At the 52th minute, 20-year-old midfielder of Ukrainian “Ilichevets”, Tornike Okriasvili showed master-class against Belarus- lied two defenders in a very beautiful way and scored very beautiful goal. It crowned very tense match, which brought the first victory to “Crusandars” in the qualifying cycle which has just started.
The match was as we expected. Equal teams were playing against each other and very little detail could be decisive.
Kashia was playing as right defender, Grigalava as left and Khizanishvili-Amisulashvili duet in the centre according to Ketbasia’s decision, by the way they really did well. Kankava and Daushvili played as midfielders in the centre, Targamadze was playing as right midfielder and Okriasvili was helping him from the left. Mchedlidze was forward and Ananidze was playing behind him.
Naturalized player Renar Bresan and Sergey Kornilenko player of “Krylia Sovetov” of Russia were distinguished players in Belarusian team. At the end of the first time, Belarusians played better and if they were lucky they would score. Combination at the 39th minute was the most distinguished, Bresan assisted to Balanovich, who had just came to the field, he kicked but Kashia saved the situation. Soon, Bresan again assisted, this time he assisted to Anton Putilo, player of “Fraiburg” of Germany, but he could not did well. Then again Putilo kicked but again could not score. These were the most memorable episodes from Belarusian, if they had higher class, there would be another score on the board. It also worth mentioning that after half an hour they made two necessary substitutions.
As for host team, they also had several memorable episodes. At the 5th minute captain Kankava kicked strongly, but the ball flew over the goalposts. In the second episode, Ananidze assisted to Mchedlidze, who assisted to Amisulashvili by head, but it was the end. At the 38th minute Targamadze showed his common raid. Dato won two defenders and gained corner kick.
The second time was lucky to “Crusandars”. You already know about Okriashvili’s goal and a s result of it, Belarusians became less active. But Georgians did on the contrary, they made 2-3 -minute storm. One more thing must be mentioned about Okriashvili. At the 56th minute Kvirkvelia appeared on the field and started playing as left-wing midfielder, Tornike changed position and started playing in the right wing, he continued disturbing defenders again actively. Well-done. That’s why at the end of the match he was substituted by Sirbiladze and spectators gave a strong applause to him.
In a word, we gained 3 points. Now it is time to host Spain, as it is common to say- be strong guys!
Georgia – Belarus 1:0
Tbilisi. “Dinamo Arena.”
Georgia: Loria,Okriashvili (Sirbiladze 83), Grigalava, Kashia, Amisulashvili, Khizanishvili, Kankava, Daushvili, Targamadze, Ananidze (Gorgiashvili 75), Mchedlidze (Kvirkvelia 56)
Coach: Temur Ketsbaia
Belarus: Veremko, Kulchyi, Martinovich, Kornilenko, Nekhaichik (Bordachov 30), Putilo, Zhavrenchik (Balanovich 34), Bresan, Poliakov, Tigorev (Dragun 62),Verkhovtsov
Coach: Georgi Kondrtiev
Goal: Okriashvili (52)
Yellow card: Kankava (30),Loria (86); Martinovich (54)
Referee: Stanislav Todorov (Bulgaria)
Solomon Gulisashvili
