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Aldeburgh
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Uta Cholokaev got the match started through his kick off. If Emiriev Jandieri had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 6th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Roman Bitsadze charged in rather forcefully in the 9th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Roman Bitsadze the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 10th match minute, Aldeburgh was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Roman Bitsadze to maneuver through the defense. Goderdzi Gadaevi recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 12th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. With 17 minutes on the clock, Botchia Kamadadze commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. In the 17th minute, one of Halstead:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Halstead. Illarion Pachalia walked up to take care of the penalty kick. He was aiming for the top corner, but the ball went just outside the post. After a defensive mix-up in Halstead's zone, Roman Bitsadze stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Tshalkhia Gadaevi came out of the goal and Roman Bitsadze tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Nodari Abesadze didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Goderdzi Gadaevi went, in the 24th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. Nodari Abesadze showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Goderdzi Gadaevi, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. In the 38th minute, Roman Bitsadze 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. Giorgi Chebaevskiy kicked well hit freekick during the 41st minute of the match. Roman Bitsadze received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 42nd minute. Tshalkhia Gadaevi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Uta Cholokaev's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Tshalkhia Gadaevi was relentless in the 45th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Uta Cholokaev in the 47th minute of play forced Halstead's goalkeeper Tshalkhia Gadaevi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.

The wind increased when Goderdzi Gadaevi made the kick off in the second half. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Roman Bitsadze in the 51st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Tshalkhia Gadaevi saved Halstead from getting behind. Tshalkhia Gadaevi stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Uta Cholokaev's shot from short distance in the 53rd minute. After a rather tough play, Halstead's Eldar Nad got a free kick in the 55th minute. Tshalkhia Gadaevi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Uta Cholokaev in the 56th minute of play. After 56 minutes of play, Aldeburgh's Uta Cholokaev made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Tshalkhia Gadaevi was left in no man's land by his defense there! Filipp Jachvadze's late challenge caught a Aldeburgh's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Filipp Jachvadze helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Aldeburgh booed when Halstead was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 59 match minutes in a wonderful position. Filipp Jachvadze didn't get a good kick on the ball. Uta Cholokaev's late challenge caught a Halstead's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Uta Cholokaev helped the player get up and apologised. In the 65th match minute, Aldeburgh was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Uta Cholokaev to maneuver through the defense. Roman Bitsadze received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 67th minute. Tshalkhia Gadaevi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 74 minutes into the match, Goderdzi Gadaevi notched a goal, 2-2, to the right of Aldeburgh's Nodari Abesadze. Nodari Abesadze was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Goderdzi Gadaevi's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 79thth minute, Nodari Abesadze skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Halstead's Tshalkhia Gadaevi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Uta Cholokaev in the 81st minute of play. Roman Bitsadze sent away a hard shot on goal in the 83rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Roman Bitsadze in the 85th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Tshalkhia Gadaevi prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 86 minutes into the match, Halstead's goal looked a bit too open when Roman Bitsadze came free, but Tshalkhia Gadaevi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 87th match minute, Halstead was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eldar Nad to maneuver through the defense. If Uta Cholokaev had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 90th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Eldar Nad hit a great freekick 91 minutes into the match. 95 minutes into the match, Halstead's goal looked a bit too open when Uta Cholokaev came free, but Tshalkhia Gadaevi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.