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Panevėžio "Ekranas" in the country's football championship won 26 victories, played 7 times in a draw, and suffered only 2 defeats. The statistics are not bad, but another victory in the last match of the XXXVI round would guarantee the A league gold medals. On November 11, the winners of the national football championship that started in the spring will be revealed. Panevėžio "Ekranas" has the most chances to win gold, it would be the fifth consecutive title for them and the 8th in the club's history.
The players of "Ekranas", with 82 points in their account, will meet Pakruojo "Kruoja" on the road at 13:00 in the last season match. Victory would guarantee them gold. At the same time, Vilniaus "Žalgiris" will play, trailing "Ekranas" by only 1 point. However, the rival of the capital's club is Alytaus "Dainava". Few believe that the latter team in Alytus can pose a serious challenge to the Vilnius team, which is only fighting for 3 points, as only they would allow "Žalgiris" to compete for the highest championship award.
The players of "Ekranas", who demonstrated a good game on Wednesday, defeated the Pakruojo team in the cup match and advanced to the semifinals. Optimistic mood prevails in the "Ekranas" camp when talking about the fateful Sunday.
"A long season, we had many matches - both in the national championship and in international tournaments. A decisive battle awaits, and we want to go on vacation with a good mood. We play quite a lot of matches against the same teams, surprising opponents is difficult, but we can always be prepared for any detail, news, and this also applies to the upcoming Sunday," - said the head coach of "Ekranas" Valdas Urbonas about the upcoming battle.
"From the beginning of the season, we had no doubt that we could achieve the goals we set for the team, I am full of optimism that for the fifth time in a row we can become national champions," - said the head coach of FK "Ekranas" V. Urbonas before the decisive match.
"We need to strive to win, everything is in our hands, and we will try to do it. We just need to show our game and I think everything will be fine. Our goal is to score one more goal than "Kruoja," and we will win," - said team captain Ignas Dedura before the training.
Ready to fight
In the camp of the Pakruojo team - fighting spirit, "Kruoja" does not intend to easily give up victory to "Ekranas". Far from it, the head coach of Pakruojo Aidas Dambrauskas is determined to snatch three points from Ekranas on Sunday.
"We will try to give strength to the players and we will give a fight to "Ekranas" on Sunday. We will practically compete with the most powerful lineup. This season we played in a draw with "Ekranas" once and lost twice, I think at some point fortune has to turn in our favor. After resting, we will get back to work and prepare for Sunday's match, we will seek victory," - poured fuel on the fire and fueled the passions of football fans, "Kruoja" head coach A. Dambrauskas. He said this after the cup match of his team with "Ekranas," where "Kruoja" lost 0:2 (0:1).
