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During the 22nd round of the "A League" matches in Marijampolė, two neighbors in the tournament table, Marijampolė's "Sūduva" and "Vilnius" football players, met. After a dramatic and nerve-racking battle, the hosts celebrated victory, temporarily rising to third place in the tournament table.
Referee - Audrius Žuta Marijampolė city stadium, 1000 spectators 2 - 1 62' [1 - 0] David Čigladze (11m.) 82' [1 - 1] Rinaldo Neto 88' [2 - 1] Tomas Miklinevičius
76' D.Čigladze ("Sūduva") sent off the field
"Sūduva": S.Klevinskas; Mikuckis, Grigas, D.Čigladze; Urbšys (70‘ G.Slavickas), Maciulevičius (13‘ Osipovič), Miklinevičius, Mačiulis, V.Slavickas; Abramenko, Braga (78‘ G.Klevinskas).
"Vilnius": Semež; Grudzinskas, Artiomovas, Lukša; Radavičius (79‘ Papšys) Barbosa (57‘ Mrowiec), Everton, Juca, Paulinho (74‘ Rinaldo); Muller, Wasiu.
In the 10th minute, a dangerous shot into the penalty box by a "Sūduva" player was easily deflected by the "Vilnius" team's goalkeeper. Three minutes later, Darius Maciulevičius got injured and was replaced by Aleksandras Osipovičius.
Shortly after, the Vilnius players created several more dangerous opportunities near the opponents' goal. A shot with the head by Paulinho flew over the goal, while Wasiu's long shot was not entirely successful and rebounded to Ramūnas Radavičius, but his mistake was corrected by Saulius Klevinskas, who saved the goal.
Then the game moved towards the Vilnius team's goal. After a pass from David Čigladze, Aleksandras Osipovičius had the opportunity to score, but the Belarusian legionnaire missed the goal. In the 30th minute, this player missed an even better opportunity when he found himself alone against the goalkeeper, but the excellent skills of Arturas Semežas saved the opponent's shot.
At the end of the first half, two more opportunities were created by the "Sūduva" players, but attempts by Tomas Miklinevičius and Aleksandras Abramenko were not successful. Therefore, neither team managed to score in the first half.
Shortly after the start of the second half, Aleksandras Osipovičius missed another excellent opportunity, failing to score from a few meters away after deceiving the defender.
Until the 61st minute of the match, the teams struggled to break through the opponents' defense, and finally, the Vilnius defender Adrianas Mrowiec brought down A.Abramenko in the penalty area, and referee Audrius Žuta awarded a penalty kick to Artūras Semežas' goal, which was converted by D.Čigladze. After the goal, the "Sūduva" players gave the initiative to the Vilnius team for a while.
In the 76th minute, R.Radavičius provoked the first goal scorer D.Čigladze and the latter waved his hand to the Vilnius defender. He fell after simulating, and the referee decided to show a red card to D.Čigladze, leaving the Marijampolė team to play with ten against eleven.
In the 82nd minute, a scuffle ensued on the field, which Rinaldo took advantage of after coming on as a substitute. Seeing that the goalkeeper left his goal, the Brazilian player sent the ball straight into the net from the middle of the field. The score was tied 1-1.
The "Sūduva" players did not give up, and immediately Nerijus Mačiulis shot just next to the post, while in the 88th minute, the winning goal for the Marijampolė team was scored by T. Miklinevičius, who shot accurately from 30 meters, leaving no chance for the "Vilnius" goalkeeper.
