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Vilnius' "Vėtra" defender Dejan Milošeskis will not be able to play for at least two weeks due to injury, and will likely miss one Baltic League match and the start of the 2007 Lithuanian championship, while the captain of the other capital's team "Vilnius" will be out for about a month.
One of the leaders of "Vėtra," D. Milošeskis, suffered a calf muscle strain and did not play in last Saturday's friendly match against "Vilnius."
The 24-year-old Macedonian legionnaire will definitely miss Sunday's Baltic League match in Riga against "Skonto" and may also miss the opening game of the A League season with the "Vilnius" team on April 7th, as well as the first "Vėtra" home match against Klaipėda's "Atlantas" on April 11th.
"Vilnius" forward A. Laurišas, who suffered a cruciate ligament injury this week, had his leg brace removed. The rehabilitation of the "Vilnius" captain, who is working on an individual program, will take about a month, so "Vilnius" will have to do without one of their attacking leaders at the start of the Lithuanian A League season.
A. Laurišas said that the injury will not ruin his preparation for the season. "That's just part of a football player's life, there's nothing you can do about it. Yes, I'll miss about two months due to the injury and won't be playing at the start of the season. But there's nothing so bad that it can't turn out for the better," said the optimistic "Vilnius" forward.
A. Laurišas suffered a cruciate ligament injury on February 20 in a friendly match between "Vilnius" and Vitebsk's "Lokomotiv" in Antalya. A. Laurišas scored one goal and helped "Vilnius" achieve a resounding 3-0 victory.
