The postponed round-14 Lithuanian Women's A League match took place on Wednesday evening.
In Raudondvaris, defending champions Gintra showed championship character and comfortably won 7:0 (4–0 at half-time) against fourth-placed FC Hegelmann of Kaunas district.
The three points returned Gintra to their accustomed first place after a long absence. With all teams having played 15 rounds, the champions lead on 36 points, two ahead of TransINVEST of Vilnius district.
Starting lineup: G. Lukjančukė, R. Beal, A. Mikutaitė, T. Romanovskaja, L. Ribeiro, L. Kubiliūtė, C. Caliz (60' min. I. Kuku), L. Spenazzatto (73' min. D. Misiūnaitė), M. Bowers (60' min. T. Brown), B. Taylor (46' min. E. Šupelytė), M. Proscevičiūtė (60' min. V. Igbonoba).
Goals:
Gintra: B. Taylor (16', 30' min.), L. Spenazzatto (14', 50' min.), L. Ribeiro (46', 86 min.) two each, M.Bowers (8' min.) - 1.
Steve Beeks's team showed their clear purpose from the start. Taking control of possession and play, they led emphatically at 3–0 after just 16 minutes through Madison Bowers, Laura Spenazzatto and Briana Taylor.
They added another before half-time, and complete visiting dominance continued after the break. Lidiane Ribeiro headed in during the 46th minute, and an outstanding Spenazzatto set piece in the 50th made it 6–0.
Near the end, L. Ribeiro struck the final blow to complete a 7–0 victory.
The team's next A League match is away to FK Žalgiris of Vilnius on Sunday, 21 September.
Before that, the draw for the second UEFA Women's Europa Cup qualifying round takes place in Switzerland on Friday. The champions will learn their opponents for matches on 7 or 8 and 15 or 16 October.
Match highlights: