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On Sunday, the matches of the 9th round of the "SMScredit.lt A League" are played. The defending champions of Lithuania, the footballers of Panevezys "Ekranas", who played for the first time after the departure of coach Valdas Urbonas, won 2-1 against the A League outsider Taurage "Tauras" team and happily finished the first round. The hosts took the lead at the Aukstaitija Stadium - in the 49th minute, Vitalijus Kavaliauskas defeated the opponents' goalkeeper. However, "Tauras" equalized the score in the 55th minute - Nicola Cosentini scored. Giedrius Tomkevicius helped "Ekranas" to win in the 81st minute, forcing Martynas Matuzas to pull the ball out of the goal net. "Ekranas" 2 - 1 "Tauras" 49' [1 - 0] V.Kavaliauskas 55' [1 - 1] N.Cosentini 81' [2 - 1] G.Tomkevicius "Kruoja" 1 - 1 "Siauliai" 24' [0 - 1] G.Alaverdashvili 62' [1 - 1] R.Beniusis 74' D.Strockis ("Kruoja") sent off the field 90' S.Jurevicius ("Siauliai") sent off the field Standings:
