Ten-man Lithuania was held to a 0-0 draw by Liechtenstein in a Euro 2012 qualifier in Group I on Friday.
Liechtenstein had its best chance in the 24th minute when Martin Buechel hit the post with a long-distance shot. Three minutes later, Tadas Kijanskas missed a chance to put the home team ahead with a header from close range.
Lithuania pressed for a winner in the second half but went down to 10 men when striker Edgaras Cesnauskis was shown a red card in the 75th minute for a brutal challenge on Liechtenstein captain Mario Frick.
Lithuania has five points in Group I, while Liechtenstein is in last place with four points.
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Lineups:
Lithuania: Zydrunas Karcemarskas, Deividas Semberas, Tadas Kijanskas, Marius Zaliukas, Mindaugas Panka (Mantas Savenas, 87), Edgaras Cesnauskis, Tomas Danilevicius, Saulius Mikoliunas (Marius Papsys, 63), Arunas Klimavicius, Deividas Cesnauskis, Arvydas Novikovas (Tadas Labukas, 46).
Liechtensein: Peter Jehle, Michael Stocklasa, Martin Rechsteiner, Yves Oehri (Daniel Kaufman, 52), Martin Stocklasa, Mario Frick, Franz Burgmeier, Martin Buechel (Wolfgang Kieber, 91), David Hasler, Sandro Wieser (Nicolas Hasler, 46), Marco Ritzberger.
