Balbesai 6 - 1 Musmirės (383715819)

Clear skies welcomed the 40916 spectators who had made their way to Samsung Arena. Steinar Heggelund was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Richard Svensson and Juan José Zarandona. The derby had been the talk of Vilnius all week and fans of both teams could be seen throughout the stadium. Balbesai tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Starters: Cantoni - Di Caro, Sówka, Bloming - Pyörret, Gobbi, Sadile, Jaskys, Godunov - Seelbach, Gusev.

Musmirės had chosen a strategic 4-5-1 formation. The following players took the field: Kudrnáč - Kevėnas, Kuniskis, Autukevičius, Kaldis - Jankūnas, Segato, Venczel, Doumeche, Gastilavičius - Ditmanas.

Musmirės were relying on their ability to counter-attack. After 5 minutes, A. Bloming came in from the right, feinted, then sped past the off-balance defender to make the score 1 - 0, giving Balbesai the lead. Balbesai solidified their lead at the 8 minute mark, as G. Jaskys dribbled the ball through the opposing central defence and scored to make it 2 - 0. A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in Balbesai's G. Di Caro increasing the lead to 3 - 0. Balbesai caught their opponents out with a clever counterattack down the right wing 27 minutes into the match. M. Sadile was able to finish off the move - 4 - 0. After this, you could see that the players of Balbesai were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. 4 - 0 was the score after the first half. Possession in this half belonged to Balbesai, who controlled the ball 65 percent of the time.

Musmirės's N. Jankūnas was able to reply, after 47 minutes, making the score 4 - 1 with a well struck penalty. Balbesai had a magnificent opportunity after 59 minutes as A. Godunov hit the ball hard from the edge of the penalty box. However, the shot went wide. 69 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as J. Seelbach broke through, making the score 5 - 1 for Balbesai. With 78 minutes played, Balbesai put themselves up 6 - 1 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to A. Godunov, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. J. Seelbach's curling free kick almost found the goal for Balbesai, but the visitors' keeper somehow managed to get ahold of it. Balbesai had most of the ball, with 71 percent of possession.

Balbesai's best player was N. Gusev. M. Pyörret was a disappointment, however. The most dominating Musmirės player was without a doubt A. Gastilavičius. T. Kudrnáč on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 6 - 1.