After the national team break, "Žalgiris" returned to the championship with a productive victory - they defeated Marijampolė's "Sūduva" team 4:0.
In the first half, Arni Viljhalmsson scored a penalty on the opponent's goal, and "Sūduva" defender Augustas Dubickas received a red card. In the second half, Žalgiris did not leave hope for the opponents and scored three beautiful goals - Mathias Oyewusi, Mario Paveličius and Romualdas Janson scored with kicks from outside the penalty area.
Ovidijus Verbickas and Mathias Oyewusi returned to the "Zalgiris" line-up for this match after recovering.
The first shot was made by "Sūduva", O. Zbunis' attempt was inaccurate.
3 minutes after M. Paveličius' long shot, the ball was saved by the goalkeeper. 4 minutes after a corner, K. Kažukolov's header was inaccurate.
14 minutes D. Coelho shot inaccurately from a distance.
30 minutes the guests had a good chance to score. A. Emsis ran away from K. Kažukolov in the counterattack and passed the ball to L. Macharashvili, who was running freely in the middle. Fortunately, his weak shot was saved by T. Duka.
37 minutes after O. Verbick's pass, M. Oyewusi ran away from the defender and was knocked down in the penalty area. The referee awarded a penalty and a red card to "Sūduva" player A. Dubickis.
Penalty 39 min. realized and A. Vilhjalmsson put "Žalgiris" ahead.
53 min. after M. Miličković's free kick, the ball flew near the post.
56 min. Žalgiris increased the lead. A. Fofana intercepted the ball on the opponent's side and M. Oyewusi scored a great shot from the edge of the penalty area.
59 min. A beautiful attack by "Zalgiris" ended with the third goal. After M. Miličković's raid, M. Paveličius sent the ball into the corner of the goal from the edge of the penalty area.
68 min. after M. Miličkovičius' pass, P. Golubickas ran away from the defender, but his shot was caught by goalkeeper V. Stebrys.
After another great shot from distance, the fourth goal fell. 73 min. R. Janson left-footed the ball into the corner of the goal and scored his first career goal in the Optibet A League.
Žalgiris will play their next match on April 4. In Šiauliai, and in Vilnius, the next match awaits on April 16.
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