Laisvė 2 - 2 Straikeris (383708163)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 37923 had shown up at Laisvė Arena for the match. Sebastian Pauwels was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Koenraad Putter and Wendell Willis. Laisvė decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. They fielded: Kriukovas - Jazdauskis, Bermantovas, Fridinovas - Metcalfe, Peičius, Muckus, Maneikis, Pasarevičius - Vestertas, Motuzas.

Straikeris had chosen a strategic 3-4-3 formation. The following players took the field: Lemaher - Buiron, Lemos, Winzer - Tötje, Locāns, Šaulauskas, Stolker - Lauscher, Weingarten, Coemans.

Using their counter-attacking abilities was the strategy of choice for Straikeris. With 1 minutes played A. Pasarevičius almost put the home team one ahead on a cross coming in from the right, but the shot went just wide. Straikeris were able to draw a foul with their counterattacks, but the shot from C. Buiron went into the arms of the keeper. 4 minutes had elapsed when a great chance for Laisvė to take the lead after a good cross from the right found S. Bermantovas alone with the keeper, but he chipped it to the wrong side of the post. Laisvė were very close to putting themselves one up after 10 minutes as I. Peičius got through on the left, but failing in concentration, he shot the ball wide. The visitors' central defence should have had no trouble clearing the pass to J. Muckus, but the Laisvė player managed to shrug them off and fired a low shot past the keeper to give his team the lead. 1 - 0! Halftime score was 1 - 0. Laisvė enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 64 percent of possession.

Laisvė's P. Jazdauskis was shown a yellow card after 50 minutes for slicing down an opponent. The visitors were awarded a penalty by the referee 53 minutes into the match, much to the anger of the home crowd. C. Buiron took advantage of the situation and scored to make it 1 - 1. I. Winzer sailed high above the opponents as he headed in a corner kick from C. Buiron after 60 minutes of play, making the score 1 - 2. F. Metcalfe charged down the left and had a wonderful opportunity to score the equaliser for Laisvė, but the shot went well wide of the goal. After 73 minutes, E. Vestertas made a dash down the middle past the away team's defenders to score the goal that made it 2 - 2. Laisvė claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 64 percent.

Laisvė's best player was E. Vestertas. A. Pasarevičius on the other hand, had a terrible day. The most dominating Straikeris player was without a doubt M. Lauscher. On the other hand, I. Winzer's play was disheartening. The match ends 2 - 2.