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Entering the quarter of the "Optibet A League", Vilnius "Riteriai" are scoring victories against Telšiai "Džiugas" this year. Pablo Villaro's team defeated the team from Žemaitija with a score of 4:1 (1:0) in an away match in the 20th round. In the early minutes of the match, the initiative belonged to the hosts. In the 9th minute, Pericles found Yudai Koike in the penalty area, whose shot was well saved by Armantas Vitkauskas. "Džiugas" did not stop there and had several more dangerous attacks, but failed to break through. In the second half of the first half, "Riteriai" caused more troubles for the opponents' defenders. Rokas Filipavičius took a shot during a counterattack, and in the 38th minute, after Valdemaras Borovskis passed in the penalty area, Lucas Dias skillfully sent the ball between two Džiugas players. L. Dias, who has been increasingly productive, scored in the second consecutive match. After the break, "Džiugas" stood out with long shots, which were dealt with by A. Vitkauskas, while Vilnius team's center-back Plamen Dimov threatened the goal twice. "Riteriai" missed good chances with Artūras Dolžnikovas and L. Dias - for which the guests were punished in the 69th minute. After a pass into the penalty area, Edgaras Žarskis headed the ball towards goal - it touched Akseli Kalermo's foot. Telšiai tried to find a winning goal, but instead received three painful blows. In the 82nd minute, R. Filipavičius scored a close-range goal and in the second minute of added time, successfully completed a counterattack, while in the fifth minute of added time, after appearing from the bench, Tomas Dombrauskis scored with a long shot. "Riteriai", with 32 points, hold onto the 4th place, while "Džiugas" - with 12 points, is in ninth place.
