League

East Cowes
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Lukhum Gagnidze took the kick off in the first half of the match. Lukhum Gagnidze sent away a hard shot on goal in the 8th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After some fancy dribbling in the 11th minute, Amiran Pilievi managed to get in a good position for a shot. East Cowes's supporters rose to their feet, but Amiran Pilievi was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Tsotne Paghava breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The crowd rose to their feet as East Cowes's Sachino Londaridze slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Tsotne Paghava. That made the score 1-0 after 14 minutes of play. Sachino Londaridze struck a weak shot in the 17th minute. Tsotne Paghava didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for East Cowes. 19 minutes into the match, Sachino Londaridze had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Tsotne Paghava. Petersfield's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Sachino Londaridze was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. Beka Londaridze kicked well hit freekick during the 37th minute of the match. After 39 played minutes Petersfield got a freekick which was hit by Imeda Tsitsishvili. East Cowes's Valiko Andrzheevskiy played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lukhum Gagnidze in the 46th minute of play. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-0.

With a couple of smart ball manuevers Sachino Londaridze in the 53rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Tsotne Paghava saved Petersfield from getting behind. If Sachino Londaridze had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 55th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 65 minutes into the game, East Cowes's Sachino Londaridze nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Tsotne Paghava made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 4-0. Petersfield's Tsotne Paghava played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sachino Londaridze in the 68th minute of play. After having played for 73 minutes, Amiran Pilievi managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. East Cowes's supporters crossed their fingers, but Amiran Pilievi was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. With a little luck, East Cowes's Valiko Andrzheevskiy got control of the ball when Sergey Cheishvili tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 78th minute of the match, Sergey Cheishvili got a very nice opportunity to score, but Valiko Andrzheevskiy was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. 89 minutes into the match, Petersfield's Sergey Cheishvili sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Valiko Andrzheevskiy narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After having played for 91 minutes, Andrey Andrzheevskiy managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. East Cowes's supporters crossed their fingers, but Andrey Andrzheevskiy was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Tsotne Paghava didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Andrey Andrzheevskiy went, in the 93rd minute, to the upper right corner, 5-0 was the resulting score. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. East Cowes fully deserved thier win.