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Wroxham
Spectators: 9257 (Terracing: 6944, Seating: 2129, VIP seats: 184) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Tsotne Burduli got the match started through his kick off. When Shoshita Aragvsky fell near the penalty area in the 8th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Canberra Raiders's protests and gave Shoshita Aragvsky a yellow card for diving instead. After 8 played minutes Canberra Raiders got a freekick which was hit by Shoshita Aragvsky. Djvebe Dzotsenidze kicked well hit freekick during the 11th minute of the match. In the 13th minute of the match Soso Jachvadze shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Xiao Yuan Zhen showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. A collision led to F.C. VALENSIE getting a freekick after 14 minutes play. Emiriev Burduli hit a great ball. Canberra Raiders's Tsotne Burduli got a good chance for a goal in the 29th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. When Canberra Raiders's Tsotne Burduli in the 32nd minute got a chance for a shot 32nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye F.C. VALENSIE's goalie prevented a goal. Xiao Yuan Zhen took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tsotne Gvaramadze, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Tsotne Burduli had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 41st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Tsotne Gvaramadze stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tsotne Gvaramadze in the 59th minute of play forced Canberra Raiders's goalkeeper Xiao Yuan Zhen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Canberra Raiders getting a freekick after 60 minutes play. Andrey Mingrelsky hit a great ball. 65 minutes into the match, Bichiko Labadze notched a goal, 1-2, to the right of Canberra Raiders's Xiao Yuan Zhen. Xiao Yuan Zhen was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Xiao Yuan Zhen showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bichiko Labadze in the 70th minute of the match. Tsotne Burduli blasted a shot towards the goal in the 78th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Semen Sordia having to make a save. After 84 played minutes Canberra Raiders got a freekick which was hit by Andrey Mingrelsky. Xiao Yuan Zhen showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tsotne Gvaramadze, who was totally free with the ball in the 86th minute. After some careless play in the F.C. VALENSIE defense, Andrey Mingrelsky kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Semen Sordia. The F.C. VALENSIE fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Semen Sordia should have stopped the shot.