Vilnius 'Riteriai' dealt with the 'Panevėžys' club

2025-04-05 16:05 © fkriteriai.lt

In the capital, a fierce match of the 5th round of the "TOPsport A League" took place, where Vilnius' "Riteriai" faced off against "Panevėžys". After erasing the deficit, the Vilnius team fought for their first victory in the "TOPsport A League" with a result of 3:1 (0:0).

The meeting started with a lot of battling in the middle of the field, and during sharper moments, the teams exchanged blows in the middle of the half – Salomon Kouadio’s attempt was blocked, while on the other side, Vytautas Černiauskas saved an extremely dangerous attempt from Meinardas Mikulėnas.

In the 29th minute, Leifas Estevez attacked from the left flank, trying to find a teammate in the penalty area, but the ball hit Justinas Januševičius and then flew into the goalpost, while Rokas Rasimavičius responded with a shot over the goal. At the end of the half, S. Kouadio posed threats to the opponents a couple of times at the peak of the attack, but the footballer, who had good chances to score, did not capitalize on them.

The first goal was scored in the 55th minute when J. Januševičius headed the ball back to Pavle Radunović, whose powerful shot into the corner of the goal was accurate. In the 67th minute, Meinardas Mikulėnas responded with a precise attempt, taking advantage of Abdoulo Dante's uncertain play and sending the ball into the net.

As the match approached its end, R. Rasimavičius fouled in his penalty area, and Nojus Stankevičius, standing at the penalty mark, converted the penalty flawlessly. The final score was capped by M. Mikulėnas, who scored a double – the forward left the opponents behind during a quick attack and was effective.

After the 5th round of the "TOPsport A League", "Riteriai" rose from the bottom of the league table with 5 points, while "Panevėžys" dropped to 9th position with 4 points.