League

Croyde Park
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Lukhum Gagnidze kicked off to start the match. 5 minutes into the match, Croyde AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Lukhum Gagnidze came free, but Filipp Mingrelsky reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, Croyde AFC's Nukri Robakidze got a free kick in the 6th minute. When Petersfield's Sergey Cheishvili in the 9th minute got a chance for a shot 9th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Croyde AFC's goalie prevented a goal. In the 11th minute Lukhum Gagnidze shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Filipp Mingrelsky saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Gogita Neparidze's late challenge caught a Petersfield's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Gogita Neparidze helped the player get up and apologised. In the 17th match minute, Croyde AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gogita Neparidze to maneuver through the defense. After some fancy dribbling in the 21st minute, Khvicha Beroshvili managed to get in a good position for a shot. Croyde AFC's supporters rose to their feet, but Khvicha Beroshvili was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Tsotne Paghava breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Tsotne Paghava showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Khvicha Beroshvili in the 34th minute of the match. Sergey Cheishvili fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 35th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Filipp Mingrelsky having to interfere. When Kakhi Alania came up free with the goalie in the 38th minute, the Croyde AFC fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Kakhi Alania couldn't finish the play. Petersfield's Tsotne Paghava proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 46th minute of the match, managed to save Petersfield from getting a goal against them. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Khvicha Beroshvili stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Kakhi Alania might have been able to make a better finish in the 55th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Tsotne Paghava. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Kakhi Alania ran back to his position shaking his head. Khvicha Beroshvili fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 64th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tsotne Paghava having to interfere. Gogita Neparidze sent away a hard shot on goal in the 65th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Khvicha Beroshvili had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 69th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 75 minutes into the match, Petersfield's goal looked a bit too open when Khvicha Beroshvili came free, but Tsotne Paghava reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Khvicha Beroshvili blasted a shot towards the goal in the 77th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Tsotne Paghava having to make a save. Tsotne Paghava showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kakhi Alania, who was totally free with the ball in the 80th minute. 81 minutes into the match, Petersfield's goal looked a bit too open when Khvicha Beroshvili came free, but Tsotne Paghava reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Khvicha Beroshvili sent away a hard shot on goal in the 83rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to Petersfield getting a freekick after 84 minutes play. Valeri Labadze hit a great ball. Valeri Labadze hit a great freekick 88 minutes into the match. Khvicha Beroshvili succeeded in the game's 89th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 2-0. After having played for 94 minutes, Gogita Neparidze managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Croyde AFC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Gogita Neparidze was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Croyde AFC walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.