League Play-Off

Aldeburgh
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Uta Cholokaev took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 6thth minute of the game Emiriev Burduli who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Aldeburgh's Nodari Abesadze was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Tshalkhia Dzotsenidze lost his temper 10 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. 9 minutes into the game, one of Aldeburgh:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Okhoropir Andrzheevskiy placed the ball on the penalty spot and got himself ready to shoot. Post out! 19 minutes into the game, Roman Bitsadze cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Anatoly Kikalishvili was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 22nd minute, Kvarkvare Andrzheevskiy hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Emiriev Burduli scored 1-2 in the 28th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Nodari Abesadze, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Anatoly Kikalishvili showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Shota Burduli in the 34th minute of the match. Roman Bitsadze who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 36thth minute tested the skills of Anatoly Kikalishvili when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Thanks to some nice moves Roman Bitsadze could shoot a difficult shot in the 38th minute, which Anatoly Kikalishvili however easily saved by the left post. Roman Bitsadze's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 44thth minute, Anatoly Kikalishvili skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. With a little luck, RUSTAVI f.c.'s Anatoly Kikalishvili got control of the ball when Roman Bitsadze tried to sneak it across the goal line. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-2.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Emiriev Burduli to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute, Roman Bitsadze left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Aldeburgh fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-2. RUSTAVI f.c.'s Anatoly Kikalishvili played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Roman Bitsadze in the 59th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Roman Bitsadze in the 60th minute of play forced RUSTAVI f.c.'s goalkeeper Anatoly Kikalishvili to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Aldeburgh getting a freekick after 62 minutes play. Roman Bitsadze hit a great ball. In the 64th minute the ball was on its way in behind RUSTAVI f.c.'s goalkeeper Anatoly Kikalishvili, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After having played for 66 minutes, Roman Bitsadze managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Aldeburgh's supporters crossed their fingers, but Roman Bitsadze was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The supporters of RUSTAVI f.c. booed when Aldeburgh was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 68 match minutes in a wonderful position. Filipp Cheishvili didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a rather tough play, RUSTAVI f.c.'s Imeda Sulaberidze got a free kick in the 75th minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Filipp Cheishvili during the 85th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to RUSTAVI f.c. getting a freekick after 93 minutes play. Imeda Sulaberidze hit a great ball. Anatoly Kikalishvili took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Roman Bitsadze, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. RUSTAVI f.c. were clearly unhappy with the draw, as they felt they had done enough to earn themselves a victory.