League

Croyde Park
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Khvicha Beroshvili started the match with the kick off. Botchia Anghelache charged in rather forcefully in the 19th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Botchia Anghelache the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 19 played minutes Croyde AFC got a freekick which was hit by Botchia Anghelache. Khvicha Beroshvili sent away a hard shot on goal in the 22nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a rather tough play, Mxedrioni's Anatoly Kikalishvili got a free kick in the 24th minute. Kakhi Alania did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-0 to the left of a surprised Vaja Cheishvili 27 minutes into the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Kakhi Alania got free with Vaja Cheishvili in the 37th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 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 home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Uta Gagnidze was the one to do the kick off. Egos Pawletko fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 51st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Filipp Mingrelsky having to interfere. Vaja Cheishvili showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kakhi Alania in the 56th minute of the match. When Tariel Pilievi fell near the penalty area in the 68th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Croyde AFC's protests and gave Tariel Pilievi a yellow card for diving instead. After 68 played minutes Croyde AFC got a freekick which was hit by Tariel Pilievi. Archil Pulishvili received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 70th minute. Filipp Mingrelsky tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 73rd minute, Khvicha Beroshvili ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Vaja Cheishvili was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. The supporters of Croyde AFC booed when Mxedrioni was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 77 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tsotne Pozharskiy didn't get a good kick on the ball. Vaja Cheishvili stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Khvicha Beroshvili's shot from short distance in the 86th minute. Vaja Cheishvili took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kakhi Alania, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Vaja Cheishvili showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Khvicha Beroshvili, who was totally free with the ball in the 91st minute. When the referee ended the match the Croyde AFC players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.