Hegelmann triumphed in Žemaitija after an intriguingly canceled goal by Džiugas.

2025-08-05 00:12 © D. Balandis/Hegelmann

Dramatic matches took place in the capital of Samogitia, where in the 23rd round of the "TOPsport A League", Telšiai's "Džiugas" clashed with Kaunas district's "Hegelmann". Thanks to Vincentas Šarkauskas withstanding the opponents' attacks, the guests took away the victory – the score was 1:0 (1:0) against Andrius Lipskis' team.

Having played just under half an hour, Leo Ribeiro took a free kick, the kicked ball flew close to the rectangle. In the 32nd minute, Dejan Trajkovski found Vilius Piliukaitis cutting into the penalty area, but he failed to reach the target.

In the 43rd minute, after a corner kick, Esmilis Kaušinis shot, and the bouncing ball was passed to Abdel Njoya Kader by Isaacas Barry Ojumah, who had to shoot from close range to put his team ahead.

After an hour of play, Donatas Kazlauskas committed a foul in the penalty area, and Oleksandras Kurcevas, who stepped up to the ball, failed to take advantage of the chance to equalize. Although Ibrahimas Cisse sent the bouncing ball toward the goal, the goal was not counted. With the time added by the referee ticking down, after a pass from Simonas Urbis, D. Trajkovski had a chance to score in a clever way, but V. Šarkauskas demonstrated a wonderful reaction.

The team led by Andrius Skerla, who won triumphantly in the 23rd round of the "TOPsport A League" with 43 points, is only behind "Kauno Žalgiris", while the defeated players from Telšiai have collected 31 points and stand in 5th position in the tournament table.