According to the official website of GFF, head coach of national team Kakha Tskhadadze named 23-man composition for the upcoming friendly and Euro qualifying matches. Tskhadadze added 2 players, Mate Vatsadze (“Aarhus”) and Murtaz Daushvili (”Karpaty”) to the 19-man list.
Levan Kakubava defender of “Samtredia” and goalkeeper of “Dinamo” Batumi Mikheil Aladze did not hit the list. The team of Kakha Tskhadadze will prepare for the matches against Malta (March 25) and Germany (March 29) at the technical center “Basa” from Monday.
The list of the head coach looks like following:
Goalkeepers: Giorgi Loria (“OFI”, Greece), Nukri Revishvili (“Tosno”, Russia), Mikheil Alavidze (“Dinamo”, Batumi).
Defenders: Ucha Lobzhanidze (“Omonia”, Cyprus), Guram Kashia (“Vitesse”, Netherlands), Aleksandre Amisulashvili (“Inter”, Azerbaijan), Solomon Kvirkvelia (“Rubin”, Russia), Lasha Dvali (“Kasimpasa”, Turkey), Giorgi Navalovski (“Tosno”, Russia), Levan Kakubava (“Samtredia”, Samtredia).
Midfielders: Jaba Kankava (“Dnipro”, Ukraine), Tornike Okriashvili (“Genk”, Belgium), Valeri Kazaishvili (“Vitesse”, Netherlands), Levan Kenia (“Slavia”, Czech), Nika Dzalamidze (“Jagiellonia”, Poland), Jano Ananidze (“Spartak”, Russia), Sandro Kobakhidze (“Volyn”, Ukraine), Murtaz Daushvili (“Karpaty”, Ukraine), Giorgi Chanturia (“Cluj”, Romania), Kakha Makharadze (“Pakhtakor”, Uzbekistan).
Forwards: Levan Mchedlidze (“Empoli”, Italy), Bachana Tskhadadze (“Inter”, Azerbaijan), Mate Vatsadze (“Aarhus”, Denmark).
The legionaries, who played for their clubs on Sunday, will join the national team on Tuesday. According to Tskhadadze’s decision, football players who play in national Championship will take part in full-scale practicing on Monday:
Lasha Parunashvili, Lasha Totadze, Giorgi Chirgadze, Jaba Jigauri (all “Dinamo” Tbilisi), Archil Tvildiani (“Shukura”, Kobuleti), Davit Mtivlishvili (“Zestafoni”, Zestafoni).
Schedule of press conferences and trainings:
Tuesday, March 24, Mikheil Meskhi stadium
16:30 – press conference of head coach of Malta team
17:00- training of Malta team
18:30- press conference of Georgian team’s head coach
19:00- Georgian team’s training
International friendly meeting between Georgia and Malta will take place on March 25 at 21:00, Mikheil Meskhi stadium.
