League

Culcheth
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Antonis Rodis started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. After a rather tough play, Culcheth City's Dimitry Sulaberidze got a free kick in the 2nd minute. In the 4th minute, Severiano Muno made a precise shot to the right of Sabir Robakidze. Culcheth City's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. Sabir Robakidze made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hacı Sorgun in the 13th minute of play. 14 minutes into the match, Antonis Rodis notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Culcheth City's Sabir Robakidze. Sabir Robakidze was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Antonis Rodis blasted a shot towards the goal in the 19th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Sabir Robakidze having to make a save. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Antonis Rodis in the 20th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Sabir Robakidze prevented the ball from getting in the gole. A collision led to Danbury getting a freekick after 26 minutes play. Davit Andrzheevskiy hit a great ball. After a defensive mix-up in Danbury's zone, Bebur Levidze stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Semen Sulaberidze came out of the goal and Bebur Levidze tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 29 minutes into the match, Danbury's goalkeeper Semen Sulaberidze had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Bebur Levidze. In the 32nd minute Giorgi Lekov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Semen Sulaberidze saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Antonis Rodis came up free with the goalie in the 38th minute, the Danbury 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 Antonis Rodis couldn't finish the play. Antonis Rodis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 40th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a defensive mix-up in Culcheth City's zone, Hacı Sorgun stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Sabir Robakidze came out of the goal and Hacı Sorgun tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Sabir Robakidze took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Antonis Rodis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Giorgi Lekov to make the kick off. Semen Sulaberidze stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Bebur Levidze's shot from short distance in the 52nd minute. Giorgi Lekov might have been able to make a better finish in the 53rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Semen Sulaberidze. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Giorgi Lekov ran back to his position shaking his head. After 54 played minutes Culcheth City got a freekick which was hit by Djvebe Paghava. Antonis Rodiss short, quick shot in the 55thth minute got Sabir Robakidze to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. After a defensive mix-up in Danbury's zone, Bebur Levidze stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Semen Sulaberidze came out of the goal and Bebur Levidze tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Semen Sulaberidze made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bebur Levidze in the 58th minute of play. Semen Sulaberidze took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Giorgi Lekov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Danbury's Antonis Rodis was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 61st play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. Antonis Rodis had several of the Culcheth City's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 70 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 0-4 score and a disappointed Sabir Robakidze as he didn't even see the shot coming. Giorgi Lekov struck a weak shot in the 75th minute. Semen Sulaberidze didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Culcheth City. Sabir Gabelia kicked well hit freekick during the 78th minute of the match. Antonis Rodis recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 80th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After a rather tough play, Danbury's Uta Machaidze got a free kick in the 82nd minute. After a rather tough play, Danbury's Uta Machaidze got a free kick in the 83rd minute. In the 87th minute, Hacı Sorgun 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. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Kaido Hõlpus during the 91st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Kaido Hõlpus hit a great freekick 91 minutes into the match. Semen Sulaberidze took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bebur Levidze, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 93rd match minute, Danbury was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Davit Andrzheevskiy to maneuver through the defense. After having played for 94 minutes, Giorgi Lekov managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Culcheth City's supporters crossed their fingers, but Giorgi Lekov was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After 95 minutes of play Danbury's Kaido Hõlpus was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. Kaido Hõlpus kicked well hit freekick during the 95th minute of the match. Semen Sulaberidze showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bebur Levidze in the 96th minute of the match. Danbury's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.