League

Farnworth Stadium
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Farnworth City's Liparit Andrzheevskiy 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. Khudji Cheishvili took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Liparit Andrzheevskiy, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Nikoloz Pilievi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 7th minute. Khudji Cheishvili tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 13th minute of the game. One of real1988:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Farnworth City:s goal. When the match had been going on for 15 minutes, Farnworth City's Bakhar Mingrelsky got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Khudji Cheishvili. After a defensive mix-up in real1988's zone, Liparit Andrzheevskiy stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Khudji Cheishvili came out of the goal and Liparit Andrzheevskiy tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 25th minute Liparit Andrzheevskiy shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Khudji Cheishvili saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Sese Bitsadze took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Taka Cheishvili, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Marat Arveladze had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 37th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Liparit Andrzheevskiy in the 38th minute of play forced real1988's goalkeeper Khudji Cheishvili to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Taka Cheishvili received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 40th minute. Sese Bitsadze tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Sese Bitsadze made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Taka Cheishvili in the 42nd minute of play. Sese Bitsadze stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Egos Kikalishvili's shot from short distance in the 47th minute. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

real1988's Khudji Cheishvili played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Liparit Andrzheevskiy in the 52nd minute of play. After having played for 54 minutes, Egos Kikalishvili managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. real1988's supporters crossed their fingers, but Egos Kikalishvili was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Egos Kikalishvili fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 59th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sese Bitsadze having to interfere. 67 minutes into the match, real1988's goal looked a bit too open when Liparit Andrzheevskiy came free, but Khudji Cheishvili reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 68 minutes into the match, Liparit Andrzheevskiy notched a goal, 2-0, to the right of real1988's Khudji Cheishvili. Khudji Cheishvili was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Egos Kikalishvili received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 75th minute. Sese Bitsadze tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Taka Cheishvili sent away a hard shot on goal in the 82nd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 84th match minute, Farnworth City was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lukhum Beroshvili to maneuver through the defense. If Liparit Andrzheevskiy had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 88th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Vano Cholokaev hit a great freekick 90 minutes into the match. Liparit Andrzheevskiy sent away a hard shot on goal in the 94th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal.