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P H O E N I X
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Bukhuti Alania made the kick off which started today's match. Sergey Kobiashvili received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 10th minute. Torgva Cholokaev tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Torgva Cholokaev showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bukhuti Alania, who was totally free with the ball in the 11th minute. Sergey Kobiashvili recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 12th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bukhuti Alania in the 14th minute of play forced Harrogate's goalkeeper Torgva Cholokaev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Bukhuti Alania had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 18th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Through an outstanding action, after 23 minutes, Torgva Cholokaev successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. If Sergey Kobiashvili had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 26th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Bukhuti Alania received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Torgva Cholokaev came out and tried to block the shot, but Bukhuti Alania slotted it home off the left post making it 3-0 in the 28th minute. 33 minutes into the match, Harrogate's goal looked a bit too open when Bukhuti Alania came free, but Torgva Cholokaev reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some careless play in the P H O E N I X defense, Emiriev Anghelache kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Khvicha Sulaberidze. The P H O E N I X fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Khvicha Sulaberidze should have stopped the shot. When Bukhuti Alania came up free with the goalie in the 42nd minute, the P H O E N I X 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 Bukhuti Alania couldn't finish the play. 44 minutes into the match, Harrogate's goal looked a bit too open when Bukhuti Alania came free, but Torgva Cholokaev reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 3-1.

54 minutes into the match, P H O E N I X's goalkeeper Khvicha Sulaberidze had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Giorgi Cheishvili. The supporters of P H O E N I X booed when Harrogate was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 55 match minutes in a wonderful position. Emiriev Anghelache didn't get a good kick on the ball. Roman Mingrelsky, 56 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. 58 minutes into the match, Harrogate's goal looked a bit too open when Bukhuti Alania came free, but Torgva Cholokaev reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Harrogate's Torgva Cholokaev played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bukhuti Alania in the 60th minute of play. In the 63rd minute Emiriev Anghelache shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Khvicha Sulaberidze saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 66th minute, Sergey Kobiashvili ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Torgva Cholokaev was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-1. 70 minutes into the match, P H O E N I X's goal looked a bit too open when Giorgi Cheishvili came free, but Khvicha Sulaberidze reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 73rd minute, Giorgi Cheishvili fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. Torgva Cholokaev showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bukhuti Alania, who was totally free with the ball in the 79th minute. Bukhuti Alania scored 5-1 in the 81st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Torgva Cholokaev, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Emiriev Anghelache fired away a difficult shot at goal in the 85th minute. He almost succeeded, but the ball went over. It was a very nice shot. When Soso Chebaevskiy fell near the penalty area in the 86th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored P H O E N I X's protests and gave Soso Chebaevskiy a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of Harrogate booed when P H O E N I X was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 86 match minutes in a wonderful position. Soso Chebaevskiy didn't get a good kick on the ball. Vano Mamporia sent away a hard shot on goal in the 87th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Sergey Kobiashvili sent away a hard shot on goal in the 89th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Torgva Cholokaev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bukhuti Alania in the 95th minute of the match. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. P H O E N I X had won after a very even match.