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On Thursday, in the artificial turf arena in the capital of Belarus, Minsk, Vilnius' "Žalgiris" played a friendly match against the 2005 Belarusian champions, Soligorsk's "Shakhtyor", which includes former "Žalgiris" player Paulius Paknys. The match ended in a draw.
"Shakhtyor" 1 – 1
61‘ [0 – 1] Artūras Steško
70‘ [1 – 1] Aleksandr Jackevic
"Žalgiris": Šetkus; Dubina, Lukoševičius, I.Steško, Choruži; Ostap, Bursuk, Vilėniškis, Puotkalis, Poderis, Morinas (Rapalis, Rukštelė, Miliškevičius, Kazlauskas, Veikutis, Falčik, Lemežis, A.Steško, Romašovas)
Last year, Soligorsk's footballers met with the "Kaunas" team in the "Friendship Cup" tournament. The match also ended in a draw, with a score of 1-1. In the summer, "Shakhtyor" played in the Champions League, but withdrew from the competition in the first stage, losing to the team from Bosnia and Herzegovina, "Široki Brijeg".
In the match in Minsk, the Žalgiris players scored first, with a goal by a striker. However, with about twenty minutes left to play, "Shakhtyor's" Aleksandr Jackevic, participating in a corner kick, sent the ball into the goal defended by Marius Rapalis, equalizing the score. With no more goals scored by either team, the match ended in a 1-1 draw.
In the "Žalgiris" lineup, all currently active footballers were present, except for Valerijus Mižigurskis who couldn't help the team due to illness.
