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In the Lithuanian "A Lyga" on Sunday, after playing the matches of the 5th round in the championship, a dualism emerged - the first place is held by the vice-champion "Ekranas" defeated and achieving the third victory "Žalgiris", and the defending champion title holders "Kaunas", who played a draw away with "Sūduva". Capital clubs "Vilnius" and "Vėtra" each added three points to their account. However, "Atlantas" failed to beat "Inter" at home. The first match on Sunday took place at Vilnius "Žalgiris" stadium between the hosts and the guests from Panevėžys "Ekranas". In a fierce battle, the victory was celebrated by the green and whites, with defender Edvinas Lukoševičius scoring the only goal for them for the third time this season. This was the first victory for "Žalgiris" against "Ekranas" in three years, allowing the Vilnius team to rise to the top of the leaderboard. However, "Žalgiris's" absolute leadership continued only until the match between "Sūduva" and "Kaunas" in Marijampolė, where the main events unfolded at the end of the match. In the 72nd minute, Kaunas took the lead with the eighth goal of the season scored by "Kaunas" striker Ričardas Beniušis, but three minutes later, the score was equalized by the host team's legionnaire from Brazil, Willer Souza Oliveira. The defending champions "Kaunas" had to settle for a draw and with 11 points they share the 1-2 positions with "Žalgiris". "Vilnius" rose to the third position by defeating "Šiauliai" at home. The hosts gained a decisive advantage in the first half-hour - Lithuanian Brazilian Rodolfo Kumbrevicius and defender Rodnei scored in the 24th and 28th minutes. In the middle of the second half, the visitors reduced the gap through the team's attacking leader Viktor Raskov, but this goal was not enough for "Šiauliai" and they had to admit the superiority of the capital team. Vilnius "Vėtra" club won their second victory, convincingly defeating "Šilutė" team 3-0 away. The first goal was an own goal by Šilutė's defender Andrius Sanajevas, and in the last 20 minutes, the victory was sealed by Brazilian Lima Severino and defender Algis Jankauskas. Meanwhile, Klaipėda's "Atlantas" continued to disappoint their fans and this time failed to win against the league newcomer Visaginas "Inter" - the match in the port city ended in a goalless draw. 5th round statistics Vilnius "Žalgiris" stadium, 650 spectators Referee - Audrius Kancleris Vilnius 1 - 0 Panevėžys ([link="http://www.eurofootball.com/index.php?page=news&id=9562"]Match description[/link]) 25' [1 - 0] Edvinas Lukoševičius "Žalgiris": Ernestas Šetkus; Marijan Choruži, Bertrand Ngapounou, Igoris Steško, Edvinas Lukoševičius; Igoris Morinas, Virmantas Lemežis (90' Artūras Steško), Raimondas Vilėniškis, Iulian Bursuc; Nikolaj Misiuk (87' Anatoliy Ostap), Valerijus Mižigurskis (64' Eimantas Poderis) "Ekranas": Bogdan Stefanovič; Gediminas Paulauskas, Laurynas Rimavičius (74' Dainius Saulėnas), Linas Klimavičius, Alfredas Skroblas; Deimantas Bička, Mantas Savėnas (46' Dominykas Galkevičius), Giedrius Tomkevičius, Sergiy Pogreban; Vitalijus Kavaliauskas (61' Egidijus Varnas), Povilas Lukšys Klaipėda "Atlantas" stadium, 311 spectators Referee - Paulius Malžinskas Klaipėda 0 - 0 Visaginas ([link="http://www.eurofootball.com/index.php?page=news&id=9566"]Match description[/link]) "Atlantas": Arnas Lekevičius; Povilas Šarūnas, Zigmantas Butkus, Kazimieras Gnedojus, Bogdans Nesterenko; Andrius Petreikis (69' Luka Aničič), Donatas Navikas, Mateo Silič, Jelen Pokorn (77' Andrius Pancerovas); Rimantas Žvingilas, Mindaugas Daunoravičius (85' Evaldas Užkuraitis) "Interas": Piotr Dubrovskij; Marius Stanaitis, Vitalij Savickas (46' Arvydas Novikovas), Eduard Tučinskij, Denis Gordej; Jevgenij Moroz, Gintas Širmelis, Marius Papšys, Rinaldo (76' Rolandas Slepakovas), Deivydas Matulevičius (46' Povilas Krasnovskis); Artūras Jeršovas Šilutė city stadium, 300 spectators Referee - Deivis Kančelskis 0 - 3 Vilnius ([link="http://www.eurofootball.com/index.php?page=news&id=9571"]Match description[/link]) 26' [0 - 1] Andrius Sanajevas (own goal) 70' [0 - 2] Lima Severino 86' [0 - 3] Algis Jankauskas "Šilutė": Aidas Fabijonas; Mindaugas Valančius (77' Nerijus Valskis), Andrius Sanajevas, Ivan Brezina, Akaki Khubutia; Tadas Kijanskas, Paulius Vaikasas, Vygantas Zubavičius (85' Martynas Normantas), Gediminas Vičius; Marius Bezykornovas, Gintas Podelis (60' Tadas Straleckas) "Vėtra": Vaidas Žutautas; Nerijus Sasnauskas, Julius Raliukonis, Algis Jankauskas, Marijan Budimir, Pedro; Mindaugas Panka, Gediminas Butrimavičius (81' Jurij Tarkhanov), Egidijus Juška (60' Rolandas Karčemarskas); Lima Severino, Vitalis Stankevičius (46' Dejan Milošeski) Marijampolė "Sūduva" stadium, 2600 spectators Referee - Saulius Atmanavičius Marijampolė 1 - 1 Kaunas "FBK" ([link="http://www.eurofootball.com/index.php?page=news&id=9569"]Match description[/link]) 72' [0 - 1] Ričardas Beniušis 75' [1 - 1] Willer Souza Oliveira "Sūduva": Saulius Klevinskas; Aleksandr Sobol, Tomas Mikuckis, Marius Skinderis, Vaidas Slavickas; Giedrius Slavickas (86' Giedrius Klevinskas), Nerijus Mačiulis, Tomas Miklinevičius, Sergiy Kozyuberda; Darius Maciulevičius (72' Karolis Jasaitis), Willer Souza Oliveira "Kaunas": Mindaugas Malinauskas; Adrian Mrowiec, Mindaugas Bagužis, Nerijus Radžius, Dainius Kunevičius; Oleg Strakhanovich, Andrius Bartkus (75' Audrius Kšanavičius), Givi Kvaratskhelia, Edin Pehlič (58' Pascal Mendy); Ričardas Beniušis, Rafael Ledesma Vilnius "Vėtros" stadium, 500 spectators Referee - Vitalijus Kazlauskas 2 - 1 ([link="http://www.eurofootball.com/index.php?page=news&id=9567"]Match description[/link]) 24' [1 - 0] Rodolfo Kumbrevicius De Oliveira 28' [2 - 0] Rodnei Francisco De Lima 60' [2 - 1] Viktor Raskov "Vilnius": Liudvikas Valius; Ramūnas Radavičius, Rodnei, Darius Artiomovas, Georgas Freidgeimas; Erasmo, Paulinho, Andreson, Muller (90' Adilson); Kleyr, Rodolfo (69' Vytautas Lukša)
