Georgian national team held the first match this year. At Tirana “Kemal Pasha” stadium, which was not in a good condition, in front of half-full tribunes, “Crusadars” beat the host team. There were not three main-staff players in Georgian team: injured Aleksandre Amisulashvili, newly operated Jano Ananidze and goalkeeper Giorgi Loria who is having an enter-virus. Roin Kvaskhadze the goalkeeper of “Zestafoni” replaced Loria, he did not have much to do in this match but in several episodes he played convincingly. Especially, in the half part of the second time, when he parried the ball out, the ball crashed the goalpost and then went to the line of the goalpost. At the last minute he also saved the situation, when the captain of the opponent team kicked in goalpost’s direction. Roin had played for Georgian national team only once before this match, last year in September he played 18 minutes against Spain when Loria injured.
It is pleasant that after a long pause we saw Levan Kenia on the field, who made a goal assist. The best player of Georgia in 2012, Guram Kashia the back-liner of “Vitesse” was the captain of Georgian team first time. In the first time, he was playing as a midfielder, but in the second one he was playing in couple with Khizanishvili in defense line.
The first time was not full of moments. Both of the goals are result of mistakes of defenders. Firstly, the hosts were glad, at the 25th minute Erion Bogdan scored a goal and at the 41th minute Georgians made a good combination and Mate Vatsadze striker of “Aarhus’ scored 1:1.
In the second half it started raining and the field became worse. Ours played better than the hosts. Okriashvili assisted to Targamadze being in a penalty area, but defender was ahead, then Mate Vatsadze kicked from the 22th meter distance dangerously, finally Kvirkvelia assisted to Targamadze who kicked with a head dangerously but in vein. At the 82th minute Georgian scored. Okriashvili who entered intro the penalty area assisted to LLobzhanidze and he scored 1:2. It is worth mentioning that it was the first goal of Vatsadze and Lobzhanidze in national team.
Albania - Georgia 1:2 (1:1)
Albania: Berisa (Uikan 45), Lila, Osman (Vausi 45), Chana, Tsuri, Agoli (Arap 73),Bulku (Muzaka 89), Vila (Husai 61), Bakai (Sadiku 55), Rosi (G.Lika 76), Bogdam (Bala 66)
Head coach: Jany De Biaz
Georgia: Kvaskhadze, Lobzhanidze, Grigalava (Kankava 46), Kashia, Kandelaki (Kvirkvelia 46), Khizanishvili, A.Kobakhidze (Dzaria 63), Dzalamaidze (Okriashvili 46), Targamadze, Kenia (Gelashvili 60), Mchedlidze (Vatsadze 20, Tomashvili 78)
Head coach: Temur Ketsbaia
Goals: 1:0 Bogdan (25), 1:1 Vatsadze (41), 1:2 Lobzhanidze (82)
Yellow-card: Bulku, Kankava
Head coach: Dimitar Nakarovsky (Macedonia)
Solomon Gulisashvili
