The Georgian national football team was defeated by Northern Ireland in the first Nations League match

Match progress

The match held at the Dinamo Arena in Tbilisi ended in a 0:1 victory for Northern Ireland. The visitors scored the goal in stoppage time. According to 1tv, the goal was scored by Charles in the 6th minute of stoppage time, while according to imedinews, this happened in the 9th minute of stoppage time. 1TV+5

Georgia national team head coach Willy Sagnol named Mamardashvili, Kakabadze, Dvali, Lochoshvili, Gvelesiani, Kochorashvili, Mekvabishvili, Kharabadze, Kvernadze, Kvaratskhelia, and Mikautadze in the starting lineup. During the match, the Georgian team had a chance to open the scoring, but the penalty taken by Khvicha Kvaratskhelia was saved by the goalkeeper. Also, in the 53rd minute, Giorgi Mikautadze failed to convert a one-on-one chance against the goalkeeper. 1TV+6

Match details

According to Willy Sagnol, the team had playing problems, including muscle injuries to all three central defenders and the inability of leading players to play for the full 90 minutes. The coach noted that forced changes in defense reduced resources in the attack. 1TV

About 7,500 students from football schools attended the match from the stands. According to netgazeti-fb, the match was supposed to be held without spectators due to the disqualification of the Georgian Football Federation, but other sources indicate that representatives of football schools were allowed into the stands. The Georgian national team will play its next Nations League match on September 28, again at the Dinamo Arena, against Ukraine. 1TV+9