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RK Stadium
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Arsen Jandieri kicked off to start the match. Rioni Kutaisi AFC's Naskhida Sulaberidze played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Naskhida Pozharskiy in the 5th minute of play. In the 8th minute, Naskhida Pozharskiy left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Hove AFC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Rioni Kutaisi AFC's Naskhida Sulaberidze played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Semen Topnikov in the 11th minute of play. Rioni Kutaisi AFC's Naskhida Sulaberidze played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Naskhida Pozharskiy in the 15th minute of play. Naskhida Sulaberidze came out of the goal in the 18th minute to try and stop a shot by Hove AFC's Naskhida Pozharskiy. But to his dismay, Naskhida Pozharskiy quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. Gia Gogavas short, quick shot in the 21stth minute got Archil Jachvadze to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. 22 minutes into the game, Khristesia Kikalishvili lined in a short shot 1-2 behind a frustrated Archil Jachvadze. 24 minutes into the game, Goderdzi Topnikov was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Rioni Kutaisi AFC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Hove AFC the free kick. In the 24th minute, Goderdzi Topnikov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Naskhida Sulaberidze showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Naskhida Pozharskiy, who was totally free with the ball in the 26th minute. After 28 minutes of play, Hove AFC's Gia Sagharadze made it 1-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Naskhida Sulaberidze was left in no man's land by his defense there! Naskhida Pozharskiy kicked well hit freekick during the 33rd minute of the match. Rioni Kutaisi AFC's Naskhida Sulaberidze 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. After 37 minutes of play, Hove AFC's Naskhida Pozharskiy made it 1-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Naskhida Sulaberidze was left in no man's land by his defense there! Naskhida Sulaberidze showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Naskhida Pozharskiy, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute. The Rioni Kutaisi AFC players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Hove AFC were winning 1-4.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Gia Sagharadze stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 53rd minute, Hove AFC's Gia Sagharadze dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-5. 56 minutes into the match, Gia Gogava had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Archil Jachvadze. Hove AFC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Gia Gogava was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-5. Gia Sagharadze had several of the Rioni Kutaisi AFC's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 60 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 2-6 score and a disappointed Naskhida Sulaberidze as he didn't even see the shot coming. Naskhida Sulaberidze was a little too slow when Semen Topnikov got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 63rd minute. The score was now 2-7. Naskhida Sulaberidze made an important save on a dangerous shot by Djoto Levidze in the 66th minute. 67 minutes into the match, Rioni Kutaisi AFC's goalkeeper Naskhida Sulaberidze had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Naskhida Pozharskiy. With a little luck, Rioni Kutaisi AFC's Naskhida Sulaberidze got control of the ball when Naskhida Pozharskiy tried to sneak it across the goal line. Amiran Andrzheevskiy received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 72nd minute. Archil Jachvadze tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Roland Pawletko hit a great freekick 73 minutes into the match. In the 76th minute Gia Sagharadze shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Naskhida Sulaberidze saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 78 minutes into the match, Naskhida Pozharskiy had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Naskhida Sulaberidze. Rioni Kutaisi AFC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Naskhida Pozharskiy was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-8. Naskhida Sulaberidze made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gia Sagharadze in the 82nd minute of play. If Arsen Jandieri had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 84th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Djoto Levidze hit a great freekick 85 minutes into the match. In the 88th minute, Nodari Cheishvili hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience thought a goal was coming when Naskhida Pozharskiy got free with Naskhida Sulaberidze in the 90th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Naskhida Sulaberidze was a little too slow when Gia Sagharadze got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 92nd minute. The score was now 2-9. Rioni Kutaisi AFC's Naskhida Sulaberidze played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gia Sagharadze in the 96th minute of play. When the match was over Hove AFC could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Rioni Kutaisi AFC throughout the match.