IVERIONI 5 - 0 gebi (388868149)

Clouds darkened the skies at FC IVERIONI Arena as 28647 spectators turned up for the match. Ukko Paajala was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Héctor Juan Bertola and Yogev Makhlav. IVERIONI tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. Starters: Shatirishvili - Linfeldt, Avgustinčič, Vicario, Bludov - Ruohoniemi, Silva Meneses, Ghiţescu, Kakhurashvili - López, Arzoumanidis.

A 5-4-1 alignment was the formation of choice for gebi. Lineup: Cejnar - Jabadari, Arbildo, Purtskhvanidze, Udumashvili, Galeandro - Lovász, Əhmədov, Chumashvili, Tsetskhladze - Tarba.

The strategy for gebi was to use their ability to press. The celebrations in the stands could only mean one thing - M. López's free kick had found the back of the net and put IVERIONI ahead 1 - 0! At this time in the match, gebi were using their skill at pressing to successfully stifle the game. M. López increased the lead for IVERIONI to 2 - 0, getting a head onto a hooked ball from the right. The ball looked to have taken a deflection on the way in, but he's claiming it! Confident in their lead, IVERIONI's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. After 33 minutes, N. Purtskhvanidze came close to reducing the score with a free kick aimed near the left post, but K. Shatirishvili warded the ball off to a corner. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, H. Kakhurashvili got himself booked. The manager of IVERIONI was not happy. 2 - 0 was the score after the first half. Possession in this half belonged to IVERIONI, who controlled the ball 66 percent of the time.

gebi's Z. Chumashvili placed the ball right at his teammate's feet after a corner, but S. Əhmədov couldn't finish. H. Kakhurashvili left the field with a smile on his face as he was substituted 60 minutes into the game, as his team was in the lead. G. Kokoladze was the replacement. IVERIONI put in a good effort on the right, but G. Kokoladze saw his volley fly wide of the mark 60 minutes into the game. IVERIONI put themselves up 3 - 0 when M. Ruohoniemi broke through on the right, leaving the entire defence trailing in his wake. There was concern in the stands when, at the 68 minute mark, gebi's O. Jabadari hit the ground hard, but he refused the attention of the trainer and rejoined his teammates on the pitch. IVERIONI managed to extend their lead to 4 - 0 when M. Ruohoniemi cut in neatly from the left side and struck a fine shot past the away team's goalkeeper. Things were deteriorating for the away team as IVERIONI scored another to make it 5 - 0 after a left side attack resulted in a goal for M. López after 76 minutes. By then M. López had scored three goals - a hat trick! M. López wanted to play on, but the IVERIONI coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 80 minutes into the game by Y. Aksöğüt. IVERIONI had most of the ball, with 73 percent of possession.

The most dominating IVERIONI player was without a doubt Z. Arzoumanidis. M. Avgustinčič was a disappointment, however. gebi's top performer was clearly Z. Chumashvili. G. Galeandro turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 5 - 0.