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The Lithuanian youth (up to 17 years old) national team, after a victory in the third match, took the first place in their group at the tournament in Palanga and will face the Russian team of the same age in the final on Friday. "Our national team's goalkeeper performed very well. Several promising young football players are also standing out in the offensive. In the match against the Ukrainian U-17 national team, the Lithuanians created many dangerous opportunities, but lacked the courage to capitalize on them," said V. Stankevičius, the strategist of the U-21 national team who watched the second Lithuanian match against Ukraine. After playing two matches in Group A, all teams had secured one victory and had collected 3 points, so the last matches were decisive. Lithuania faced Belarus and won thanks to two goals by Linas Klimavičius in the 42nd and 51st minutes. In the other group matches, Azerbaijan won against Ukraine with a score of 2-0 and took the second place. The winner of Group B was the Russian national team, who crushed Georgia 3-0 in the third match, while Poland and Latvia played to a draw, allowing the young Polish team to secure the second place in their group. Thursday results: Ukraine 0 - 2 Azerbaijan Lithuania 2 - 1 Belarus Russia 3 - 0 Georgia Latvia 0 - 0 Poland Group A standings: (place, team, wins, draws, losses, goals, points) 1. Lithuania 2 0 1 5-4 6 2. Azerbaijan 2 0 1 5-3 6 3. Belarus 1 0 2 2-3 3 4. Ukraine 1 0 2 1-3 3 Group B standings: 1. Russia 2 1 0 8-3 7 2. Poland 1 2 0 5-4 5 3. Latvia 1 1 1 1-2 4 4. Georgia 0 0 3 1-6 0 Friday's schedule: 11:00 Ukraine - Georgia (Kretinga Stadium) 11:00 Belarus - Latvia (Palanga Stadium) 13:00 Belarus - Poland (Palanga Stadium) 15:00 Lithuania - Russia (Palanga Stadium) 16:45 Closing of the tournament
