On Saturday, in a friendly match, Marijampolė's "Sūduva" met with "Šilutė", who despite finishing second to last last season in the "A League", won the game with a score of 1-2.
"Šilutė" 2 - 1 "Sūduva"
"Sūduva" lineup: A.Vitkauskas (G.Padimanskas); A.Sobol (G.Klevinskas), M.Skinderis, G.Grigas, A.Milevskiy; K.Jasaitis (Š.Litvinas), N. Mačiulis (G.Slavickas), T.Miklinevičius, D.Maciulevičius, G.Juška, Mendes (O.Braga)
In the "Sūduva" lineup, V.Slavickas, A.Urbšis, and P.Leimonas were absent due to playing for Lithuania's youth team against Belarus on Friday, as well as goalkeeper Saulius Klevinskas, who was called up for the national team for the match against France.
In the first half, "Šilutė's" defender Marius Bezykornovas put his team ahead.
At the beginning of the second half, after a substitution, Giedrius Slavickas equalized the score, but halfway through the half, the same Marius Bezykornovas scored again with a long-range shot for the visitors' advantage.
In the first matches of the "A League" championship on April 7, "Sūduva" will face "Šilutė", whose team is coached by former Marijampolė player Darius Gvildys.