In the match against Welsh “Llanelli” which has status of semi-professional team, “Dinamo” Tbilisi showed amateur football and suffered from a shameful failure.
The team of Spanish Alex Garcia showed the desired level at some moments. Mostly, the team made mistakes.
Jordan Follows (“Llanelli”) scored two goals. At the end of the match, Davit Odikadze minimized score with penalty.
“Dinamo” has territorial advantage during the whole match. In spite of that Xisco, the most famous player of “Dinamo”, was not on a perfect form and held the first match in a new team, his advantage in class was obvious.
Players of “Llanelli” played actively. They made many technical mistakes but thanks to the mistakes of the “Dinamo” defenders (Odikadze, Homola) they often made dangerous moments.
In spite of the unconvincing playing, “Dinamo” is considered as a favorite and 1:0 will be enough in Tbilisi. The second match will be held on July 21 in Tbilisi.
The second qualifying round of EUFA Champions League. Parc Y Scarlets (Llanelli), Wales.
Llaneli (Wales) – Dinamo (Tbilisi, Georgia) 2:1 (1:0)
Llaneli: Morris, Thomas (Legg, 67), S. Jones (cap), Surman, Bowen, Corbisiero, Follows (R. Jones, 72), Evans, Williams, Grist (Batley, 89), Bond.
Head coach: Gary Lloyd.
Dinamo: Loria, Homola, Jigauri (Tekturmanidze, 65), Koshkadze (cap), Kakhelishvili (Yague, 70),Odikadze, Coto (Lekvtadze, 54), Rekhviashvili, Kakubava, Xisco, Kvekveskiri.
Head coach: Alex Garcia.
Goals: Follows (8, 51) – Odikadze (81 pen).
Booked: Corbisiero (23), Follows (44), Kakhelishvili (53), Surman (77), Grist (80), Lekvtadze (82).
Referee: Mattias Gestranius (Finland).
