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On Saturday in the Lithuanian I League, five matches of the 2nd round were played. The "Spyris" team, led by the reserve team of "Kauno" called "Kauno jėgeriai," won their second victory and became the leaders of the competition by defeating the I League debutants "Anykščius" 4-0. It was already the second significant defeat for Anykščius.
Impressively, the relegated from the A League, Kėdainiai's "Nevėžis," started their season by defeating Tauragė's "Tauras" 6-0 at home.
One of the favorites of the championship, "Alytis," lost their first points, playing a draw away against Ukmergė's "Vilkmergė." The only goal for Alytis was scored by Edvinas Blažys, who represented "Vėtra" last year.
The first match of the season in Gargždai was played by Klaipėda's "Glestum," whose opponents were the LKKA footballers who had already taken 3 points from Gargždai in the 1st round when they beat "Banga."
The Kaunas team took the lead in the middle of the first half. However, "Glestum" managed to turn the score before half-time - in the 41st minute, Dmitrijus Bujanauskas accurately scored from the penalty line, and in the last seconds of the half, Jonas Bitaris was the first to jump for the rebound from a penalty kick and head the ball into the goal.
However, in the 54th minute, due to a mistake by the defenders of Klaipėda, N. Bartkevičius was left alone and equalized the score up close. LKKA had the advantage for the rest of the match but failed to turn it into goals.
In the last match in Kaunas, "Rodiklis" defeated "Banga." It was the second defeat for Gargždai.
On Sunday in the last round of matches, Jonava's "Lietava," playing in Ukmergė for the reconstruction of their city stadium, shared points with Pakruojis' "Kruoja."
Statistics:
"Spyris" 4 - 0 "Anykščiai" 45‘ [1 - 0] V.Griškevičius 59‘ [2 - 0] D.Gražys 66‘ [3 - 0] D.Liutkus 74‘ [4 - 0] D.Liutkus 69‘ M.Valančiūnas ("Anykščiai") sent off
"Vilkmergė" 1 - 1 "Alytis" 45‘ [0 - 1] E.Blažys 81‘ [1 - 1] A.Ivanov 67‘ A.Vertelis ("Alytis") sent off
"Nevėžis" 6 - 0 "Tauras" 6‘ [1 - 0] V.Rabikauskas 13‘ [2 - 0] N.Kestenis 40‘ [3 - 0] A.Popovas 53‘ [4 - 0] K.Rokas 55‘ [5 - 0] K.Rokas (from 11 m.) 71‘ [6 - 0] D.Dobilas
"Glestum" 2 - 2 LKKA 26‘ [0 - 1] D.Urbelionis 41‘ [1 - 1] D.Bujanauskas 45‘ [2 - 1] J.Bitaris 54‘ [2 - 2] N.Bartkevičius
"Rodiklis" 2 - 1 "Banga" 24‘ [1 - 0] M.Tamulis 60‘ [2 - 0] S.Butkus 90‘ [2 - 1] A.Staponka
"Lietava" 0 - 0 "Kruoja"
