League

Petersfield Park
Spectators: 9222 (Terracing: 6918, Seating: 2121, VIP seats: 183) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Lukhum Gagnidze kicked off to start the match. In a very dangerous position, a player in Petersfield fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 3rd minute. Penalty! Tsotne Paghava showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Otar Mingrelsky, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. Petersfield's Tsotne Paghava played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Roman Shalikashvili in the 10th minute of play. A collision led to Ullesthorpe getting a freekick after 14 minutes play. Mindia Pozharskiy hit a great ball. 22 minutes into the match, Petersfield's goal looked a bit too open when Bichiko Sulaberidze came free, but Tsotne Paghava reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Lukhum Gagnidze charged in rather forcefully in the 27th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Lukhum Gagnidze the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Lukhum Gagnidze hit a great freekick 27 minutes into the match. Tsotne Paghava made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Roman Shalikashvili in the 28th minute of play. After some careless play in the Petersfield defense, Bichiko Sulaberidze kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Tsotne Paghava. The Petersfield fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Tsotne Paghava should have stopped the shot. Petersfield's Tsotne Paghava played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Otar Mingrelsky in the 49th minute of play. Disappointed in the 0-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Semen Dzotsenidze sent away a hard shot on goal in the 56th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 62 minutes into the match, Roman Shalikashvili had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Tsotne Paghava. Petersfield's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Roman Shalikashvili was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-4. In the 66th minute Lukhum Gagnidze shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sabir Chebaevskiy saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 70 minutes into the match, Ullesthorpe's goal looked a bit too open when Lukhum Gagnidze came free, but Sabir Chebaevskiy reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Roman Shalikashvili sent away a hard shot on goal in the 72nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. With splendid footwork Roman Shalikashvili arrived in front of goal to shoot 1-5 by the left pole in the game's 76th minute. Otar Mingrelsky received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 80th minute. Tsotne Paghava tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Roman Shalikashvili in the 81st minute of play forced Petersfield's goalkeeper Tsotne Paghava to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Ullesthorpe getting a freekick after 83 minutes play. Otar Mingrelsky hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sergey Cheishvili in the 84th minute of play forced Ullesthorpe's goalkeeper Sabir Chebaevskiy to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Otar Mingrelsky sent away a hard shot on goal in the 87th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The referee felt a red card was in order, 95 minutes into the game, when Giorgi Labadze put in a rough tackle. In a very dangerous position, a player in Petersfield fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 94th minute. Penalty! The goalkeeper, Tsotne Paghava, was totally fooled by Ullesthorpe's Egos Gabelia, who 97 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. Ullesthorpe played a much better game than Petersfield and deserved their victory. The Petersfield players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.