In today’s Italian Serie A match, Gvidas Gvineitis started for Torino FC for the second consecutive game, but the team suffered a narrow 0:1 defeat against Como 1907.
The 20-year-old midfielder made his 25th appearance in Serie A this season. During this time, he has scored three goals and provided one assist. Today, Gvineitis played for 80 minutes before being substituted when the score was 0:1. He also received his fourth yellow card of the season.
Como scored the only goal of the game in the 36th minute, with Greek forward Anastasios Douvikas netting his second goal of the season.
In the second minute of stoppage time during the second half, Torino thought they had equalized, but Ivan Ilic’s goal was disallowed after a VAR intervention.
Following this defeat, Torino remains 10th in the league table, with 40 points from 32 games. With six matches left in the season, Gvineitis and his Torino teammates will face Udinese next Monday.
In the Kazakhstan 1/8 finals today, FC Astana, without Lithuanian national team player Kipras Kazukolovas in the lineup, advanced to the quarterfinals after a penalty shootout against Okzhetpes. The match ended 1:1 (8:7 on penalties).
Kazukolovas, who had started and played every minute of all league matches for Astana at the beginning of the season, was an unused substitute for this match.
Astana’s next match will be against Turan in league action on Sunday.
In Italian Serie B, Edgaras Dubickas was an unused substitute for the fourth game in a row as his team, Juve Stabia, played to a 1:1 draw against Cremonese.
The 26-year-old forward, who joined Juve Stabia on loan in January, has made three appearances in Serie B and contributed with one assist.
Juve Stabia is currently fifth in the league table, with 50 points from 33 games. Their next match will be at home against Sampdoria next Monday.