League

Salcombe
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Mirian Kamadadze started the match with the kick off. Uta Sagharadze could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 3rd minute of the match, but Gia Gogava made a huge save. When Dato Bitsadze came up free with the goalie in the 11th minute, the Haslingfield 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 Dato Bitsadze couldn't finish the play. Gia Gogava showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mirian Kamadadze in the 14th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Haslingfield United's Avtandil Pilievi got a free kick in the 15th minute. After 17 minutes, Botchia Anghelache made it 0-1 with a short kick to the right side. Salcombe's Djondo Mamporia tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Dato Bitsadze fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 22nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Djondo Mamporia having to interfere. Dato Bitsadze 's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Djondo Mamporia read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 25th minute of play. After having played for 27 minutes, Uta Sagharadze managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Salcombe's supporters crossed their fingers, but Uta Sagharadze was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Gia Gogava made an important save on a dangerous shot by Uta Sagharadze in the 28th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Botchia Anghelache in the 39th minute of play forced Salcombe's goalkeeper Djondo Mamporia to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Uta Sagharadze who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 43rdth minute tested the skills of Gia Gogava when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Botchia Anghelache fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 48th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Djondo Mamporia having to interfere. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Botchia Anghelache to make the kick off. In the 65thth minute of the game Botchia Anghelache who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Salcombe's Djondo Mamporia was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The supporters of Haslingfield United booed when Salcombe was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 66 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nikolaj Jachvadze didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 67 minutes, Uta Sagharadze mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Salcombe and the Haslingfield United players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 67th minute, Uta Sagharadze hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 74th minute, Botchia Anghelache 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 last second Djondo Mamporia throw himself and got hold of the ball when Botchia Anghelache in the 76thth minute from his position got away a shot towards the right post. Uta Sagharadze received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 77th minute. Gia Gogava tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Gia Gogava showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mirian Kamadadze, who was totally free with the ball in the 80th minute. In the 82nd minute, Uta Sagharadze 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. Botchia Anghelache blasted a shot towards the goal in the 89th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Djondo Mamporia having to make a save. After 91 minutes of play, Salcombe's Mirian Kamadadze made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Gia Gogava was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 96th minute Filipp Cholokaev managed to get in a great position but fired away a sharp shot that went outside the goal on the goalie's right hand side. It could just as well have been a goal.