At the press-conference of central stadium of “Aktobe” Khazakhstan, Vladimir Mukhanov head coach of Kazakh team represented in front of the journalists.  He gave a short speech and mainly it was held in question-answer regime. As head coach of “Aktobe” stated, the players are preparing intensively for the match.  Georgian players also prepare intensively. According to Mukhanov, the chances between the clubs are 50-50.
After the press-conference of Kazakh coach, we went to the stadium where “Aktobe” was having training. “Central” was open for the journalists for 15 minutes. During this time, Kazakh were training with the ball- mostly with short assists.
After the training for “Aktobe”, we returned to conference hall again. Gia Geguchadze head coach of “Torpedo” held press-conference for local and Georgian journalists. There were a lot of local media representatives of Kazakhstan- it is fact that there is a big interest. Davit Gamezardashvili captain of “Torpedo” also was at the press-conference.
Gia Geguchadze: “ First of all I would like to greet you. “Aktobe” is a good team, which is staffed with high-class players.  They play quite organized football. To my mind, the match will be interesting. After the first match (1:1, Kutaisi), “Aktobe” has superiority.  After a long pause, “Torpedo” returned to Euro tournament. It was 7-year pause. We want players to gain more experience.  We watched the first match again and now we are preparing for the upcoming match. If we think about playing draw and using one chance it will not be correct.  We have to offer our football to the opponent. The main is players’ determination.  “Aktobe” is a good team. The players do not have problem in understanding each other”.
- According to the statistics, you play away matches worse than home matches…
- We will change it in Aktobe (he is smiling).
- What about the mood in the team?
Davit Gamezardashvili:  It is OK, there is a quite normal situation in the team. The match will show everything.
- Which player of “Aktobe” is desirable player for you?
Gia Geguchadze: You have a lot of good players. I respect them. Most of all I will distinguish strikers. But my players are also good one and we will try to prove it on the pitch.
 Only Grigol Dolidze’s participation in the upcoming match is under question mark from the players of “Torpedo” who are in Kazakhstan. According to Geguchadze, he is suffering from a little injury but his playing is not completely excluded.  It will be decided at pre-match trainings.

Irakli Japaridze, special correspondent from “WorldSport.ge” from Aktobe
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