Ches7er 0 - 8 Ragas (376905992)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 35070 had shown up at slum for the match. Dragomir Rotaru was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Joan Miquel Fenés and Piotr Sulej. Ches7er started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. They fielded: Laskaris - Kadagis, Vėjis, Malachovičius, Gončerauskas - Jevstafjevas, Grinaveckas, Gričiūnas, Ruškulis - Sideravičius, Moskevičius.

Ragas had chosen a strategic 4-5-1 formation. The following players had been chosen: Galbuogis - Girijotas, Kveselis, Bispo, Ramunis - Mykolėnas, Dališanskis, Dangelevičius, Gapatėjus, Puščius - Stačiulauskas.

Ragas's L. Dangelevičius was shown a yellow card after 11 minutes for slicing down an opponent. A loud groan was heard from the fans of Ches7er, as J. Grinaveckas left the pitch in too much pain to finish the match. A. Usanov took his place on the field. With 15 minutes played, the visitors broke through on the right after some poor defending. A. Stačiulauskas put the ball away for 0 - 1. After 18 minutes, there was a bit of a mixup on the field as Ragas found themselves out of position and their organisation level dropped to passable. A. Stačiulauskas increased the visitors' lead by putting a volley away after a pass from the right. 0 - 2. The players of Ragas now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. Some fine movement on the left led to a Ragas goal after 25 minutes, making it 0 - 3. S. Ramunis was noted down as the scorer. Ž. Trušinskas was called on to replace Ches7er's B. Kadagis after 30 minutes following a nasty collision. The visitors' L. Gapatėjus took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 38 minutes into the match. 0 - 4 for Ragas. Had it not been for one of the home defenders, A. Stačiulauskas would have put Ragas up another goal 40 minutes into the match with his audacious lob from the right wing. 41 minutes in, Ragas appeared unsure on how to play and their organisation was only passable. 0 - 4 was the halftime score. Ragas enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 82 percent of possession.

A review of the gameplan helped Ragas get back to a solid organisation when the referee blew his whistle again. P. Puščius of Ragas took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 54 minutes which increased the away team's lead to 0 - 5. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave A. Stačiulauskas from Ragas a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 64 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! With 70 minutes played, a quick exchange of passes on the left wing freed S. Ramunis of Ragas to slip through the defence and score another goal for the visitors. That made the score 0 - 6. 74 minutes in, Ragas's S. Ramunis received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. Unfortunately for Ches7er, M. Jevstafjevas was injured when the game became more physical, and he had to leave the field. R. Deninys replaced him. V. Moskevičius was handed the Ches7er captain's armband. After 77 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for S. Ramunis who increased Ragas's lead to 0 - 7. At that, S. Ramunis was noted down for a hat trick! B. Girijotas came close to extending the visitors' lead when he found himself completely unmarked in front of the goal after a pass through the middle. He tried to lift the ball over A. Laskaris but overcooked it and hit the bar instead. 80 minutes into the game, Ragas seemed a little tentative in their play as their organization fell to passable. After 81 minutes, a mistake by the home side's left defence allowed S. Ramunis to get through. He outclassed the home side's keeper, adding another goal for the visitors. 0 - 8. Ragas claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 79 percent.

Ches7er's best player was V. Sideravičius. However, M. Malachovičius made a disastrous appearance. L. Gapatėjus performed admirably for Ragas. A. Galbuogis turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 0 - 8.