| Georgia 3-0 Albania |
| Referee: VOLLQUARTZ Nicolai (DEN) Booked: Cana, Duro Attendance: 18,000 Pictures: |
| 6th September |
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| Georgia |
| 1 Lomaia 2 Khizanishvili 3 Kemoklidze 4 Burduli 70 5 Kvirkvelia 6 Kobiashvili 7 Nemsadze 8 Ashvetia 9 Iashvili 10 Jamarauli 58 11 S. Arveladze 60 Subs: 12 Gvaramadze 13 Asatiani 58 14 Demetradze 60 15 Rekhviashvili 70 16 Gakhokidze 17 Kinkladze 18 Didava |
| 1 Strakosha 3 Çipi 4 Dede 10 5 Cana 6 Hasi 7 Murati 8 Bushi 61 11 Aliaj 13 Skela 15 Bellai 46 16 Dragusha Subs: 12 Lika 14 Haxhi 10 Mukaj 9 Myrtaj 17 Tare 61 18 Duro 46 2 Jupi 10 |
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| S. Arveladze, 9, 44 Ashvetia, 18 |
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| Georgia leapfrogged Albania in Group 10 with a 3-0 win in Merab Jordania's first game in charge. The match was being played in Dinamo Tbilisi's Boris Paichadze stadium due to a disagreement between GFF officials and Lokomotiv Tbilisi officials over the Mikheil Meskhi stadium. Georgia were missing influential defender Kakha kaladze throuigh injury along with Otar Khizaneishvili and Levan Tskitishvili. However Kaladze's absence didnt seem to make much of a difference as the Georgian defence were rarely troubled. Two goals from Rangers FC striker Shota Arveladze helped the Georgian Football Federation president, who has taken temporary charge of the national team, get off to a perfect start with a 3-0 win against Hans-Peter Briegel's Albania in UEFA EURO 2004 qualifying Group 10. It only took the lively Arveladze eight minutes to open the scoring as he broke through the Albania defence and blazed past goalkeeper Fotaq Strakosha. Nine minutes later, Georgia were two up as Mikhail Ashvetia collected a pass from Alexandre Iashvili and beat Strakosha. Albania looked overwhelmed by the energetic home side and the game was all over as a contest after 43 minutes when Arveladze scored his second and Georgia's third on the night. The Rangers forward put the finishing touch on a sublime move involving Ashvetia, Iashvili and Goach Jamarauli. The margin could have been even bigger but Arveladze and Iashvili wasted numerous chances in the second half. However, Albania's German coach and his side will get a chance to avenge this defeat sooner rather than later as the two teams meet again on Wednesday. The victory lifts Georgia from the bottom of Group 10 as they now have seven points from six games. They are one point ahead of Albania - who have five points from their seven matches - and only one adrift of Russia, who drew 1-1 with the Republic of Ireland in Saturday's other Group 10 game. |
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| Arveladze, Ashvetia and Jamarauli celebrate a goal |
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| Alexander Iashvili challenges Adrian Allaj of Albania |