League

Petersfield Park
Spectators: 9203 (Terracing: 6904, Seating: 2116, VIP seats: 183) Croyde AFC's Khvicha Beroshvili started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Khvicha Beroshvili's late challenge caught a Petersfield's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Khvicha Beroshvili helped the player get up and apologised. The long shot by Nodari Lekov in the 3rd minute really tested Filipp Mingrelsky's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. Bebur Pachalia hit a great freekick 9 minutes into the match. Filipp Mingrelsky showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lukhum Gagnidze in the 12th minute of the match. Sergey Cheishvili struck a weak shot in the 17th minute. Filipp Mingrelsky didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Petersfield. Tsotne Paghava showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Khvicha Beroshvili in the 19th minute of the match. Semen Kamadadze hit a great freekick 20 minutes into the match. Tsotne Paghava showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gogita Neparidze, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. After a rather tough play, Petersfield's Semen Kamadadze got a free kick in the 23rd minute. Pavel Bitsadze charged in rather forcefully in the 25th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Pavel Bitsadze the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Pavel Bitsadze hit a great freekick 25 minutes into the match. Tariel Pilievi's late challenge caught a Petersfield's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Tariel Pilievi helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Petersfield booed when Croyde AFC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 28 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tariel Pilievi didn't get a good kick on the ball. Filipp Mingrelsky made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gia Pilievi in the 30th minute of play. Imeda Tsitsishvili kicked well hit freekick during the 31st minute of the match. In the 32nd minute Kakhi Alania shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tsotne Paghava saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Petersfield's Tsotne Paghava played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kakhi Alania in the 35th minute of play. In the 35th match minute, Petersfield was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Semen Kamadadze to maneuver through the defense. Khvicha Beroshvili struck a weak shot in the 37th 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 Croyde AFC. 40 minutes into the match, Petersfield's goal looked a bit too open when Kakhi Alania came free, but Tsotne Paghava reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Lukhum Gagnidze during the 43rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, Petersfield's Lukhum Gagnidze got a free kick in the 43rd minute. If Lukhum Gagnidze had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 46th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience thought a goal was coming when Lukhum Gagnidze got free with Filipp Mingrelsky in the 49th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

55 minutes into the match, Petersfield's goalkeeper Tsotne Paghava had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Kakhi Alania. In the 57th minute, Kakhi Alania reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Tsotne Paghava. The goal made the score 0-1. Nukri Robakidze sent away a hard shot on goal in the 62nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 66th minute, Nukri Robakidze got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. The audience thought a goal was coming when Kakhi Alania got free with Tsotne Paghava in the 68th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Sergey Cheishvili in the 72nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Filipp Mingrelsky saved Croyde AFC from getting behind. Lukhum Gagnidze received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 75th minute. Filipp Mingrelsky tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Khvicha Beroshvili came up free with the goalie in the 77th minute, the Croyde AFC 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 Khvicha Beroshvili couldn't finish the play. Tsotne Paghava made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Khvicha Beroshvili in the 79th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 82nd minute, Khvicha Beroshvili managed to get in a good position for a shot. Croyde AFC's supporters rose to their feet, but Khvicha Beroshvili 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. If Gogita Neparidze had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 85th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Petersfield's Tsotne Paghava played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Khvicha Beroshvili in the 87th minute of play. Kakhi Alania fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 88th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tsotne Paghava having to interfere. Petersfield's Tsotne Paghava proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 89th minute of the match, managed to save Petersfield from getting a goal against them. In the 90th minute Kakhi Alania suffered a foot injury and had to be helped off the field. After 91 minutes, Nodari Lekov mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Petersfield and the Croyde AFC players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 91st match minute, Petersfield was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nodari Lekov to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sergey Cheishvili in the 95th minute of play forced Croyde AFC's goalkeeper Filipp Mingrelsky to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Croyde AFC's Filipp Mingrelsky played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lukhum Gagnidze in the 97th minute of play. Croyde AFC's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.