Before the match against Armenian “Banants”, Armaz Jeladze, head coach of “Metalurg” Rustavi, stated at the press conference that in spite of winning the first match nothing is decided yet and the team will play with mobilization.

Armaz Jeladze: “We are preparing for the match. We won the first match 1:0 but nothing is decided yet. We will do our best to go through the next stage.

- Are there injured players in the team?

- Denis Dobrovolski and Giorgi Murvelashvili will not play because of injury. Irakli Kobia will not be able to play because of red card.

- What is your plan in this match?

- We watched the video of the previous match once again. I will talk to each player and give them instructions. We are fully mobilized.

- Did new players get used to the team?

- In spite of that, we held three friendly matches, new players got used to the team. Some of them have already played for our team before. Of course, the most important is to go through the second stage. We will be concentrated on attacks. Each player will have their own instructions.

- How many stages are you going to go through with this staff?

- It is difficult to say anything in advance. We play all matches for victory.

- Tornike Maisuradze, director of the club, stated “Metalurg” would buy new players after the match against “Banants”. Who are these new players?

- These players are Giorgi Akhvlediani, Lasha Chaduneli and Irakli Beraia. They are officially members of the club.

Shota Shermadini, press attaché of “Metalurg”, stated that the match would start at 17:00 because there is no lighting system of the stadium.

According to Shermadini, in case of going through the second stage, the match will start at 18:00 in Rustavi. In case of overcoming this stage, “Metalurg” will hold the third stage in Tbilisi.

Lasha Tabagari