On May 30, Georgian U-19 team will hold the last match of the group stage of elite round at European Championship. This match will clear up if the team of Otar Korghalidze goes through the final stage. There is a little chance because we depend on Bosnia, though, everything may happen. In short, Georgian must beat Austria and Croatia must not win Bosnia over – if it happens, we will play in Estonia.
Last round of VI group
18:30 (Tbilisi time)
Zagreb. “Lucko”. Croatia - Bosnia
Referee: Serdar Gozubuyuk (Holland).
Velika Gorica. “Velika Gorica”. Austria - Georgia
Referee: Adam Lyczmanski (Poland).
| 1. | Croatia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5-3 | 4 |
| 2. | Austria | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4-2 | 4 |
| 3. | Georgia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5-5 | 3 |
| 4. | Bosnia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2-5 | 0 |
Midfielder Marcel Ritzmaier will lack Austria. Though, right defender Stefan Petrovic is not disqualified anymore. Georgia does not have disqualified players.
Before leaving for Croatia, Otar Korghalidze stated that Austria was weaker than Croatia and Bosnia, though, previous two rounds showed that it is not true. Austrians were close to victory against the host team and were scored at the last minutes (2:2). They defeated Bosnia 2:0.
Forward Thomas Murg and midfielder Toni Vastic are the best players in the team of Rupert Marko. Only they score goals – Vastic and Murg scored 2-2 goals.
Toni Vastic plays for reserve team of “Bayern” Munich. Do you remember this last name? Yes, he is a son of former leader and captain of Austrian national team – Ivica Vastic.
If Austria has a reserve team player, Georgia has players of “Vitesse” Arnhem: Giorgi Chanturia and Vako Kazaishvili are considered as great talents.
We hope, Davit Skhirtladze, forward of “Aarhus”, will show himself like he did against Bosnia – when he scored double.
Ilia Nanobashvili
