League Play-Off

Dove Holes Park
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Semen Pilievi made the kick off and thus started the match. Sergey Jachvadze hit a great freekick 4 minutes into the match. 6 minutes into the game, Torgva Babadishev threw the ball into play from the sideline. Goldthorpe's Tsotne Bitsadze quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. In the 7thth minute of the game Nikoloz Londaridze who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Dove Holes's Tsotne Aragvsky was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 10th minute, Djojiki Pozharskiy 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. Nikoloz Londaridze struck a weak shot in the 14th minute. Tsotne Aragvsky didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Goldthorpe. After 16 minutes, Mikhail Zabelin mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Dove Holes and the Goldthorpe players grew even worse after the yellow card. Mikhail Zabelin kicked well hit freekick during the 16th minute of the match. 18 minutes in the game, the ball went up into the seats when Dove Holes's Nukri Goraniskov fired away a shot that was just a little bit too high. He walked away shaking his head. Djondo Urushadze made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Semen Pilievi in the 20th minute of play. Djondo Urushadze made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vano Beroshvili in the 23rd minute of play. The supporters of Goldthorpe booed when Dove Holes was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 28 match minutes in a wonderful position. Vano Beroshvili didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 28th minute, Tsotne Bitsadze hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Djondo Urushadze made a fantastic save in the 30th minute, when Nukri Goraniskov sent off a good shot on target. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Nikoloz Londaridze in the 34th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Tsotne Aragvsky saved Dove Holes from getting behind. After having played for 37 minutes, Otar Topnikov managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Goldthorpe's supporters crossed their fingers, but Otar Topnikov was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After some fancy dribbling in the 39th minute, Nikoloz Londaridze managed to get in a good position for a shot. Goldthorpe's supporters rose to their feet, but Nikoloz Londaridze was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Tsotne Aragvsky breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Tsotne Aragvsky made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nikoloz Londaridze in the 41st minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Nukri Goraniskov got free with Djondo Urushadze in the 44th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Djondo Urushadze made an important save on a dangerous shot by Nukri Goraniskov in the 46th minute. Djondo Urushadze took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vano Beroshvili , even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 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 1-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Nikoloz Londaridze stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The supporters of Goldthorpe booed when Dove Holes was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 54 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mikhail Zabelin didn't get a good kick on the ball. With his leg Tsotne Aragvsky managed to avoid a goal in the 56thth minute, when Goldthorpe's Nikoloz Londaridze fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Tsotne Aragvsky showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Otar Topnikov in the 56th minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Dove Holes's zone, Nikoloz Londaridze stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Tsotne Aragvsky came out of the goal and Nikoloz Londaridze tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. With his leg Tsotne Aragvsky managed to avoid a goal in the 59thth minute, when Goldthorpe's Nikoloz Londaridze fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Irakli Jandieri in the 63rd minute of play forced Goldthorpe's goalkeeper Djondo Urushadze to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 64 minutes into the match, Goldthorpe's goal looked a bit too open when Nukri Goraniskov came free, but Djondo Urushadze reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 66 minutes into the match, Goldthorpe's goal looked a bit too open when Semen Pilievi came free, but Djondo Urushadze reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Merab Anghelache's late challenge caught a Goldthorpe's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Merab Anghelache helped the player get up and apologised. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 67th minute of the game. One of Dove Holes:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Goldthorpe:s goal. When the match had been going on for 69 minutes, Goldthorpe's Soso Shalikashvili 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 Tsotne Aragvsky. When the match had gone on for 75 minutes, Nikoloz Londaridze put it in 1-2 from a short distance just to the right of Tsotne Aragvsky. Khristesia Gogava took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 79th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Tsotne Aragvsky. Dove Holes's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Djondo Urushadze showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vano Beroshvili , who was totally free with the ball in the 85th minute. In the 86th minute Nukri Goraniskov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Djondo Urushadze saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Dove Holes's Tsotne Aragvsky proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 88th minute of the match, managed to save Dove Holes from getting a goal against them. With his leg Tsotne Aragvsky managed to avoid a goal in the 90thth minute, when Goldthorpe's Nikoloz Londaridze fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. After some careless play in the Goldthorpe defense, Irakli Jandieri kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Djondo Urushadze. The Goldthorpe fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Djondo Urushadze should have stopped the shot. The audience was convinced that Otar Topnikov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Tsotne Aragvsky was relentless in the 99th minute of the game.