The fourth week of youth football – the success of thirteen-year-olds in Garliava and the rise of fifteen-year-olds
In the fourth week of August, the teams of students of the “Šiauliai” football academy did differently – some managed to climb to the first place in the standings, while others – with minimal results, recognized the superiority of their opponents.
Samsung Galaxy Watch EJL U18 division: Talenti FA – FK Riteriai 1:0 FA Šiauliai – Šiauliai SG
On Saturday, the students of Rimantas Viktoravičius and Aurim Mančas visited the capital, where the latter clashed with their peers from Talenti FA – FK “Riteriai”. The 3rd round confrontation between the people of Šiauliai and the people of Vilnius was marked by even 2 red cards, which the representatives of the host team saw in front of them. in the part of the nervous duel, both teams exchanged several dangerous chances, but they were unable to score their own goals. However, at the beginning of the second half of the meeting, the first goal of the match fell, but the latter went through the net of the goal defended by the Šiauliai team. After 20 minutes, Jonas Usavičius, the representative of the home team, a red card was shown and the so-called knights from Vilnius remained in the minority. The people from Šiauliai kept trying to disarm the defense of the knights, but the latter’s attempts were fruitless and after Kaspar Guobis’ final signal announcing the end of the match, the people from Šiauliai had to admit the superiority of the home team.
Samsung Galaxy Watch EJL U15 division: Vilnius “BFA” 2:5 FA “Šiauliai” – Šiauliai SG
Goals: Ažuolas Kajus Paulauskas, Justas Vareika (Own goal), Vējas Pocius, Nikita Tiutiunnyk and Hlib Leonenko.
On Saturday, the 15-year-olds coached by Vilias Lapeikis and Donats Strockis also visited the capital, who fought against their peers from the Vilnius “BFA” team. The spectators who gathered at the BFA arena did not have to wait long for the first goal of the match. football player. It’s true, the people of Šiauliai didn’t lose and just 2 minutes later the result was equalized by an accurate shot by Đžuolos Kajaus Paulauskas. Just a few minutes later, the same scenario happened to both teams again. In the 24th minute of the duel, the blue and white team sent the ball into their own goal and a couple of minutes later the latter equalized the result equalized again. The corrections made by V. Lapeikis and D. Strockis during the break in the composition of the Šiauliai team bore fruit – already in the 2nd minute of the second half, Vējas Pocius, who disarmed the goalkeeper of the Vilnius team, put the Šiauliai team ahead. After this goal, the match in the capital died down a bit, but the teams kept exchanging dangerous shots on occasions where, unfortunately, football the balls hit by them did not reach the target. However, the point in this meeting was made by the tandem of Ukrainians competing in the Šiauliai team, when Hlib Leonenko and Nikita Tiutiunnyk each scored a goal. After this victory, the 15-year-olds rose to the 1st position in the standings and so far are marching without defeat in the debut season of the Samsung Galaxy Watch EJL.
Lithuanian Youth League U14 division: “Vilnius Football Academy” 1:0 FA “Šiauliai”
On Sunday, another team of boys from our academy visited the capital, this time – fourteen-year-olds coached by Donatas Strockis and Viliaus Lapeikis. The latter fought against their peers from the “Vilnius Football Academy” team, however, this time we had to admit that the people from Vilnius were stronger. The only goal of the match was scored in the 54th minute of the match, when an accurate shot from the people from Vilnius went through the net of the goal defended by Ben Mikalevičius. After this failure, the people from Šiauliai ranked in their age division. fifth
Lithuanian Youth League U13 division: FM “Olimpas” 0:2 FA “Šiauliai”
Goals: Matas Kanchelskis, Gustas Beržanskas (Own goal).
Tadas Šalkauskas and Remigijus Vaišnoras, who coach the promising thirteen-year-olds of our academy, probably did not expect a better debut in big football. The people of Šiauliai marked their debut in big football with a double week of matches, in which 2 victories were won and two clean sheets were kept. After defeating “Be1” NFA eleven at home on Wednesday, the yellow and black team went to Kaunas on Sunday, where they put another team from Kaunas on their shoulders. This time, after a precise shot by Matas Kanchelskis, the peers of the FM “Olimpas” team also fell. After this successful section, the people of Šiauliai share the positions 1-3 of the standings.
