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Spectators: 7100 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 2000, VIP seats: 100) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Tsotne Gvaramadze made the kick off which started today's match. When Imeda Sulaberidze came up free with the goalie in the 2nd minute, the RUSTAVI f.c. fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Imeda Sulaberidze couldn't finish the play. 4 minutes into the match, F.C. VALENSIE's goalkeeper Semen Sordia had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Valeri Goloviznin. In the 5th minute, Valeri Goloviznin hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Tsotne Gvaramadze's late challenge caught a RUSTAVI f.c.'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Tsotne Gvaramadze helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, F.C. VALENSIE's Tsotne Gvaramadze got a free kick in the 7th minute. After a defensive mix-up in F.C. VALENSIE's zone, Imeda Sulaberidze stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Semen Sordia came out of the goal and Imeda Sulaberidze tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. With his leg Semen Sordia managed to avoid a goal in the 9thth minute, when RUSTAVI f.c.'s Emiriev Burduli fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 21st minute, Paata Shalikashvili made a precise shot to the right of Anatoly Kikalishvili. RUSTAVI f.c.'s defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. 25 minutes into the match, F.C. VALENSIE's goal looked a bit too open when Emiriev Burduli came free, but Semen Sordia reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Anatoly Kikalishvili made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mindia Magalov in the 26th minute of play. Anatoly Kikalishvili took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tsotne Gvaramadze, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Anatoly Kikalishvili showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Paata Shalikashvili in the 30th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Paata Shalikashvili in the 35th minute of play forced RUSTAVI f.c.'s goalkeeper Anatoly Kikalishvili to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tsotne Gvaramadze in the 36th minute of play forced RUSTAVI f.c.'s goalkeeper Anatoly Kikalishvili to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Kvarkvare Andrzheevskiy came up free with the goalie in the 39th minute, the RUSTAVI f.c. fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Kvarkvare Andrzheevskiy couldn't finish the play. Emiriev Burduli received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 41st minute. Semen Sordia tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, RUSTAVI f.c.'s Otar Dzotsenidze got a free kick in the 44th minute. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Emiriev Burduli to make the kick off. In the 51st minute, Giorgi Mkheidze hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When RUSTAVI f.c.'s Emiriev Burduli in the 56th minute got a chance for a shot 56th 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. Emiriev Burduli fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 61st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Semen Sordia having to interfere. After 66 minutes, Bichiko Labadze mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the F.C. VALENSIE and the RUSTAVI f.c. players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 66 played minutes F.C. VALENSIE got a freekick which was hit by Bichiko Labadze. Semen Sordia stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Emiriev Burduli's shot from short distance in the 68th minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Emiriev Burduli in the 72nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Semen Sordia prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After some fancy dribbling in the 75th minute, Paata Shalikashvili managed to get in a good position for a shot. F.C. VALENSIE's supporters rose to their feet, but Paata Shalikashvili was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Anatoly Kikalishvili breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Imeda Sulaberidze in the 78th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Semen Sordia saved F.C. VALENSIE from getting behind. Paata Shalikashvili sent away a hard shot on goal in the 81st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Valeri Goloviznin hit a great freekick 82 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, F.C. VALENSIE's Nukri Pilievi got a free kick in the 85th minute. Okhoropir Andrzheevskiy took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 85th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Semen Sordia. F.C. VALENSIE's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet as Tsotne Gvaramadze kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Anatoly Kikalishvili. That made the score 0-2 in the 88 minute of play. In the 92nd match minute, F.C. VALENSIE was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bichiko Labadze to maneuver through the defense. 94 minutes into the game, Emiriev Burduli cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-2. Semen Sordia was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Although RUSTAVI f.c. had been in control for most of the match, F.C. VALENSIE still came away with the win.