brann bowled over by rampant radzinevicius published: thursday 29 august 2002, 22.42cet fk suduva 3-2 sk brann (agg: 6-4) suduva stun norwegian contenders.
fk suduva 3-2 sk brann (suduva win 6-4 on aggregate) a tomas radzinevicius hat-trick gave fk suduva a second successive 3-2 victory against sk brann tonight, booking the lithuanian side a place in the uefa cup first round.
racing start having beaten brann on norwegian soil two weeks ago, plucky suduva raced into a 4-2 aggregate lead inside three minutes when radzinevicius latched on to a giedrius slavickas cross to score.
frenzied crowd nkosinathi nhleko pulled one back for the visitors on 16 minutes but radzinavicius struck again on the half-hour mark, blasting a 17-metre effort high into the corner to send the kaunas crowd into a frenzy.
hat-trick hero six minutes before the break, radzinavicius completed his hat-trick by converting another fine cross from slavickas and although nhleko doubled his tally for the night on the stroke of half-time, his side could not find the scoring touch after the interval and suduva held on for a famous win.
'we did what we could' humble suduva coach algimantas gabrys said: "we could have won by a bigger margin if not for the flaws in our backline. we don't have any international experience, but we did what we could."
