Siauliai 0 - 6 samagoncikai (393718981)

1332 punters turned up at Siauliai, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Luigi Paolo Reviglione was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Milaim Rufedi and Jean-Paul Hanselmann. Siauliai decided to use a 3-4-3 set up. Lineup: Curtin - Löffler, Moore, Rogers - Lazell, O'Farrell, McMullen, O'Boyle - Givon, Nygård, Matić.

A 3-4-3 alignment was the formation of choice for samagoncikai. The following players had been chosen: Laranjeira - van Grimbergen, Schasse, Bertl - Pocejūnas, Saunier, De Capitani, Pavel - Korkazas, Dambkauskas, Kunickis.

D. O'Boyle made a nice dash down the wing after 17 minutes, but was unable to get the cross into the box. A goal kick was awarded. M. Lazell neatly controlled the ball after a short corner, and knocked it on to G. Nygård who had the whole net open before him, but only managed to hit the post. A mistake by the home side's central defence after 26 minutes allowed A. van Grimbergen to score for samagoncikai. The scoreboard now read 0 - 1. Some fine movement on the left led to a samagoncikai goal after 27 minutes, making it 0 - 2. L. Dambkauskas was noted down as the scorer. G. Kunickis received a delicate pass through the home side's central defence after 41 minutes, and chipped it past the flailing keeper to score making it 0 - 3. The samagoncikai fans went wild, whilst the home fans started to think about leaving early. A drive down the left side allowed A. van Grimbergen to get in close and score another goal for samagoncikai after 42 minutes, taking the score to 0 - 4. 0 - 4 was the score after the first half. samagoncikai claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 51 percent.

With 52 minutes played, a quick exchange of passes on the left wing freed R. Korkazas of samagoncikai to slip through the defence and score another goal for the visitors. That made the score 0 - 5. After this, you could see that the players of samagoncikai were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. The visitors' R. Korkazas took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 71 minutes into the match. 0 - 6 for samagoncikai. Siauliai's D. Moore was shown a yellow card after 81 minutes for slicing down an opponent. samagoncikai had most of the ball, with 53 percent of possession.

Siauliai's top performer was clearly D. Givon. M. Lazell on the other hand, had a terrible day. samagoncikai's best player was O. Laranjeira. J. Pocejūnas was a disappointment, however. The match ends 0 - 6.