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The only Baltic League match took place on Sunday. Vilnius "Sportima" stadium hosted a match between "Vėtra" and Riga's "Skonto" club, however, despite having more initiative, they had to settle for a 1-1 draw. The match between Daugavpils "Dinaburg" and "Kaunas" did not take place as the Latvian club was removed from the league.
"Vėtra" 1 - 1 "Skonto" 20' [0 - 1] Aleksejs Višnakovs 70' [1 - 1] Vitalis Stankevičius
"Vėtra" lineup: Vaidas Žutautas, Nerijus Sasnauskas, Andrius Skerla, Julius Raliukonis, Algis Jankauskas, Henrique Pedro, Mindaugas Panka, Gediminas Butrimavičius, Bobi Božinovski (52' Vitalis Stankevičius), Dejan Milošeski, Severino Lima (87' Maksut Azizi)
The match started with "Vėtra" attacking, and already in the third minute, "Skonto" goalkeeper Pavel Doroshevas had to save his team after a shot by Lima Severino. In the first minutes of the match, "Vėtra" earned several corners, with Gediminas Butrimavičius, Mindaugas Panka, and Dejan Milošeskis trying shots from distance.
However, in the 20th minute, the visitors from Latvia who previously had no chance to score broke through – "Vėtra" defender Pedro made an inaccurate pass and Aleksejs Višnakovs took advantage by sending the ball from distance into the upper corner of the home team's goal. Later, "Skonto" dangerously attacked from set-pieces, and "Vėtra" did not have more serious chances, ending the first half with Ryga's club leading 1-0.
The second half started better for the visitors, who launched a dangerous counter-attack, but goalkeeper Vaidas Žutautas played reliably and dealt with the danger. After this episode, "Vėtra" completely dominated the field and created dangerous attacks one after another.
52 minutes into the match, after Dejan Milošeski's penalty kick, the ball bounced off the wall and hit the "Skonto" goalpost, soon after the away goalkeeper Pavel Doroshev managed to block Nerijus Sasnauskas' shot, but after "Vėtra" quickly attacked following a substitution and a pass from Vitalis Stankevičius who entered the field, Dejan Milošeskis shot near the goal.
In the middle of the half, the "Skonto" goalkeeper twice repelled Nerijus Sasnauskas' attempts, and in the 70th minute, "Vėtra" finally equalized – after a corner kick, the ball bounced to V. Stankevičius who scored a goal with a strong shot from about 13 meters.
Continuing their attacks, "Vėtra" attempted shots from distance with V. Stankevičius, D. Milošeskis, and in the 83rd minute after a pass from Pedro from the side, V. Stankevičius shook the "Skonto" goalpost with a header for the second time. A few moments later, V. Žutautas had to defend against a "Skonto" attack, and after a couple of minutes, he managed to block a ball deflected by P. Doroshevas, but the result remained unchanged.
"Vėtra" played to a draw with "Skonto" and with 4 points in the Baltic League D group, they share the 1-2 positions.
