Today Kakhi Gogichaishvili returned in Georgia together with his team. Dinamo Tbilisi U-19 team won RURH CUP 2014 in Dortmund. In the final match our team defeated Galatasaray. On 44thminute Archil Meskhi scored, although Istanbul team equalized the score in a minute. Our team had chance to score but the match finished with the score-1:1. Our players kicked penalties exactly and Dinamo won with Samkharadze’s, Meskhi’s and Kobakhidze’s goals. Dinamo our team defeated Galatasaray with the score 3:2.
Dinamo: Kulua, Kapanadze, Japiashvili, Lochoshvili (Nemsadze 41’), Samkharadze, Kikava, Kobakhidze, Vekua (Kvernadze 60’), Lashkhia (Machavariani 41’), Volkov, Meskhi
½ final: Dinamo-Borussia (Mönchengladbach, Germany) 0:0, penalties 3:2
The group stage:
Dinamo-Borussia (Dortmund, Germany) 0:0
Dinamo-Viktoria (Plzen, Czech Republic) 0:0
Dinamo-Wolfsburg (Germany) 1:0
Dinamo-Benfica (Lisbon, Portugal) 1:1
Schalke Gelsenkirchen, West Ham United, Maccabi Netanya also participated in the tournament.
RUHR CUP is one of the prestigious tournaments and it’s worth mentioning that none of the Georgian youth teams have ever played on such high rank tournament.
Dinamo U-19 (coach- Kakhi Gogichaishvili) was staffed by the footballers of Dinamo-2, reserve team and academy.
Dinamo TV offers video report reflecting arrival of Dinamo U-19 in Georgia.