News from the camp of the potential opponent of Kyiv’s "Dynamo" in the 2nd qualifying round of the Champions League.
Lithuanian "Zhalgiris" played another match in the national championship yesterday (the tournament is held in the spring-autumn system), narrowly defeating "Banga" at home. This is the second consecutive victory for the team from Vilnius.
Lithuanian Championship. 19th round
"Zhalgiris" — "Banga" — 1:0 (1:0)
Goal: Dumancic (45+3)
Sent off: Mutachi (63, second yellow card)
"Zhalgiris": 1.Olses, 15.Ofori, 17.Matulyavicius, 77.Kendys (C), 6.Dumancic, 14.Setkus (22.Verbitskas, 71), 32.Radenovic, 42.Lukashevich (44.Matyzhenok, 74), 45.Mutachi, 49.Tavares, 80.Antal (19.Yula, 74).
After this result, "Zhalgiris" moved up to 5th place in the Lithuanian championship standings, but the other matches of the current round have not yet been played.
As a reminder, the opponent of "Dynamo" in the 2nd qualifying round of the Champions League will be the winner of the first qualification pairing, "Zhalgiris" (Lithuania) — "Hamrun Spartans" (Malta). The matches of this stage will be played by the Kyiv team on July 22 (away) and July 29 (in Lublin).