League

Dudley Park
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Boguslaw Lichniak kicked off to start the match. In the 3rd minute, Boguslaw Lichniak hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Valeri Pawletko charged in rather forcefully in the 4th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Valeri Pawletko the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Akim Bitsadze took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mikhail Bitsadze, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 7 minutes into the game, Sachino Babadishev was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Medani's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Narikala 24GE the free kick. In the 7th minute, Sachino Babadishev hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Janusz Frenzel had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 9th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Akim Bitsadze showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Janusz Frenzel in the 12th minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 14th minute, Sachino Babadishev managed to get in a good position for a shot. Medani's supporters rose to their feet, but Sachino Babadishev was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Sachino Machaidze breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 17 minutes into the match, Boguslaw Lichniak notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Medani's Akim Bitsadze. Akim Bitsadze was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Medani's Akim Bitsadze played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Janusz Frenzel in the 22nd minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Bernard Cichocki during the 23rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to Narikala 24GE getting a freekick after 24 minutes play. Bernard Cichocki hit a great ball. Narikala 24GE's Sachino Machaidze played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sachino Babadishev in the 24th minute of play. In the 26thth minute of the game Sachino Babadishev who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Narikala 24GE's Sachino Machaidze was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Sachino Machaidze showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sachino Babadishev in the 30th minute of the match. Akim Bitsadze took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Janusz Frenzel, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to Medani getting a freekick after 35 minutes play. Bakhar Magalov hit a great ball. After 37 minutes, Boguslaw Lichniak made it 0-2 with a short kick to the right side. Medani's Akim Bitsadze tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Sachino Babadishev to strike the kick off in the second half. After 54 played minutes Medani got a freekick which was hit by Sachino Babadishev. Narikala 24GE's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Janusz Frenzel in the 58th minute. Akim Bitsadze was out of position in the 60 minute of play, and Boguslaw Lichniak capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Boguslaw Lichniak really showed his touch with that goal: 0-3. After 63 played minutes Narikala 24GE got a freekick which was hit by Bebur Alania. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sachino Babadishev in the 70th minute of play forced Narikala 24GE's goalkeeper Sachino Machaidze to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Janusz Frenzel had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 72nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 76 minutes into the match, Medani's goalkeeper Akim Bitsadze had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Semen Aragvsky. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Boguslaw Lichniak in the 77th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Akim Bitsadze saved Medani from getting behind. In the 79th minute Sachino Babadishev shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sachino Machaidze saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Bakhar Magalov hit a great freekick 80 minutes into the match. In the 84th minute, Merdan Kobiashvili ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Sachino Machaidze was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-4. After some careless play in the Narikala 24GE defense, Merdan Kobiashvili kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Sachino Machaidze. The Narikala 24GE fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Sachino Machaidze should have stopped the shot.