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Godmanchester
Spectators: 9194 (Terracing: 6897, Seating: 2114, VIP seats: 183) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Lukhum Gagnidze kicked off to start the match. In the 3rd minute, Ignatiy Sulaberidze hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Lukhum Gagnidze scored 0-1 in the 5th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Tshalkhia Londaridze, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 10 minutes had been played when some careless play by Godmanchester's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Nodari Lekov was slow to take the kick. During this time Petersfield's players had a chance to rest. Tshalkhia Londaridze showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sergey Cheishvili, who was totally free with the ball in the 11th minute. When Mindia Shalikashvili came up free with the goalie in the 12th minute, the Godmanchester 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 Mindia Shalikashvili couldn't finish the play. In the 21st minute Gia Pilievi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tshalkhia Londaridze saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Lukhum Gagnidze scored 0-3 in the 22nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Tshalkhia Londaridze, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After a rather tough play, Godmanchester's Uta Paghava got a free kick in the 28th minute. Godmanchester's Tshalkhia Londaridze played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lukhum Dzotsenidze in the 32nd minute of play. After some careless play in the Godmanchester defense, Sergey Cheishvili kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Tshalkhia Londaridze. The Godmanchester fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Tshalkhia Londaridze should have stopped the shot. Tshalkhia Londaridze came out of the goal in the 40th minute to try and stop a shot by Petersfield's Sergey Cheishvili. But to his dismay, Sergey Cheishvili quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-5. Sergey Cheishvili received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 45th minute. Tshalkhia Londaridze tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere.

After a rather tough play, Petersfield's Lukhum Dzotsenidze got a free kick in the 51st minute. After a rather tough play, Godmanchester's Valeri Mkheidze got a free kick in the 54th minute. The long shot by Lukhum Dzotsenidze in the 55th minute really tested Tshalkhia Londaridze's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. Tshalkhia Londaridze acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 57th minute, took the ball on the long shot from Nodari Lekov. Tshalkhia Londaridze made a fantastic save in the 58th minute, when Sergey Cheishvili sent off a good shot on target. When Valeri Mkheidze fell near the penalty area in the 58th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Godmanchester's protests and gave Valeri Mkheidze a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of Petersfield booed when Godmanchester was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 59 match minutes in a wonderful position. Valeri Mkheidze didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 59th minute of the match Lukhum Dzotsenidze shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Tshalkhia Londaridze showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Tshalkhia Londaridze made an important save on a dangerous shot by Sergey Cheishvili in the 67th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lukhum Gagnidze in the 68th minute of play forced Godmanchester's goalkeeper Tshalkhia Londaridze to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 76th minute, Petersfield's Sergey Cheishvili dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-6. Marat Labadze'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. Marat Labadze helped the player get up and apologised. After 79 played minutes Godmanchester got a freekick which was hit by Marat Labadze. 92 minutes into the match, Godmanchester's goalkeeper Tshalkhia Londaridze had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Sergey Cheishvili. When the final whistle sounded Petersfield left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Godmanchester.