Trakai club, continuing preparation for the upcoming season and the Lithuanian Supercup matches against Vilnius "Žalgiris", achieved their first victory in a friendly match against Vilnius "Sportimos". They defeated the "Jelgava" club from Latvia with a score of 3:1 (1:1). The team from Jelgava includes Mindaugas Grigaravicius, Evaldas Razulis, and Rytis Leliūga.
In these matches, "Trakai" played without the injured Tadas Labukas and Valdemaras Borovskij, as well as with Alexander Byčenok nursing a minor injury.
From the start of the match, the Lithuanian vice-champions tried to play aggressively and applied pressure even on the opponents' side of the field. Despite that, the "Jelgava" club managed to control the ball longer, and the game was evenly matched. The first real scoring opportunity came near the hosts' goal, but the team was saved by Pavelas Krukas.
The first goal of the match came in the 32nd minute. A defender from the Latvian team attempted to pass the ball back to the goalkeeper, but Darius Kazubovicus intervened aggressively, took the ball, and scored into the empty net.
After the goal, "Trakai" became even more active and launched a great counterattack, which ended with Svajūnas Čyžas getting a chance but failing to reach the ball. For this, the hosts were penalized - a penalty kick was awarded in the 40th minute, and the opponents' player equalized the score.
The second half started better for "Trakai", with Jurijus Mamajevs creating attacks after recovering from injury. It was after his pass from a set-piece that Arūnas Klimavičius scored a header in the 60th minute.
Just ten minutes after his first goal, D. Kazubovicus found himself in front of the opponents' goalkeeper again but collided with him and had to leave the field temporarily. However, upon returning, the player soon earned a penalty, which was converted into a goal by A. Klimavičius for his second goal of the match. By the way, this was the third goal scored by a defender during the preparation period.
Lineup: I. Plūkas; A. Klimavičius, J. Januševskis, P. Krukas, D. Česnauskis, A. Wakili, M. Siska, J. Mamajevs; Oscaras (64' R. Masenzovas), D. Kazubovičius, S. Čyžas (74' K. Upstas).
