League

Leiston
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Djondo Levidze took the kick off in the first half of the match. Kvarkvare Robakidze fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 4th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Egos Torotadze having to interfere. When Djondo Levidze came up free with the goalie in the 11th minute, the Sk tbilisi 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 Djondo Levidze couldn't finish the play. Djvebe Topnikov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 13th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Tshalkhia Goloviznin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 15th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Egos Torotadze having to interfere. Mikhail Pachalia hit a great freekick 16 minutes into the match. Sk tbilisi's Djvebe Topnikov got a good chance for a goal in the 17th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Imeda Gabelia's late challenge caught a Leiston's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Imeda Gabelia helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Sk tbilisi's Imeda Gabelia got a free kick in the 19th minute. Djondo Levidze charged in rather forcefully in the 23rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Djondo Levidze the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Leiston booed when Sk tbilisi was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 23 match minutes in a wonderful position. Djondo Levidze didn't get a good kick on the ball. Khobuli Kikalishvili's late challenge caught a Leiston's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Khobuli Kikalishvili helped the player get up and apologised. Anzor Urushadze sent away a hard shot on goal in the 26th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 27th minute, Djondo Levidze 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. Egos Torotadze made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tshalkhia Goloviznin in the 31st minute of play. In the 36th minute Djvebe Topnikov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Egos Torotadze saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Sk tbilisi's Davit Gadaevi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Uta Paghava in the 38th minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in Leiston's zone, Djvebe Topnikov stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Egos Torotadze came out of the goal and Djvebe Topnikov tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Taka Bitsadze fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 46th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Davit Gadaevi having to interfere. Taka Bitsadzes short, quick shot in the 48thth minute got Davit Gadaevi to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Anzor Urushadze to make the kick off. Sk tbilisi's Dato Aragvsky shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 54th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Egos Torotadze but with some difficulty. After having played for 56 minutes, Anzor Urushadze managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Leiston's supporters crossed their fingers, but Anzor Urushadze was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The audience was convinced that Djondo Levidze's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Egos Torotadze was relentless in the 60th minute of the game. In the 61st minute, Djvebe Topnikov left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Sk tbilisi fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. In the 67th minute, Anatoly Nad had to be helped off the field due to a pulled leg muscle. Sk tbilisi's Roman Aragvsky was substituted for Anatoly Nad. In the 69th match minute, Leiston was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Uta Paghava to maneuver through the defense. In the 71st minute, Roman Aragvsky left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Sk tbilisi fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. With a little luck, Leiston's Egos Torotadze got control of the ball when Roman Aragvsky tried to sneak it across the goal line. Leiston's Egos Torotadze played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Djondo Levidze in the 83rd minute of play. After 83 minutes of play, Sk tbilisi's Djondo Levidze made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Egos Torotadze was left in no man's land by his defense there! Roman Aragvsky kicked well hit freekick during the 85th minute of the match. With a little luck, Leiston's Egos Torotadze got control of the ball when Tshalkhia Goloviznin tried to sneak it across the goal line.