Today XXVI national championship I round match was held at Dinamo Arena. Dinamo Tbilisi hosted FC Samtredia and defeated the rival with the score 2:0.
Before the match captains of both teams Xisco Munoz and Mikheil Mujrishvili raised Georgian flag with the accompaniment of Georgian national anthem. After that Spanish legionary of Dinamo Xisco Munoz was awarded as he was named as the best footballer by Georgian journalists in GFF’s opinion poll.
Both teams started to play in middle speed. The footballers mainly played in the center and in the end of the first half our team gained priority. Both teams created dangerous moments. The second half appeared to be more interesting. On 55th minute our team scored. After Dzaria-Papunashvili-Papava’s combination Xisco kicked exactly and scored-1:0. On 74th minute Giorgi Chirgadze gave a good pass to Giorgi Papunashvili and scored-2:0. On the last minute Giorgi Gabedava had chance to equalize the score, but failed. Finally the match finished with the victory of Dinamo Tbilisi-2:0.
Dinamo 2:0 Samtredia
Goals: 1:0 Xisco 55’ 2:0 Papunashvili 74’
Booked: Tsintsadze 60’
Dinamo: Migineishvili, Totadze, Tsintsadze, Shergelashvili (Mchedlishvili 59’), Gvelesiani, Janelidze (Lobzhanidze 55’), Papunashvili, Papava, Dzaria, Chirgadze, Xisco (Parunashvili 65’)
Samtredia: Mujrishvili, Shalikashvili, Tomashvili, Gedenidze, Kakushadze, Kerdzevadze, Kebadze (Datunaishvili 70’), Melkadze, Pavliashvili (Dolidze 53’), Getsadze, Kantaria (Gabedava 52’)
Referee: Jeneri Khorava