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On Wednesday, in the fourth round of the A League matches held at the Vilnius "Žalgiris" stadium, "FC Vilnius" crushed Visaginas "Inter" football players, who were theoretically playing "at home", with a score of 3-0. Several players officially belonging to "Vilnius" played amongst the Visaginas team.
Vilnius "Žalgiris" stadium Visaginas 0 - 3 3' [0 - 1] Anderson Dourado Ribas 20' [0 - 2] Muller Santos Da Silva 66' [0 - 3] Adilson Tibes Granemann 78' Mantas Grybauskas ("Inter") was sent off the field
"Inter": Piotr Dubrovskij; Eduard Tučinskij, Mantas Grybauskas, Rolandas Slepakovas (46' Deivydas Matulevičius), Vaidas Macianskis; Viktar Afanasenko, Gintas Širmelis, Rinaldo, Anton Naumov; Arsenij Buinickij (46' Denis Gordej), Artūras Jeršovas (46' Povilas Krasnovskis) "Vilnius": Pavel Leus; Rodnei, Darius Artiomovas, Georgas Freidgeimas, Ramūnas Radavičius (46' Eivinas Zagurskas); Binho, Paulinho, Vytautas Lukša, Andreson (46' Marcio); Muller, Kleyr (67' Adilson)
"Vilnius" started the match aggressively and immediately put pressure on the "Inter" goal. The pressure paid off as early as the third minute when Anderson scored a goal to put Vilnius ahead. Ten minutes into the game, "Inter" recovered from the initial shock and had a couple of dangerous attacks. First, Visaginas' player Arsenijus Buinickis found himself alone against Pavel Leus, but the Vilnius goalkeeper rushed to the ball first. Later, Rinaldo tried his luck with a shot from 18 meters, but the ball flew over the crossbar of the Vilnius team.
In the 19th minute, "Vilnius" doubled their lead - Vytautas Lukša crossed the ball from the right flank to Muller in the "Inter" penalty area, where the Brazilian striker headed the ball into the net - 2:0. The rest of the first half saw Vilnius dominating the field, not allowing the opponents to create any dangerous chances.
After the break, "Vilnius" took complete control and launched one attack after another. In the 48th minute, Rodnei missed a header after Muller's pass. In the 52nd minute, "Inter" fouled Kleyr near their own penalty box, giving Vilnius a great opportunity to increase their lead, but Muller's shot from 18 meters missed the target.
In the 58th minute, "Vilnius" capitalized on a mistake by "Inter" in the middle of the field and quickly launched a counterattack. Muller passed the ball to Kleyr, whose shot was saved by the "Inter" goalkeeper. In the 68th minute, "Vilnius" started to overwhelm the opponents.
For the final goal, Muller deceived several opponents with a pass to Adilson, who had an easy task of scoring from a few meters away. Throughout the rest of the match, "Vilnius" created a few more scoring opportunities - Paulinho and Adilson could have scored, but the match ended with a crushing 3-0 victory for Vilnius.
After the match, the head coach of Vilnius, Antanas Vingilys, said that the team easily secured the victory.
"We started the match focused and scored an early goal. Later, we could have scored a few more times. 'Inter' stopped, and our players felt that victory was certain today. We completely controlled the situation and deserved the win. No traumas or cards were received by the players. We played the way we needed to today," said the Vilnius coach.
