League

Dinamo Arena
Spectators: 8571 (Terracing: 6429, Seating: 1971, VIP seats: 171) Thurlaston's Tariel Abesadze got a good chance for a goal in the 5th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 7thth minute of the game Eldar Mkheidze who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FC Dinamo Tbilisi's Roman Gabelia was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Dato Pawletko charged in rather forcefully in the 8th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Dato Pawletko the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 8th match minute, Thurlaston was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Dato Pawletko to maneuver through the defense. Aydin Robakidze fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 10th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Roman Gabelia having to interfere. Nodari Paghava showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mirian Levidze in the 21st minute of the match. A hard shot 22 in the game by Lukhum Khatiashvili from a close distance when the talented Nodari Paghava managed to make a qualified save. Thurlaston's players were relieved. After 23 minutes, Aydin Robakidze mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Thurlaston and the FC Dinamo Tbilisi players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Thurlaston's Aydin Robakidze got a free kick in the 23rd minute. After having played for 26 minutes, Mirian Levidze managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. FC Dinamo Tbilisi's supporters crossed their fingers, but Mirian Levidze was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eldar Mkheidze in the 29th minute of play forced FC Dinamo Tbilisi's goalkeeper Roman Gabelia to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 31stth minute of the game Tariel Abesadze who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FC Dinamo Tbilisi's Roman Gabelia was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Eldar Mkheidze fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 36th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Roman Gabelia having to interfere. Tariel Abesadze scored 0-1 in the 37th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Roman Gabelia, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Tariel Abesadze received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 44th minute. Roman Gabelia tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere.

Dato Pawletko struck a weak shot in the 55th minute. Roman Gabelia didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Thurlaston. Tariel Abesadze sent away a hard shot on goal in the 60th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Tariel Abesadze fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 64th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Roman Gabelia having to interfere. Nodari Paghava took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lukhum Khatiashvili, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a defensive mix-up in FC Dinamo Tbilisi's zone, Sabir Jandieri stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Roman Gabelia came out of the goal and Sabir Jandieri tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 81st minute, Lukhum Khatiashvili managed to get in a good position for a shot. FC Dinamo Tbilisi's supporters rose to their feet, but Lukhum Khatiashvili was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Nodari Paghava breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 84th minute, FC Dinamo Tbilisi's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Tariel Abesadze fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. In the 88th minute Thurlaston were awarded a corner. Torgva Pulishvili went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner led to Thurlaston's Gocha Magalov getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. In the 91st minute, Tariel Abesadze 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. In the 92nd minute Dato Pawletko shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Roman Gabelia saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Tariel Abesadze could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 93rd minute of the match, but Roman Gabelia made a huge save. Mirian Levidze struck a weak shot in the 97th minute. Nodari Paghava didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for FC Dinamo Tbilisi. When the match was over Thurlaston could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than FC Dinamo Tbilisi throughout the match.