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Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) ს.კ ძმრიანი ნასკები's Bidzina Pulishvili 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. Davit Torotadze succeeded in the game's 4th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 1-0. ს.კ ძმრიანი ნასკები's Vano Gvaramadze played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Arsen Machaidze in the 7th minute of play. Vano Gvaramadze made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Emiriev Nad in the 10th minute of play. A collision led to Spalding getting a freekick after 12 minutes play. Beka Bitsadze hit a great ball. Vano Gvaramadze made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Arsen Machaidze in the 15th minute of play. ს.კ ძმრიანი ნასკები's Vano Gvaramadze played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Emiriev Nad in the 20th minute of play. After 25 played minutes ს.კ ძმრიანი ნასკები got a freekick which was hit by Bebur Gagnidze. After some careless play in the ს.კ ძმრიანი ნასკები defense, Emiriev Nad kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Vano Gvaramadze. The ს.კ ძმრიანი ნასკები fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Vano Gvaramadze should have stopped the shot. Spalding's Arsen Machaidze got a good chance for a goal in the 44th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Arsen Machaidze in the 46th minute of play forced ს.კ ძმრიანი ნასკები's goalkeeper Vano Gvaramadze to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Arsen Machaidze's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Vano Gvaramadze was relentless in the 48th minute of the game. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Arsen Machaidze to make the kick off. Emiriev Nad received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 52nd minute. Vano Gvaramadze tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 53rd minute Arsen Machaidze shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vano Gvaramadze saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Spalding's Beka Bitsadze suffered a sore foot after 58 minutes and couldn't finish the game. Bebur Gagnidze got his second yellow card in the match during the 58th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. After 60 played minutes ს.კ ძმრიანი ნასკები got a freekick which was hit by Bebur Gagnidze. With a little luck, ს.კ ძმრიანი ნასკები's Vano Gvaramadze got control of the ball when Emiriev Nad tried to sneak it across the goal line. 63 minutes into the match, ს.კ ძმრიანი ნასკები's goalkeeper Vano Gvaramadze had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Emiriev Nad. Arsen Machaidze received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 64th minute. Vano Gvaramadze tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Spalding's Emiriev Nad got a good chance for a goal in the 66th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 68th minute, Davit Torotadze 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. 69 minutes into the game, Goderdzi Gabelia was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Spalding's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave ს.კ ძმრიანი ნასკები the free kick. In the 69th match minute, Spalding was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Goderdzi Gabelia to maneuver through the defense. 73 minutes into the match, Spalding's Emiriev Nad sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Vano Gvaramadze narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Arsen Machaidze sent away a hard shot on goal in the 75th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience thought a goal was coming when Emiriev Nad got free with Vano Gvaramadze in the 77th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After a rather tough play, Spalding's Arsen Cheishvili got a free kick in the 79th minute. If Jarji Gadaevi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 81st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Emiriev Nad sent away a hard shot on goal in the 86th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Arsen Machaidze sent away a hard shot on goal in the 88th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Emiriev Nad could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 89th minute of the match, but Vano Gvaramadze made a huge save. If Emiriev Nad had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 91st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Emiriev Nad sent away a hard shot on goal in the 95th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. ს.კ ძმრიანი ნასკები's Vano Gvaramadze proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 98th minute of the match, managed to save ს.კ ძმრიანი ნასკები from getting a goal against them. Spalding played a much better game than ს.კ ძმრიანი ნასკები and deserved their victory. The ს.კ ძმრიანი ნასკები players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.