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"The 12th successful round of the Ukrainian championship unfolded for the Simferopol team "Tavria" defender Irmantas Zelmikas - a legionnaire from Lithuania scored his third goal for his team and helped them defeat the neighboring team "Kryvbas" in the tournament standings. Playing at home, "Tavria" fell behind after 2 minutes with a goal from Georgian Vasil Gigiadze, but already in the 9th minute Brazilian Edmar equalized the score, and in the 20th minute Aleksandras Persynas put the hosts ahead. The victory for the Simferopol club was sealed in the 56th minute with a header goal by former "Kaunas" player I. Zelmikas. After this victory, "Tavria" surpassed "Kryvbas" in points and rose to eighth position. Among the winners, Audrius Veikutis played the whole match, Nerijus Vasiliauskas made an appearance in the 89th minute, while Andrius Jokšas was not registered for the game. Meanwhile, Mariupol's "Ilyichevets", playing without Dainius Gleveckas, suffered a 0-3 defeat at home against Charkov's "Metallist" who were in third place, and remained in thirteenth position."
