League

Workington
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Irakli Gogava took the kick off in the first half of the match. If Irakli Gogava had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 5th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. A collision led to Workington getting a freekick after 11 minutes play. Tsotne Chebaevskiy hit a great ball. Mindia Tsitsishvili showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mark Ee in the 11th minute of the match. Workington's Mindia Tsitsishvili played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Irakli Gogava in the 13th minute of play. Mindia Tsitsishvili showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Irakli Gogava in the 15th minute of the match. Irakli Gogava's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Mindia Tsitsishvili read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 22nd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mark Ee in the 25th minute of play forced Workington's goalkeeper Mindia Tsitsishvili to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The Georgian F.C. fans' excitement grew in the 27th match minute when Georgian F.C.'s Irakli Gogava looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Georgian F.C.'s Irakli Gogava got a good chance for a goal in the 30th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Irakli Gogava blasted a shot towards the goal in the 34th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Mindia Tsitsishvili having to make a save. Irakli Gogava received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 35th minute. Mindia Tsitsishvili tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 36th minute, Takha Kamadadze 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. After 38 minutes of play, Georgian F.C.'s Irakli Gogava made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Mindia Tsitsishvili was left in no man's land by his defense there! 41 minutes into the game, Georgian F.C.'s Irakli Gogava nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Mindia Tsitsishvili made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-3. The audience was convinced that Irakli Gogava's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Mindia Tsitsishvili was relentless in the 45th minute of the game. When Georgian F.C.'s Irakli Gogava in the 46th minute got a chance for a shot 46th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Workington's goalie prevented a goal. After the first half Georgian F.C. were leading 0-3. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Nikolaj Kamadadze made a kick off. Irakli Gogava fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 60th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mindia Tsitsishvili having to interfere. Irakli Gogava might have been able to make a better finish in the 62nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Mindia Tsitsishvili. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Irakli Gogava ran back to his position shaking his head. Mindia Tsitsishvili was out of position in the 63 minute of play, and Irakli Gogava capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Irakli Gogava really showed his touch with that goal: 0-4. Mindia Tsitsishvili was a little too slow when Mark Ee got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 71st minute. The score was now 0-6. After 75 minutes, Irakli Gogava made it 0-7 with a short kick to the right side. Workington's Mindia Tsitsishvili tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. After a defensive mix-up in Workington's zone, Hector Lobo stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Mindia Tsitsishvili came out of the goal and Hector Lobo tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Mindia Tsitsishvili made a fantastic save in the 86th minute, when Irakli Gogava sent off a good shot on target. In the 87th minute of the match Georgian F.C. got a corner. Workington's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Mark Ee ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner led Georgian F.C.'s Mark Ee to fire away a dangerous shot which Mindia Tsitsishvili despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. When the match had gone on for 89 minutes, Irakli Gogava put it in 0-9 from a short distance just to the right of Mindia Tsitsishvili. Dato Paghava missed a clear chance of a goal when in the 97 minute of the game fired away a shot, but unfortunally the ball went out to the Gregory Hattendorf right hand side. When the match was over Georgian F.C. could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Workington throughout the match.