baton. According to the police, a fan hit one of them in the eye with a fist. The police detained two "Atlantas" hooligans: a man and a woman. One of the Klaipėda club's legionnaires had to accompany them to the station."
