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On Sunday in Palanga, an international U-17 age group football tournament called the LFF Cup began, which was started with a victory by the Lithuanian youth (up to 17 years old) national team.
In the first match, the Lithuanians defeated their peers from Azerbaijan with a score of 3-2. All goals were scored in the second half - in the 46th minute, Jevgenijus Morozas put the hosts ahead, while in the 58th and 63rd minutes, Povilas Krasnovskis and Marius Ambotas scored.
Tomorrow, on Tuesday, the Lithuanian U-17 national team will face their peers from Ukraine, who suffered a narrow defeat against Belarus in their matches, and on Thursday, Lithuanians will finish the group stage matches against Belarus.
Meanwhile, in the matches of Group II on Sunday, Russia played a high-scoring draw of 3-3 against Poland, and the young team of Georgia won 1-0 against Latvia.
Results of the first day (in parentheses, the score after the first half)
Group I Lithuania 3 - 2 Azerbaijan (0 - 0) Ukraine 0 - 1 Belarus (0 - 1)
Group II Russia 3 - 3 Poland (3 - 1) Georgia 1 - 0 Latvia (0 - 0)
Schedule of Tuesday's matches 12:00 Poland - Georgia (Kretinga) 12:00 Latvia - Russia (Palanga) 18:00 Lithuania - Ukraine (Palanga) 18:00 Belarus - Azerbaijan (Kretinga)
