FK Zalgiris Vilnius vs Dinamo Tbilisi

Zalgiris started fast. Paulius Golubickas set up Stanislav Bilenkyi for the opener in the 25th minute, putting the hosts 1-0 up on the night. But the defining moment of the first half was still to come.

Nikola Petkovic stepped up to take a penalty in the 9th minute but saw his effort saved — a miss that would have made the task far simpler. Instead, Dinamo struck back five minutes before half-time through Leo Santos (40'), making it 1-1 at the break. On aggregate, Zalgiris now needed three unanswered goals.

The second half was pure chaos — and entirely in one direction.

Petkovic atoned for his earlier miss by scoring twice (59', 74'), either side of a Bryan Teixeira strike (61') that gave Zalgiris a 3-1 lead on the night. Mate Vatsadze briefly gave Dinamo hope with a 72nd-minute goal to make it 3-2 — but that only provoked the hosts further.

Bilenkyi restored the two-goal cushion (82'), substitute Nemanja Mihajlovic made it 6-2 (88'), and Bilenkyi completed his hat-trick in the 90th minute, assisted by Bryan Teixeira, to seal the 7-2 scoreline.

Petkovic's 59th-minute equaliser on the night. At 1-1 (3-1 on aggregate to Dinamo), Zalgiris still needed two more goals. Petkovic's strike, assisted by Dominik Franke, made the aggregate 4-3 to Dinamo — still short, but suddenly the possibility was real. From that moment, Zalgiris scored five more times.

• Stanislav Bilenkyi — Three goals (25', 82', 90') and an assist. The Ukrainian forward led the rout with a clinical hat-trick, scoring with his right foot from the centre of the box on all three occasions. Player of the match.
• Nikola Petkovic — Two goals (59', 74') and two assists despite a missed penalty in the 9th minute. The Serbian striker was at the heart of everything Zalgiris created in the second half.
• Bryan Teixeira — One goal (61'), one assist (90'). The Cape Verdean winger's 61st-minute strike made it 3-1 on the night and effectively broke Dinamo's resistance.

The provider payload registers three events in the first half and eight in the second — a lopsided distribution that reflects how completely Zalgiris took over after the interval. The scoreboard tells the story: 1-1 at half-time, 6-1 in the second half. Zalgiris converted five of their second-half chances, an extraordinary rate against a Dinamo side that picked up six yellow cards and visibly unravelled after Petkovic's equaliser.

Zalgiris advance to the UEFA Europa Conference League Third Qualifying Round with a 7-5 aggregate victory. For Dinamo Tbilisi, the 3-0 first-leg lead is one of the most painful squandered advantages in the club's European history. Zalgiris await the draw for their next opponent.

A historic collapse from Dinamo and a night that will be remembered in Lithuanian football for years. Zalgiris were 3-0 down on aggregate after the first leg and trailed on the night with half an hour gone. To win the second leg 7-2 — with six goals in the second half — required not just attacking quality but a mental resilience that separated the two sides completely.