“We gathered with this staff for the first time and result is acceptable, - Georgian coach Aleksandre Chivadze stated after the match, - Now we are forming the team. We told each player that there will be a big competition in the team. As you know, they arrive for meeting for 2-3 days and it is impossible to prepare them in this period. They must gain playing experience in clubs. Here we must work on tactic. One match is left and we will try to play well. We still have chance to take the third place. We will test other players too.”

Croatian coach Ivo Susak stated many warm words about Georgians and Georgia. Then he added: we had several good moments in the first half but could not use them. The Georgians are very technical and they proved it today. I wish them good luck.

Perhaps because of heat, the boys did not have whim. The Croatians controlled the ball. Right defender Archil Tvildiani and Nika Dzalamidze, midfielder of Polish “Jagiellonia”, were distinguished from the Georgians. After the assist of Nika, Davit Skhirtladze scored goal. The Croatians equalized soon. Andrej Kramaric scored goal from 20 meters. By the way, Kramaric made some good moments in the second half and he reminded us of Luka Modric.

    
Georgia-Croatia 1:1
Tbilisi. “Mikheil Meskhi”
Georgia:  Nadiradze, Tvildiani, Tedore Grigalashvili, Kverkvelia, Mamuka Kobakhidze, Jigauri, Dzalamidze (Kokhia 71), Chanturia, Papava, Kvekveskiri (Chapidze 46), Skhirtladze (Gabashvili 80).
Head coach: Aleksandre Chivadze.
Croatian youth team: Sluga, Vrsaljko, Ticinovic, Bubnjic, Kelic, Andrijasevic (Glavica 57), Ademi, Kramaric, Cop (Zuparic 63), Caktas, Maglica (Budimir 75).

Head coach: Ivo Susak.

Goals: 1:0 Skhirtladze (20), 1:1 Kramaric (37)
Yellow cards: Andrijasevic (28), Bubnjic (39), Ademi (41), Kelic (61); Papava (45), Chanturia (87)
Referee: Anatoli Abdula (Ukraine)
European U-21 Championship 2013 will take place in Israel. There are 10 qualifying groups. 10 winner and 4 best second-placed teams will go through play-off. Then, they will be paired and 7 teams will make through final stage. Host Israel will be added to them.The fifth group: Croatia - Georgia 0:1, Estonia - Switzerland 0:0, Georgia – Spain  2:7, Switzerland – Croatia  4:0, Spain – Georgia  2:0, Croatia – Spain  0:2, Georgia – Switzerland 0:1, Estonia - Croatia 0:1, Switzerland – Georgia  5:0, Spain – Estonia  6:0, Croatia – Estonia 4:0, Spain – Switzerland  3:0, Estonia – Spain  0:1, Croatia - Switzerland 1:2, Estonia - Georgia 1:2 Georgia - Croatia 1:1.
Remaining matches:

September 6: Georgia – Estonia, Switzerland - Spain
September 10: Spain – Croatia, Switzerland - Estonia