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After the break due to the national team matches, the battles in the "A Lyga" championship continued on Wednesday. In the 12th round matches, all victories were claimed by the visitors - defeating all three leading teams and the capital clubs "Žalgiris" and "Vilnius". The first day's matches took place at Kaunas S.Darius and S.Girėnas Stadium, where due to the reconstruction of the stadium in Klaipėda, “Šilutė” hosted the league leader Panevėžys “Ekranas”. The hosts unexpectedly took the lead with a goal by N.Mačiulis in the 6th minute, and the score remained the same until the middle of the second half. Šilutė's resistance was broken in the 67th minute by a goal from A.Kučys, shortly followed by V.Kavaliauskas again finding the net. At the end of the match, M.Bagužis scored an own goal, and D.Saulėnas added another goal, thus “Ekranas” crushed their opponents and secured another victory. "Kaunas" is eight points behind "Ekranas", recovering from two consecutive unsuccessful rounds and narrowly defeating Marijampolė's "Sūduva" with a minimal advantage. The winning goal for the Kaunas team was scored by I.Zelmikas. The battle for third place was won by Klaipėda's "Atlantas", who defeated "Vėtra" in Vilnius. Two forwards - R.Žvingilas and A.Laurišas - stood out in the coastal team. In sixth place, "Žalgiris" remains, forcing Kėdainiai "Nevėžis" to surrender with a two-goal difference. The goals for Žalgiris were scored by I.Morinas and V.Lemežis. "Vilnius" climbed to seventh place, winning away with the only goal by M.Panka against "Šiauliai" who played their second match at the renovated home stadium and surpassed "Sūduva" by 16 points. By the way, Vilnius players played the second half of the match with ten players, as Cameroonian P.O.Bakalagas was sent off the field in the 45th minute. Tournament table 12th round statistics Kaunas S.Darius and S.Girėnas Stadium, 137 spectators 1 - 5 6' [1 - 0] Nerijus Mačiulis 8' [1 - 1] Vitalijus Kavaliauskas 67' [1 - 2] Aurimas Kučys 70' [1 - 3] Vitalijus Kavaliauskas 90' [1 - 4] Mindaugas Bagužis (own goal) 90' [1 - 5] Dainius Saulėnas "Šilutė": Stonys; Gaurilovas, Bagužis, Žaliūkas, Užkuraitis; Andriekus, Česnulis (61' Šmitas), Miklinevičius (79' S.Malinauskas), Butkus (79' T.Kazlauskas); Mačiulis, Juška "Ekranas": Grybauskas; Klimavičius, Banevičius, Paulauskas, Skroblas; Savėnas, Kučys (86' Rimavičius), Petrauskas (82' Mykolaitis), Tomkevičius; Kavaliauskas, Lukšys (82' Saulėnas) Šiauliai City Stadium, 1300 spectators 0 - 1 9' [0 - 1] Mindaugas Panka 45' P.O.Bakalag ("Vilnius") sent off "Šiauliai": Žutautas; Tučinskij, Lunskis, Oriol, Krukovski, Juodeikis; Balčiūnas (55' Daniličevas), Kavolis (63' Vasilkov), Smilginas (46' Siciūnas), Šidlauskas; Butavičius "Vilnius": Kijewski; Sokolovas, Artiomovas, Kazlauskas, Jagminas; Panka, Radavičius, Katsitadze (46' Astrauskas), Lukša, Barbosa; Bakalag Marijampolė City Stadium, 1300 spectators 0 - 1 40' [0 - 1] Irmantas Zelmikas "Sūduva": Padimanskas; Grigas, Gvildys, Veikutis, Klevinskas, Čigladze; Butkus, Adomaitis (54' Devetinas), Afanasenka (80' Braga), Uselis; Radzinevičius "Kaunas": Kurskis; Sanajevas, Zelmikas, Regelskis, Kančelskis; Barevičius, Papečkys (90' Kšanavičius), Kvaratskhelia, Poderis; Beniušis (83' Ivaškevičius), Velička Vilnius "Vėtros" Stadium, 300 spectators 0 - 2 55' [0 - 1] Rimantas Žvingilas 63' [0 - 2] Aivaras Laurišas "Vėtra": Merkelis; Žudys, Sasnauskas, Raliukonis, I.Steško; Butrimavičius, Preikšaitis (68' Lukoševičius), Rinkus, Vaneikis (64' A.Steško); Kochanauskas (79' Šernas), Blažys "Atlantas": Valius; Deveika, Maciulevičius, Žukauskas, Gnedojus; Petreikis (61' Tautvydas), Žernys, Bartkus, Veseljevas (89' Žigutis); Laurišas, Trakys (46' Žvingilas) Kaunas S.Darius and S.Girėnas Stadium, 105 spectators 0 - 2 57' [0 - 1] Igoris Morinas 67' [0 - 2] Virmantas Lemežis "Nevėžis": Jazokas; Khubutia, Rabikauskas, Klimakovas, Stančius (73' Jurevičius); Juknevičius (15' Petrusevčius), Adomaitis, Kestenis, Olišauskas (61' Popovas); Činikas, Stankevičius "Žalgiris": Malinauskas; Mikuckis (46' Sorokinas), Gražiūnas, Tereškinas; Stonkus, Šilo, Lemežis, Bezykornovas, Osipovič (76' Dovkša); Jašurek, Morinas
