Entertaining tournament in mini-football was held at Vitali Daraselia Dinamo Football Academy. With the initiative of Dinamo footballers and Gladiators the tournament was named Dinamo’s New Year Cup.
Gladiators, two teams from Dinamo academy and Dinamo first team participated in the tournament. After the first stage Dianmo academy team and Dinamo first team moved to group stage. The match between them draw-3:3. The final match was much more interesting. The match 6/6 consisted of two 10 minute halves.
Mate Tsintsadze, Nika Chanturia, Giorgi Janelidze, Giorgi Papunashvili, Saba Lobzhanidze, Davit Jikia and academy goalkeeper Luka Gugeshashvili played in Dinamo first team. Lekso Abramishvili, Soso Chikadze, Davit Datvadze, Davit Chichveishvili, Otar Gagnidze, Vladimer Gochashvili, Vladimer Kakashvili, Zurab Eliava and Zaza Janashia played in the team of academy’s coaches. Papunashvili promoted Dinamo but Gochashvili soon equalized the score. After that Jikia and Lobzhanidze scored, but Gochashvili equalized the score again. Finally Lobzhanidze scored again and became bombardier of the tournament with 6 goals. In the end leader of Gladiators Roland Gaprindashvili delivered Dinamo’s New Year Cup to Nika Chanturia.