Mikheil Meskhi
Spectators: 10864 (Terracing: 8149,
Seating: 2499, VIP seats: 216) Pura Vida Academy's Paata Kamadadze 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. After 4 played minutes Pura Vida Academy got a freekick which was hit by Joakim Henriksson. After a defensive mix-up in Pura Vida Academy's zone, Filipp Topnikov stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jondo Andrzheevskiy came out of the goal and Filipp Topnikov tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. A collision led to Pura Vida Academy getting a freekick after 6 minutes play. Georginio Dzadzamia hit a great ball. After having played for 7 minutes, Aykan İskenderoğlu managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. A V A Z A's supporters crossed their fingers, but Aykan İskenderoğlu was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Pura Vida Academy's Jondo Andrzheevskiy played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Aykan İskenderoğlu in the 15th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Pura Vida Academy's Anuna Kis got a free kick in the 17th minute. 18 minutes into the game, A V A Z A's Filipp Topnikov nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Jondo Andrzheevskiy made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. 21 minutes into the match, Pura Vida Academy's goal looked a bit too open when Zviadi Anghelache came free, but Jondo Andrzheevskiy reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Zakariya Mercedes's late challenge caught a A V A Z A's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Zakariya Mercedes helped the player get up and apologised. In the 27th match minute, Pura Vida Academy was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Zakariya Mercedes to maneuver through the defense. Naskhida Khatiashvili fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 31st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Şaban Okdağ having to interfere. 34 minutes into the game, Filipp Topnikov cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Jondo Andrzheevskiy was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Şaban Okdağ showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Paata Kamadadze in the 48th minute of the match.
The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Filipp Topnikov to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 51stth minute of the game Paata Kamadadze who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but A V A Z A's Şaban Okdağ was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After a defensive mix-up in A V A Z A's zone, Paata Kamadadze stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Şaban Okdağ came out of the goal and Paata Kamadadze tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 55th minute, Aykan İskenderoğlu 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zviadi Anghelache in the 61st minute of play forced Pura Vida Academy's goalkeeper Jondo Andrzheevskiy to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Şaban Okdağ took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Antoni Wieser, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 65th minute of the match Pura Vida Academy got a corner. A V A Z A's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Joakim Henriksson ran over to the corner to take the kick. Joakim Henriksson made a great header on Pura Vida Academy's corner, it was just that A V A Z A's Şaban Okdağ managed to reach the ball for a save. In the 67th match minute, Pura Vida Academy was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Antoni Wieser to maneuver through the defense. In the 72nd minute, Zakariya Mercedes hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jondo Andrzheevskiy took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Irakli Robakidze, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 79th minute of the match A V A Z A got a corner. Pura Vida Academy's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Irakli Robakidze ran over to the corner to take the kick. In the 88th minute, A V A Z A's Aykan İskenderoğlu dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-3. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Antoni Wieser in the 93rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Şaban Okdağ saved A V A Z A from getting behind. The audience was convinced that Aykan İskenderoğlu's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jondo Andrzheevskiy was relentless in the 95th minute of the game. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Qian Wen Ran during the 96th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 96th minute, Qian Wen Ran hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aykan İskenderoğlu in the 97th minute of play forced Pura Vida Academy's goalkeeper Jondo Andrzheevskiy to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The A V A Z A players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.
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