League

Weirwood Park
Spectators: 9285 (Terracing: 6966, Seating: 2135, VIP seats: 184) Petersfield's Lukhum Gagnidze started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Tsotne Paghava was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Arsen Robakidze showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-0 in the 3 minute of play. When Arsen Robakidze came up free with the goalie in the 6th minute, the Mormont 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 Arsen Robakidze couldn't finish the play. A collision led to Mormont getting a freekick after 7 minutes play. Pavel Andrzheevskiy hit a great ball. Tsotne Paghava stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Arsen Robakidze's shot from short distance in the 15th minute. The supporters of Mormont booed when Petersfield was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 16 match minutes in a wonderful position. Valeri Labadze didn't get a good kick on the ball. Arsen Robakidze sent away a hard shot on goal in the 17th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Tsotne Paghava showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Arsen Robakidze, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. Tsotne Paghava made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Arsen Robakidze in the 19th minute of play. Mormont's Vladimir Burduli suffered a sore thigh after 19 minutes and couldn't finish the game. Imeda Tsitsishvili's late challenge caught a Mormont's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Imeda Tsitsishvili helped the player get up and apologised. Imeda Tsitsishvili kicked well hit freekick during the 20th minute of the match. After having played for 24 minutes, Sergey Cheishvili managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Petersfield's supporters crossed their fingers, but Sergey Cheishvili was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Mormont's Arsen Robakidze got a good chance for a goal in the 37th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. When Vladimir Gogava fell near the penalty area in the 39th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Mormont's protests and gave Vladimir Gogava a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Mormont's Vladimir Gogava got a free kick in the 39th minute. In the 47th match minute, Petersfield was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gia Pilievi to maneuver through the defense. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Arsen Robakidze to make the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sergey Cheishvili in the 53rd minute of play forced Mormont's goalkeeper Vano Bitsadze to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a little luck, Mormont's Vano Bitsadze got control of the ball when Valeri Labadze tried to sneak it across the goal line. After 58 played minutes Mormont got a freekick which was hit by Amiran Kobiashvili. In the 68th minute, Arsen Robakidze hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Sergey Cheishvili recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 69th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After a defensive mix-up in Mormont's zone, Lukhum Gagnidze stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Vano Bitsadze came out of the goal and Lukhum Gagnidze tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Mormont's Vano Bitsadze proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 80th minute of the match, managed to save Mormont from getting a goal against them.