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ASCA Stadium
Spectators: 9261 (Terracing: 6947, Seating: 2130, VIP seats: 184) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Tsotne Burduli kicked off to start the match. After having played for 4 minutes, Tsotne Burduli managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Canberra Raiders's supporters crossed their fingers, but Tsotne Burduli was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Canberra Raiders's attentive Bondo Cholokaev managed to snatch the ball when Mirian Abesadze made a throw-in in the 7th minute of the game. Andrey Mkheidze showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tsotne Burduli, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. 14 minutes into the match, Mxedrioni's goalkeeper Andrey Mkheidze had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Tsotne Burduli. After 21 minutes, Tsotne Pozharskiy mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Mxedrioni and the Canberra Raiders players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 21st match minute, Mxedrioni was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tsotne Pozharskiy to maneuver through the defense. Canberra Raiders's supporters stood up full of expectation in the 22nd minute of the game, when Andrey Mingrelsky after an extraordinary solo performance found himself with a golden opportunity in front of Mxedrioni's goal. Andrey Mingrelsky was unfortunally a little to anxious and the ball went outside the goal. Andrey Mingrelsky kicked well hit freekick during the 24th minute of the match. The supporters of Canberra Raiders booed when Mxedrioni was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 26 match minutes in a wonderful position. Uta Gagnidze didn't get a good kick on the ball. Uta Gagnidze received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 30th minute. Xiao Yuan Zhen tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Andrey Mkheidze stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Tsotne Burduli's shot from short distance in the 42nd minute. The supporters of Canberra Raiders booed when Mxedrioni was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 45 match minutes in a wonderful position. Kakhi Urushadze didn't get a good kick on the ball.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Uta Gagnidze was the one to do the kick off. In the 52nd minute of the match, Avtandil Alania tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Xiao Yuan Zhen saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. 54 minutes had been played when some careless play by Canberra Raiders's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Archil Pulishvili was slow to take the kick. During this time Mxedrioni's players had a chance to rest. The corner ended in Archil Pulishvili almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Canberra Raiders's Xiao Yuan Zhen did a great save. 59 minutes into the match, Mxedrioni's goal looked a bit too open when Tsotne Burduli came free, but Andrey Mkheidze reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After having played for 80 minutes, Tsotne Burduli managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Canberra Raiders's supporters crossed their fingers, but Tsotne Burduli was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After 83 minutes of play, Canberra Raiders's Tsotne Burduli made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Andrey Mkheidze was left in no man's land by his defense there! Mirian Abesadze made in the 91st minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Avtandil Alania however managed to control. When the referee ended the match the Canberra Raiders players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.