goller: 55. dk darius zutautas, 77. dk darius sanajevas.
sliema: murphy akanji, kristian laferla, brian said, jeffrey chetcuti, orosco anonam, stefan giglio (86. dk joseph farrugia), noel turner (83. dk alex muscat), carlo mamo, rupert mangion (60. dk kevin sammut), danilo doncic, miguel mifsud.
teknik direktör: edward aquilina.
yedekler: ernest barry, ian ciantar, lee lombardi, massimo grima.
kaunas: eduardas kurskis, darius sanajevas, marius zaliukas (60. dk mindaugas pacevicius), darius zutautas (73. dk mindaugas baguzis), tomas kancelskis, marius bezykornovas, vadimas petrenka, tadas papeckys, giedrius barevicius, andrius velicka (86. dk oleg mosgovoy), saulius mikoliunas.
teknik direktör: senderis girsovicius.
yedekler: gytis padimanskas, ricardas beniusis, rimantas zvingilas.
sarı kartlar: 38. dk mindaugas zaliukas, 50. dk saulius mikoliunas.
yardımcı hakemler: keith trevor glasgow (nir), eamon shanks (nir)
4. hakem: david malcolm (nir)
sliema: murphy akanji (gk), carlo mamo, brian said, noel turner (c) (dk. 83 alex muscat), danilo doncic, michael mifsud, jeffrey chetcuti, rupert mangion (dk. 60 kevin sammut), orosco anonam, stefan giglio (dk. 86 joseph farrugia), kristian laferla
yedekler: ernest barry (gk), ian ciantar, lee lombardi, pierre grima
teknik direktör: edward aquilina (mlt)
kaunas: eduardas kurskis (gk), darius sanajevas (c), marius Žaliukas (dk. 60 mindaugas pacevicius), darius Žutautas (dk. 73 mindaugas bagužis), tomas kančelskis, giedrius barevicius, marius bezykornovas, vadim petrenko, tadas papeckys, andrius velička (dk. 86 oleg mozgovoj), saulius mikoliunas
yedekler: gytis padimanskas (gk), ričardas beniušis, rimantas zvingilas
teknik direktör: šenderis giršovicius (ltu)
goller: (0-1) dk. 55 darius Žutautas (0-2) dk. 77 darius sanajevas (c)
sarı kartlar: dk. 38 marius Žaliukas, dk. 50 saulius mikoliunas (kaunas)
kaunas cruise past sliema published: wednesday 14 july 2004, 0.45cet sliema wanderers fc 0-2 fbk kaunas darius zutautas scores the first goal of the 2004/05 competition.
by domenic aquilina at the ta' qali stadium
darius zutautas scored the first goal of the 2004/05 uefa champions league as fbk kaunas recorded a creditable 2-0 victory at sliema wanderers fc.
firm favourites the 25-year-old defender found the net in the 55th minute in ta' qali tonight before darius sanajevas added a second in the 77th minute to leave the lithuanian champions as firm favourites to progress to the second qualifying round. the return leg will be played in kaunas next wednesday with the winners of the tie due to face sweden's title-holders djurgårdens if.
kurskis save kaunas first tested the sliema defence on four minutes when saulius mikoliunas's cross-shot was saved by goalkeeper murphy akanji. sliema had to wait until the 13th minute to try their luck when rupert mangion found orosco anonam, but his header was parried to safety by kaunas goalkeeper eduardas kurskis.
velicka effort the home side were lifted by the chance and began to apply more pressure, notably in the 17th minute when zutautas was forced to clear a stefan giglio cross. however, the visitors had their moments too, with andrius velicka finding space to shoot two minutes later. sliema's carlo mamo then went close in the 38th minute before kaunas' giedrius barevicius was denied at close range just before the interval.
headed opener the deadlock was finally broken ten minutes into the second half, when zutautas rose above the sliema defence to head beyond akanji. sliema could have had an equaliser almost immediately as danilo doncic released mangion, but again kurskis was in the way. kaunas were the most dangerous of the two sides, with velicka pulling all the strings and finding room to test akanji again in the 66th minute.
another header a second goal always looked likely and it came in the 77th minute when marius bezykornovas floated in a free-kick that kaunas captain sanajevas met with his head. the two-goal cushion deflated sliema and, with kaunas able to take off star man velicka with five minutes still to play, the lithuanian side will feel full of confidence ahead of next week's return.
