Dinamo Arena hosted the second leg of UEFA Europa League third qualifying round, in which our team competed with Feyenoord. Unfortunately there were no spectators o the stadium because of UEFA’s decision. The match went on with Feyenoord’s territorial priority and Dinamo’s counter attacks. In the beginning of the match our rival had to chances to score but missed the target. In response Nodar Kavtaradze had chance but couldn’t reach the ball. Dinamo missed Akaki Shulaia and Levan Kutalia because of disqualification. Kwame Karikari injured muscle on the training and couldn’t play. Arfang Daffe has a light trauma as well. The next dangerous attack of Dinamo took place on 30th minute. Bakar Kardava appeared alone with goalkeeper after Nika Ninua’s ideal pass, although Kenneth Vermeer played well. In ten minutes Kavtaradze missed the target. The first half finished without goals. Not much had changed in the second half. The first goal was scored on 52nd minute when Nodar Kavtaradze gave an exact pass to Shengelia, who scored with exact kick-1:0. The guest team equalized the score in 5 minutes. Eric Bottenghin scored after corner kick. After that the speed of the match decreased. Dinamo had chance to score one more goal, although Shengelia-Kavtaradze’s combination finished with inexact kick. The match finished. Dinamo left Euro arena matches and will totally switch to Erovnuli Liga. Our team will play the next match on August 20 in Tskaltubo against FC Torpedo Kutaisi.
Dinamo 1:1 Feyenoord
Goal: 1:0 Shengelia 52’ 1:1 Botteghin 57’
Booked: Kokcu 30’ Papava 44’ Kavtaradze 45’ Berghuis 45’ Shyshka 58’ Shengelia 86’
Dinamo: Perales, Rukhaia, Medioub,Mongil, Kobouri (Shyshka 36), Kimadze (Azarov 80), Papava, Ninua, Shengelia, Kardava Kavtaradze (Iashvili 69)
Feyenoord: Wermeer, Haps (Malacia 70), Van der Heijden, Narsingh, Berghuis (Bannis 79), Larsson, Tapia (Kelly 70), Kokcu, Botteghin,
Referee: Sascha Stegemann (Germany)