The Lithuanian rugby 7 national team did not maintain the lead against the Italians (live video broadcast)
The Lithuanian men’s rugby-7 national team continues its fight for the second and last round of the “Championship”, the best division of the European Championship, on Saturday in Krakow (Poland). On the second day of the competition, the Lithuanians will finish the battles of Group B.
Lithuanian rugby players in the third round 2:29 p.m (14:12) did not hold up against the Italians. The Italians started the match with a productive attack, but a minute later the Lithuanians responded with the same – Domantas Bagužis lowered in the reading area Donatas Vilimavičius realization kicked in. Before the end of the half, the teams exchanged pressure. It is true that the Italians did not kick the conversion shot, and D. Vilimavičius did not make a mistake in a difficult situation, so at the halfway point of the match, our team led 14:12. After the transition, the Lithuanian could not organize a productive attack. Our team did not let go of the ball and lost it, but found gaps in the Lithuanian defense and advantage for a long time (14:19). The last minutes of the match were very bad for the Lithuanians. They lost us quickly, and the Italians managed to lower the ball 2 more times.
In the last groups from 6.08 p.m. the Lithuanians will test the Polish hosts. Watch live video streaming Sportas.lt in the portal.
On Friday, the Lithuanians started with a great victory 27:7 against the Portuguese and then challenged the main group favorites Spain. Lithuanians still led 14:12 in the middle of the match, but lost with a successful result 2:24 p.m. Our team finished the first day in second place in the group, and the two best teams in the group will go to the semi-finals.
In the first round last weekend in Lisbon (Portugal), the Lithuanians finished seventh.
In Lisbon, the Spanish national team took second place, Italy – third, Portugal – sixth, and the Poles were last – tenth. Lithuanian rugby players also played with Italians and Poles in the first round group. There was a draw with Italy 12:12 p.mand the Polish team was defeated 21:20.
The final ranking of the European Championship will be clear after summing up the results of both stages.
The Lithuanian national team is represented by: Žygimantas Radžius, Donatas Vilimavičius, Matas Miežys, Arnas Prielaidas, Kęstutis Karbauskas, Deividas Krečius, Arnas Urbonas, Armandas Kalinauskas, Tautvydas Krasauskas, Vytaras Bloškys, Dovydas Taujanskas, Domantas Bagužis and Martynas Lianzbergas.
A year ago, the Lithuanian rugby-7 national team took a record fourth place in the elite division of the European Championship.
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