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Today, Panevėžys "Ekranas" managed to come back in Alytus after two goals from the hosts, but they couldn't avoid losing points - the match ended in a 2-2 draw.
Egidijus Varnas couldn't help the team today, as he suffered a minor injury during training, and defenders Vytautas Lukša and Ignas Dedura were also absent due to receiving 4 yellow cards.
The match started with active play from both teams. "Ekranas" tried to attack aggressively, while the opponents defended fiercely.
"Ekranas" tried to attack in various ways. They sent high passes towards the penalty area for Ž. Kymantas or tried to break through the opponent's defense with low passes to get closer to the goal.
During the first half, FK "Ekranas" had 4 corner kicks, while the opponents had none.
The second half started very unexpectedly for the national champions: P.Sakalis scored a somewhat comical goal in the 48th minute, taking advantage of T. Kauneckas being too far from the goal.
In the 58th minute, the opponents once again managed to beat the "Ekranas" goalkeeper, but just 10 minutes later, the score was leveled by goals from A.Vertelis and T.Markevičius.
Until the end of the match, Panevėžys constantly attacked the hosts' goal, but they couldn't score a winning goal.
In another match, Vilnius "Žalgiris" showed no mercy at home, beating Tauragės "Tauras" 5-0.
Statistics:
Dainava 2 - 2 Ekranas
48' [1 - 0] P. Sakalis
59' [2 - 0] M. Samusiovas (own goal)
62' [2 - 1] A. Vertelis
69' [2 - 2] T. Markevičius
Žalgiris 5 - 0 Tauras
5' [1 - 0] P. Komolov
28' [2 - 0] T. Pek
42' [3 - 0] C. Elliot
56' [4 - 0] M. Kuklys (from penalty kick)
68' [5 - 0] C. Elliot (from penalty kick)
Sent off the field: O. Borysenko and V.Petkevičius (both "Tauras").
