© EuroFootball.com
Due to the occupation of the Kaunas S. Darius and S. Girėnas Stadium, only one set of matches from the 17th round of the Lithuanian championship took place on Tuesday. In these games, the "Vilnius" club claimed a crushing victory and climbed to sixth place in the tournament table, defeating Kėdainiai "Nevėžis" on the road. Three more matches will be played on Wednesday.
Kaunas S. Darius and S. Girėnas Stadium, 38 spectators Referee - Gediminas Mažeika 1 - 5 20' [0 - 1] Rinaldo 22' [0 - 2] Rodnei 24' [1 - 2] Marius Činikas 75' [1 - 3] Mindaugas Panka 77' [1 - 4] Muller 84' [1 - 5] Rodnei
"Nevėžis": Strukas; Dobilas, Valančius, Rimavičius, Slepakovas; Juknevičius (80' Adomaitis), Kestenis, Bezykornovas, Činikas; Venckus (57' Daunoravičius), Stankevičius
"Vilnius": Kijewski; Sokolovas, Rodnei, Everton, Mrowiec; Lukša, Panka, Rinaldo, Ražanauskas (11' Artiomovas), Radavičius (81` Krasnovskis); Muller
After their victory against "Šilutė" in the postponed first round matches, the coach of "Vilnius" Ivan Švabovičius made no major changes to the team - only Tomas Ražanauskas, who missed the previous match due to illness, and injured forward Adilson returned to the lineup.
Although T. Ražanauskas had to leave the field in the 11th minute, nine minutes later the Vilnius team took the lead - Brazilian midfielder Rinaldo scored for the second consecutive match. Two minutes later, his compatriot defender Rodnei doubled the lead, while Marius Činikas reduced "Nevėžis" deficit in the 24th minute.
In the second half, there were no goals for a whole hour until Mindaugas Panka scored in the 75th minute, soon followed by Muller putting the ball into the Kėdainiai net, and with six minutes left until the end of the match, Rodnei scored his second and Vilnius' fifth goal, sealing a crushing victory for his team.
For the Vilnius team, this was their fourth victory of the season and second in a row, one of the biggest in the club's history. Meanwhile, "Nevėžis" suffered their second consecutive defeat and fifteenth of the season. "Vilnius" earned their 21st point and climbed to sixth place, while "Nevėžis" remain in last place with 4 points.
"The victory was not easy, but the result is really good. It's nice to see the team starting to score goals, winning the second game in a row. Our Brazilians who scored goals have been performing well throughout the season. They are still young and have room to improve," said Vilnius head coach Ivan Švabovičius to alyga.lt website.
