League

ASCA Stadium
Spectators: 9234 (Terracing: 6927, Seating: 2124, VIP seats: 183) Xiao Yuan Zhen showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Semen Topnikov, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. Canberra Raiders's Xiao Yuan Zhen played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gia Sagharadze in the 7th minute of play. After 9 minutes, Marat Mkheidze mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Hove AFC and the Canberra Raiders players grew even worse after the yellow card. Marat Mkheidze kicked well hit freekick during the 9th minute of the match. Tsotne Burduli blasted a shot towards the goal in the 11th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Archil Jachvadze having to make a save. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Naskhida Pozharskiy in the 19th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Xiao Yuan Zhen prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 23 minutes into the match, Canberra Raiders's goal looked a bit too open when Gia Sagharadze came free, but Xiao Yuan Zhen reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 24 minutes into the game, Hove AFC's Djoto Levidze nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Xiao Yuan Zhen made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. 30 minutes into the match, Canberra Raiders's goal looked a bit too open when Naskhida Pozharskiy came free, but Xiao Yuan Zhen reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 32 minutes into the match, Canberra Raiders's goal looked a bit too open when Gia Sagharadze came free, but Xiao Yuan Zhen reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Xiao Yuan Zhen took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Naskhida Pozharskiy, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Canberra Raiders's Xiao Yuan Zhen played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gia Sagharadze in the 36th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Naskhida Pozharskiy in the 38th minute of play forced Canberra Raiders's goalkeeper Xiao Yuan Zhen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Canberra Raiders's Xiao Yuan Zhen played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Naskhida Pozharskiy in the 40th minute of play. After having played for 43 minutes, Andrey Mingrelsky managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Canberra Raiders's supporters crossed their fingers, but Andrey Mingrelsky was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Archil Jachvadze stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Tsotne Burduli's shot from short distance in the 47th minute. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

An unexpectedly hard shot by Semen Topnikov in the 58th minute of play forced Canberra Raiders's goalkeeper Xiao Yuan Zhen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Xiao Yuan Zhen made a fantastic save in the 59th minute, when Naskhida Pozharskiy sent off a good shot on target. Canberra Raiders's Xiao Yuan Zhen proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 61st minute of the match, managed to save Canberra Raiders from getting a goal against them. Canberra Raiders's Xiao Yuan Zhen proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 62nd minute of the match, managed to save Canberra Raiders from getting a goal against them. Through an outstanding action, after 66 minutes, Xiao Yuan Zhen successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Andrey Mingrelsky sent away a hard shot on goal in the 69th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 85th minute of the match, Naskhida Pozharskiy got a very nice opportunity to score, but Xiao Yuan Zhen was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. 89 minutes into the match, Hove AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Tsotne Burduli came free, but Archil Jachvadze reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 90th minute Gia Sagharadze shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Xiao Yuan Zhen saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Tsotne Burduli scored 3-1 in the 91st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Archil Jachvadze, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The home crowd let out a huge roar when the referee blew for the end of the game. Canberra Raiders were victorious despite being under pressure from Hove AFC for much of the match.