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Today the first round of the LFF Cup quarterfinals will be played. Six teams from the "A-League" will host teams from the I League at their home stadiums.
Klaipėda 5:0 Vilnius "Vėtra-2"
In the first half, the Atlanteans started somewhat cautiously, their captain Dainius Žernys missed good opportunities. After "Atlanteans" pressed the opponents in their own half for a few minutes, Martynas Karalius headed the ball into the Vilnius team's goal in the 35th minute. Until the end of the first half, neither team created anything more dangerous. The second half started with pressure on the Vėtra-2 goal, resulting in a goal scored by Kazimieras Gnedojus in the 49th minute. Immediately after that, 17-year-old Andrius Bartkus scored during a fast counterattack. The score became 3:0. Just after 60 minutes, Andrius Puotkalis, after a long pass, sent the ball to the lower corner of the goal. Two minutes later, an aerial pass from the edge "closed" by Andrius Petreikis. Until the end of the match, "Atlantas" had a few more great chances, but they failed to capitalize on them. As expected, Klaipėda's "Atlantas" achieved an easy victory.
Quarterfinal matches (beginning at 18:00): - Klaipėda "Rodovitas" Vilnius - "Šiauliai" Panevėžys - Vilnius "Polonija" Vilnius - Vilnius "Geležinis Vilkas" - Plungė "Babrungas"
Since three Vilnius teams play at home at the same time, "Žalgiris" will play at their stadium, "Vėtra" will return to the old Rūdiškiai stadium, and "Vilnius" will play at the Vingis stadium. Meanwhile, "Kaunas" will play at their reserve team "Kauno Jėgerių" at the Kariuomenė stadium.
The remaining two Cup quarterfinal matches have been postponed to later dates - "Sūduva" against "Atletas" will take place in a week, on May 19th, and "Šilutė" against "Kauno Jėgeriai" will play on May 27th.
