Georgian Stadium
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33,
Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Quinito Merodo started the match with the kick off. In the 3rd minute, Quinito Merodo left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Flying Dutchman fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. 13 minutes into the match, Georgian F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Quinito Merodo came free, but Gregory Hattendorf reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 14th minute, Artur Shelby 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. Gregory Hattendorf stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Quinito Merodo's shot from short distance in the 16th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Irakli Gogava in the 20th minute of play forced Flying Dutchman's goalkeeper Todor Slaveev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The referee felt a red card was in order, 21 minutes into the game, when Filipp Chebaevskiy put in a rough tackle. 21 minutes into the game, one of Georgian F.C.:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Flying Dutchman were awarded a corner in the 25th minute after Georgian F.C.'s defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Martin Petrov took the corner. Gregory Hattendorf showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Quinito Merodo, who was totally free with the ball in the 27th minute. Quinito Merodo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 29th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Quinito Merodo in the 32nd minute of play forced Georgian F.C.'s goalkeeper Gregory Hattendorf to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 33rd minute, Quinito Merodo made a precise shot to the right of Gregory Hattendorf. Georgian F.C.'s defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-3. Gregory Hattendorf didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Quinito Merodo went, in the 36th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-4 was the resulting score. In the 39th minute Quinito Merodo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gregory Hattendorf saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Quinito Merodo in the 41st minute of play forced Georgian F.C.'s goalkeeper Gregory Hattendorf to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 47th minute Artur Shelby shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gregory Hattendorf saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-4 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.
The wind increased when Djojiki Sordia made the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Quinito Merodo in the 54th minute of play forced Georgian F.C.'s goalkeeper Gregory Hattendorf to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Artur Shelby sent away a hard shot on goal in the 56th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a defensive mix-up in Georgian F.C.'s zone, Quinito Merodo stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Gregory Hattendorf came out of the goal and Quinito Merodo tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Georgian F.C.'s defense didn't have a chance, in the 60th minute, when Quinito Merodo scored to the left of an out of position Gregory Hattendorf, making the score, 0-5. In the 63rd minute the ball was on its way in behind Georgian F.C.'s goalkeeper Gregory Hattendorf, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 66th minute, Quinito Merodo 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 crowd rose to their feet as Quinito Merodo kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Gregory Hattendorf. That made the score 0-6 in the 70 minute of play. In the 73rd minute, Flying Dutchman's Quinito Merodo ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Gregory Hattendorf. Gregory Hattendorf yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-7. Gregory Hattendorf showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Quinito Merodo in the 84th minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Georgian F.C.'s zone, Quinito Merodo stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Gregory Hattendorf came out of the goal and Quinito Merodo tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Quinito Merodo had several of the Georgian F.C.'s defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 91 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 0-8 score and a disappointed Gregory Hattendorf as he didn't even see the shot coming. Flying Dutchman played a much better game than Georgian F.C. and deserved their victory. The Georgian F.C. players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.
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