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Spectators: 8438 (Terracing: 6336, Seating: 1942, VIP seats: 160) Amiran Londaridze started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Archil Cholokaev's late challenge caught a real1988's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Archil Cholokaev helped the player get up and apologised. In the 8th minute Khristesia Arveladze shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Khudji Cheishvili saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some careless play in the real1988 defense, Nikoloz Salia kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Khudji Cheishvili. The real1988 fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Khudji Cheishvili should have stopped the shot. Valeri Khatiashvili fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 20th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Khudji Cheishvili having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in real1988's zone, Khristesia Arveladze stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Khudji Cheishvili came out of the goal and Khristesia Arveladze tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Khudji Cheishvili showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Khristesia Arveladze in the 27th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Bebur Burduli got free with Takha Sulakvidze in the 31st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Khudji Cheishvili took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Khristesia Arveladze, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 33 minutes into the match, real1988's Amiran Londaridze sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Takha Sulakvidze narrowly saved just below the crossbar. During the 37th minute of the match Archil Cholokaev completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Archil Cholokaev a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. Valeri Khatiashvili received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 39th minute. Khudji Cheishvili tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Valeri Khatiashvili sent away a hard shot on goal in the 45th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After the first half Leigh United were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The wind increased when Valeri Khatiashvili made the kick off in the second half. In the 51st minute, Khristesia Arveladze hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Valeri Khatiashvili received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 56th minute. Khudji Cheishvili tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Merdan Dzotsenidze succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 0-2 in the 57th playminute. Khudji Cheishvili made a fantastic save in the 62nd minute, when Valeri Khatiashvili sent off a good shot on target. Valeri Khatiashvili fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 68th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Khudji Cheishvili having to interfere. With a little luck, real1988's Khudji Cheishvili got control of the ball when Torgva Andrzheevskiy tried to sneak it across the goal line. When Valeri Khatiashvili came up free with the goalie in the 71st minute, the Leigh United 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 Valeri Khatiashvili couldn't finish the play. Khudji Cheishvili was a little too slow when Khristesia Arveladze got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 72nd minute. The score was now 0-3. real1988's Khudji Cheishvili proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 76th minute of the match, managed to save real1988 from getting a goal against them. After some fancy dribbling in the 77th minute, Merdan Dzotsenidze managed to get in a good position for a shot. Leigh United's supporters rose to their feet, but Merdan Dzotsenidze was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Khudji Cheishvili breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After 83 minutes of play, real1988's Bebur Burduli made it 1-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Takha Sulakvidze was left in no man's land by his defense there! Valeri Khatiashvili could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 87th minute of the match, but Khudji Cheishvili made a huge save. Valeri Khatiashvili received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 90th minute. Khudji Cheishvili tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Khristesia Arveladze came up free with the goalie in the 93rd minute, the Leigh United 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 Khristesia Arveladze couldn't finish the play. The real1988 fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Leigh United were clearly better and deserved to take the win.