Vilnius "Vėtra" football players lost their first round of Intertoto Cup matches against Romania's "Cluj CFR Ecomax" team with a score of 3-2. The return match will be played next Sunday at 18:00 at the Vilnius "Vėtra" stadium.
Cluj "CFR Ecomax" 3 - 2 Vilnius "Vėtra" 2' [1 - 0] Cosmin Tilinca 9' [1 - 1] Darvydas Šernas 11' [2 - 1] Adrian Anca (penalty kick) 12' [3 - 1] Cosmin Tilinca 85' [3 - 2] Artūras Steško The match at the "Cluj Napoca" stadium, hosting 10 thousand spectators, started very productively. In the second minute, the hosts took the lead when forward Cosmin Tilinca sent the ball into the goal.
In the ninth minute, young Darvydas Šernas equalized, but after three minutes, "Vėtra" fell behind 3-1 - Adrian Anca successfully converted a penalty kick, and in the next attack, Cosmin Tilinca scored his second goal in the match.
After such a flurry of goals, the game calmed down, and only for the fifth time the ball ended up in the goal at the end of the match, when the visitor's defender Artūras Steško scored. Despite the negative result, the capital's team has excellent chances to advance to the second round. For "Vėtra" in Vilnius, a victory by a minimum result of 1-0 will be enough.
Other Saturday results: Beitar 4 - 3 Sileks Valletta 0 - 5 Buducnost Slaven 1 - 0 Drava Dinamo Tirana 2 - 1 Varteks Tiligul 0 - 3 Pogon Rosport 1 - 2 Goteborg Bohemians 1 - 0 AA Gent Trans 0 - 2 Lokeren Ararat 1 - 3 Xamax Skala 0 - 2 Tampere Vasas 0 - 0 Dubnica Olympiakos 0 - 5 Gloria