#FT: Lithuania 2-2 Hungary
Venue: S. Darius and S. Gireno Stadium
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Lithuania
Emilijus Zubas, Edvinas Girdvainis, Rokas Lekiatas, Edgaras Utkus (Kipras Kazukolovas), Modestas Vorobjovas, Gvidas Gineitis, Pijus Sirvys (Markas Beneta), Justas Lasickas, Gytis Paulaukas, Fiodor Cernych (Eligijus Jankauskas), Vykintas Slivka (Arvydas Novikovas).
Subs: Ovidijus Verbickas, Vytautas Cerniauskas, Faustas Steponavicius, Klaudijus Upstas, Linas Klimavicius, Edvinas Gertmonas, Daniel Romanovskij, Matijus Remeikis.
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Hungary
Denes Dibusz, Adam Lang, Attila Szalai, Attila Fiola, Adam Nagy, Dániel Gazdag (Callum Styles), Milos Kerkez (Zsolt Nagy), Loïc Négo (Kevin Csoboth), Barnabas Varga (Martin Ádám), Dominik Szoboszlai, Roland Sallai.
Subs: Péter Gulácsi, Gábor Szalai, Endre Botka, Bendeguz Bolla, Attila Mocsi, Péter Szappanos, Krisztofer Horváth, Mihaly Kata.
MATCH EVENTS | via ESPN
20’ Goal! Lithuania 1, Hungary 0. Fedor Cernych (Lithuania) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Edvinas Girdvainis.
36’ Goal! Lithuania 2, Hungary 0. Pijus Sirvys (Lithuania) header from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Gvidas Gineitis with a cross following a corner.
42’ Rokas Lekiatas (Lithuania) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45’ Substitution, Hungary. Callum Styles replaces Dániel Gazdag.
45’ Substitution, Hungary. Zsolt Nagy replaces Milos Kerkez.
55’ Dominik Szoboszlai (Hungary) is shown the yellow card.
55’ Edgaras Utkus (Lithuania) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
62’ Substitution, Hungary. Kevin Csoboth replaces Loïc Négo.
64’ Substitution, Lithuania. Kipras Kazukolovas replaces Edgaras Utkus.
65’ Substitution, Lithuania. Eligijus Jankauskas replaces Fedor Cernych.
67’ Goal! Lithuania 2, Hungary 1. Dominik Szoboszlai (Hungary) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
71’ Kipras Kazukolovas (Lithuania) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
74’ Attila Fiola (Hungary) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
76’ Substitution, Lithuania. Markas Beneta replaces Pijus Sirvys.
82’ Goal! Lithuania 2, Hungary 2. Barnabás Varga (Hungary) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Dominik Szoboszlai with a cross following a corner.
90’ Justas Lasickas (Lithuania) is shown the yellow card.
90’ Substitution, Lithuania. Arvydas Novikovas replaces Vykintas Slivka.
90’+2’ Substitution, Hungary. Martin Ádám replaces Barnabás Varga.
We have to forget the 1st half. 2nd half wasn’t bad.
The pitch was awful, it had a big impact on the game.
Our build up play is pretty bad without Orbán and Shafer. Styles makes it a little better bit still not the same.
Styles or Szoboszlai the man of the match for me.
Sallai should pass more. Shooting from tight angle barely works. Nego passed from the same situation against Serbia, and it worked pretty well.
Szalai was the worst player on the field by far. He plays like a Vasas player at the moment. No wonder he doesn’t start for Hoffeinheim.
Gotta give props to Lithuania. As much as I was hoping for a winner, this is a fair result.
On a sidenote, I don’t know how Styles plays in the third division of England, I think he would be good enough for the second tier or in a weaker first tier team in a bit weaker league
I think they failed to secure a transfer for him. He wanted to leave, but couldn’t. Don’t know the full story tho.
Hungary just need 1 point @ Bulgaria or vs Montenegro to clinch direct qualification so this wasn’t a total disaster, but makes those other matches look more tricky than they should.
In years past Hungary would’ve left this match with a loss, but they still need to do better to get to a place where this match is a guaranteed win.
Lithuania played on another level today, definitely deserve to stay in League C of Nations League if they can win their relegation playoff vs Belarus.
When you’re used to losing 8 out of 10 games… An international break of 2 games equaling 4 points feels like heaven. As a Lithuanian I’ll take it.
Props to your team. They were really good for about 70 minutes. Seems you run out of energy after that. But this is a solid team
Felt like a joy to watch this game.