World League

TSKALSADENI
Spectators: 7463 (Terracing: 5598, Seating: 1716, VIP seats: 149) Arsen Sulaberidze made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jeff Beck in the 6th minute of play. Davit Andrzheevskiy sent away a hard shot on goal in the 10th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to FC TSKALSADENI getting a freekick after 13 minutes play. Irakli Arveladze hit a great ball. After 14 played minutes, Pindobassu EC's Nilmar Vargas shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Arsen Sulaberidze came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Pindobassu EC reached it. When the match had gone on for 17 minutes, Davit Andrzheevskiy put it in 1-0 from a short distance just to the right of Wilfredo Rodriguez. If Davit Andrzheevskiy had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 26th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 26 minutes into the match, FC TSKALSADENI's Davit Andrzheevskiy sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Wilfredo Rodriguez narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The audience thought a goal was coming when Davit Andrzheevskiy got free with Wilfredo Rodriguez in the 27th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Marat Pulishvili hit a great freekick 28 minutes into the match. After 29 played minutes, Pindobassu EC's Nilmar Vargas shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Arsen Sulaberidze came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Pindobassu EC reached it. Wilfredo Rodriguez took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Davit Andrzheevskiy, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 32 minutes Pindobassu EC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Tsotne Kobiashvili who took care of the corner kick. With a little luck, Pindobassu EC's Wilfredo Rodriguez got control of the ball when Davit Andrzheevskiy tried to sneak it across the goal line. 38 minutes into the match, Nilmar Vargas notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of FC TSKALSADENI's Arsen Sulaberidze. Arsen Sulaberidze was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Nilmar Vargas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 41st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Davit Andrzheevskiy stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 53rd minute Jeff Beck shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Arsen Sulaberidze saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. FC TSKALSADENI's Arsen Sulaberidze proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 55th minute of the match, managed to save FC TSKALSADENI from getting a goal against them. After having played for 55 minutes, Davit Andrzheevskiy managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. FC TSKALSADENI's supporters crossed their fingers, but Davit Andrzheevskiy was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. FC TSKALSADENI's Arsen Sulaberidze played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nilmar Vargas in the 68th minute of play. Arsen Sulaberidze was a little too slow when Nilmar Vargas got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 70th minute. The score was now 1-3. Dorian Hoffmann could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 73rd minute of the match, but Arsen Sulaberidze made a huge save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nilmar Vargas in the 74th minute of play forced FC TSKALSADENI's goalkeeper Arsen Sulaberidze to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Alexander Casas's late challenge caught a Pindobassu EC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Alexander Casas helped the player get up and apologised. In the 75th match minute, FC TSKALSADENI was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alexander Casas to maneuver through the defense. Pindobassu EC's Azmi Kamuran was substituted for Mário Azevedo. Pindobassu EC's Olavo Freire was substituted for Jeff Beck. Pindobassu EC's Víktor Donatello was substituted for Alessandro Pavard. In the 76th match minute, FC TSKALSADENI was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alexander Casas to maneuver through the defense. Thanks to some nice moves Dorian Hoffmann could shoot a difficult shot in the 78th minute, which Arsen Sulaberidze however easily saved by the left post. Arsen Sulaberidze made an important save on a dangerous shot by Dorian Hoffmann in the 79th minute. Nilmar Vargas took the ball and in the 81 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Arsen Sulaberidze. Arsen Sulaberidze dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-4. The crowd rose to their feet as Nilmar Vargas kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Arsen Sulaberidze. That made the score 1-5 in the 88 minute of play. FC TSKALSADENI's Arsen Sulaberidze played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nilmar Vargas in the 93rd minute of play. Arsen Sulaberidze made an important save on a dangerous shot by Dorian Hoffmann in the 97th minute. When the match was over Pindobassu EC could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than FC TSKALSADENI throughout the match.