Will not rise again from the bottom of the group: Lithuania did not beat the Faroes in the League of Nations again
A draw in this match destroys Lithuania’s theoretical chances of rising from the bottom of Group 1 of Division C.
It is true that the last place does not guarantee relegation to the weakest division D, for a place at a higher level you will have to fight with one outsider of the C division. This survival duel will take place in March.
Reinhold Breu, who replaced Valdas Ivanauskas, who also holds the position of technical director in LFF, made his debut in Ketis as the national team’s strategy chair.
The Faroese footballers won 2:1 in the summer match between them.
In LFF Stadium in Vilnius, the Lithuanians were only satisfied with the victory, but the visitors had to enjoy the 22nd successful opportunity: after a standard situation, the head hit accurately Jakups Andreasen (0:1).
Even after the goal, the representatives of the Faroes were in no hurry to pull towards their goal. Rivals posed a particularly big threat to the Lithuanians after standard situations. 35 minutes the Lithuanians were lucky that after an excellent combination of the guests, the ball did not hit the goal of Džiugos Bartkaus once.
41 min. Done by Slivka to come to the opponent’s goal, but the referee’s assistant recorded the protected offside. However, after the VAR review, the field referee changed his colleague’s decision and credited V. Slivka’s goal (1:1).
After the break, the content on the field hardly pleased the fans of the Lithuanian national team. It seems that the victory was not needed for the hosts, but for the visitors, who created a much greater danger at Dz. Bartkus gate.
67 min. again the Lithuanians will be disappointed that Klaemintas Olsen did not put a great pass into the pot.
In the second half of the half, the strategist R. Breu threw young Arturas Dolžnikovas and Titas Milašias onto the field, who played longer Justas Lasickas and Paulias Golubickas.
In the last minutes, the Lithuanians became more active, but for the second time they could not hit the rectangle.
Not to mention, Justas Lasickas and Linas Klimavičius can help the national team due to the yellow cards collected in Luxembourg.
Result:
Lithuania 1 – 1 Faroe Islands
22′ (0:1) Jakups Andreasen
41′ (1:1) Done by Slivka
The starting line-up of the Lithuanian national team: Džiugas Bartkus, Saulius Mikoliūnas (87 min. Rolandas Baravykas), Linas Klimavičius, Edvinas Girdvainis, Dominykas Barauskas, Linas Mēgelaitis (46 min. Modestas Vorobjovas), Vykintas Slivka (60 min. Domantas Šimkus), Paulius Golubickas (76 min. Titas Milašius ) ), Arvydas Novikovas, Justas Lasickas (76 min. Artūras Dolžnikovas), Fedoras Černychas.
In “Reserve”: Edvinas Gertmons, Ignas Plūkas, Artemijus Tutyškinas, Benas Shatkus, Natanas Žebrauskas, Deividas Dovydaitis, Tomas Kalinauskas.
Goals: 41 min. Vykintas Slivka (Lithuania); 22 min. Jakups Andreasen (Faroe Islands).
Warn: 56 min. Justas Lasickas, 65 min. Edvinas Girdvainis, 72 min. Linas Klimavičius, 75 min. Domantas Šimkus (Lithuania).
In the next group match, Turkey hosted the Luxembourg national team at home, the productive match ended in a 3-3 draw.
Until tonight, the national team had lost all the matches of this tournament.
September schedule of the Lithuanian national team:
September 25 (Sunday), 9:45 p.m. Luxembourg – Lithuania
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