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Without the LFF Cup final match on Saturday in Vilnius, the last postponed match of this season was also played - in the 17th round matches at the “Žalgiris” stadium, city neighbors “Vilnius” and “Žalgiris” met. Victory with a score of 2-0 was celebrated by the "Vilnius" team, maintaining the fifth place in the tournament table.
Vilnius "Žalgiris" stadium, 421 spectators Referee - Paulius Malžinskas 2 - 0 33` [1 - 0] Ramūnas Radavičius (11m) 88` [2 - 0] Vytautas Lukša 85` Tomas Mikuckis ("Žalgiris") was sent off the field "Vilnius": Kijewski; Sokolovas, Žarnovskis, Artiomovas, Kazlauskas; Jagminas, Lukša, Radavičius, Brazauskas; Buinickij (68` Katsitadze), Astrauskas (73` Bakalag) "Žalgiris": Malinauskas; Mikuckis, Gražiūnas, Sorokinas, Žekonis; Jokšas (46` Choruži), Šilo, Lemežis, Maksimovič; Kaušpadas (69` Dovkša), King (76` Jasaitis) Although the "Vilnius" team was without their leader M.Panka due to disqualification in this match, they managed to move forward after playing a little over half an hour, when R.Radavičius temporarily took over the responsibility to hit the penalty kick into the “Žalgiris” goal. "Žalgiris" tried to equalize the score, however, they did not take advantage of the opportunities to score, and at the end of the match, defender T.Mikuckis received a red card, as shortly after, "Vilnius" goalkeeper V.Lukša scored the second goal and sealed the victory for his team in the important capital derby.
Therefore, with four rounds left until the end of the championship, "Vilnius" maintained theoretical hopes of rising higher and taking third or fourth place in the standings - the Vilnius team, occupying the fourth position, lags behind "Sūduva" by three points and is tied with "Šilutė" below. Meanwhile, "Žalgiris" has seven points less and shares 7-8 places with Klaipėda "Atlantas".
