Georgia, which has never played in the final stage of a national team tournament at a full level, moved closer to the European Championship in Germany on Thursday by beating Luxembourg in the first round of the play-offs (2-0 ), a victory it witnessed except for the Spanish warrior Ilia Topuria, with origins in this Caucasian country.
The Georgians, who on Tuesday will host the winner of tonight’s clash between Greece and Kazakhstan in the final of Route C, did not miss their star, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Naples), that he lost the game because of the accumulation of cards.
Zivzivadze warned and opened the scoring
The home team was the first to warn in the 13th minute through a forward Budu Zivzivadzewho plays for the German Karlsruher, which shot to a post after a good game together.
The Luxembourgers tried, but in the first 45 minutes they hardly posed any danger the goal defended by Valencian Giorgi Mamardashvili.
Justice was done on the scoreboard in the 41st minute again Zivzivadze finishes a corner kick surpassing the length of Moris.
Kochorashvili (Levante) took over the game
The most outstanding player of the match in the first half was the Levante footballer Giorgi Kochorashvili, who alone dominated the middle of the field.
Rain made the game difficult for both teams, although the 55,000 spectators did not stop cheering for their team from the opening whistle.
In the second part the visitors, led by Luc Holtz, They tried to advance the lines, but they lacked bite and were too aggressive, costing them several cards.
Sánchez Martínez, controversial
Furthermore, there was also time for controversy, because Spanish referee José María Sánchez Martínez disallowed a goal scored in the 53rd minute by Gerson Rodrigues, the all-time top scorer of the Luxembourg national team.
The referee disallowed the goal because The play was preceded by Chanot’s dismissal of Mikautadze, what is kicked out with direct redn.
Shengelia’s sentence
In the ensuing direct free kick, Shengelia hit the crossbar with her shot. but he pulled one back a few minutes later with a rare cross from the left which Zivzivadze took advantage of in the goal (min.64.)
The rest of the time the French students Willy Sangol They dedicated themselves to keeping the ball and preventing the visitors from closing the score.
Rodrigues, the visitors’ biggest threat, hardly troubled Mamardashvili, who had a good afternoon.
Topuria, amulet, in the box
Topuria, UFC featherweight world championpresented his belt at the Dinamo Arena before the start of the match and brought luck to the Georgians, as he predicted their 2-0 win.
The wrestler, who attended the match between the president and the prime minister of the Caucasian country, received a jersey of the national team of Georgia signed by all the internationals from Kvaratskhelia in the middle of the field.
Source: La Verdad
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