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16:52 | 19.08.2013 | Viewed []

Scandal: Who is right?

The newly started second round of European championship was too noisy and this noise followed to the match between leaders. In Gori, today two most leading clubs of Georgia played against each other- "Dila" hosted "Dinamo" Tbilisi. At the 31th minute, when "Dila" advanced 1:0, after Xisco's goal assist Dvali managed to score, but most of the spectators considered that he was offside. Revishvili the goalkeeper of "Dila" Gori argued the side referee for a long time but in vain. Due to argument Revishvili recieved a yellow card from Tornike Gvantseladze the referee of the match. After the match the head coach of "Dila" Giorgi Devdariani made the following statement: it was a spectacular match. We tried to show quality despite spectacular football, but it is clear why we could not do it. We all have eyes and I do not want to make a comment. I hope that unfair will finish. The main thing is to forget this match and to get ready for the next match. Thanks to fans and my football players. Afterwards he published the following post on his Facebook page: "Today Tornike Gvantseladze scored a goal against us from offside, then the referee did not set a penalty, it was not enough he brought my card, wants to fine and disqualify me. I do not care about penalty and disqualification, I only worry about my football players. I wonder if one day something changes. How one whistle can change hard work of a lot of people, hope and faith? I cannot believe that it was only a mistake and nothing more. I would like it was so. If it was a mistake, let God forgive him, but in both episodes he made a mistake against us. I also made a mistake today, I assaulted Tornike and I am ready to receive what I deserve, either fine or disqualification, but he will continue to judge the matches in a fair way with a strict face. Go Tornike. Now the second one. Several days ago the head coach of "Torpedo" Kutaisi called me (while he is Spanish and we are Georgians) and the manager Tazo Bokeria and told me that it will not be fair from their side to hold the match against us on August 25 whilst on August 24 we arrive there. As they said the success of "Dila" Gori is our success and we support it very much, on August 29 we have responsive match and they are willing to take care of the prestige of Georgia. They are really noble people that care about it, such thing is common for people from Kutaisi. In response of it, we received a firm refusal form the bosses of Georgian clubs (while the federation really wanted to help us), no delay of the match, the main thing for them is to receive three points from us, it is not important that it is a Georgian club, the prestige of Georgia, no matter that in three days we have a match ahead, the main thing is to gain three points... we want to integrate in Europe in such way?!God help us"

The situation is the following: On August 22 "Dila" plays against "Rapid" in Vienna, they cannot afford charter flight and on August 24 they come back in Tbilisi, on August 25 they hold a match against "Torpedo". It is really a strange situation.

On August 19, in relation of the match "Dila"-"Dinamo", on an official page of "Dinamo" was published the following statement of Roman Pipia the president of the club:" I would like to make some comments about the estimations of "Dila"-"Dinamo" match.

First of all, I would like to mention that the spectators saw a spectacular, interesting and tense match, which is very pleasant, such tense and interesting matches are start of increasing interest towards championship and development of Georgian football. I also would like to mention that "Dila" is a very good team and I would like to wish it success at Europe League play-off match against "Rapid".

It is also important that it is not tragedy that neither "Dinamo" nor "Dila" managed to win, but I want to say that there is a limit between judging the match and the behavior that we saw on the stadium.

To my mind it will be better if everyone does his duty. Football player the duty of football player, head coach the duty of head coach, referee the duty of referee and if someone deserves punishment, or there must be made some sanction, there are special departments, which must do their job in a operate way, such emotional behaviors must be stopped. I appeal to football federation, the subordinated referees committee should emergently look through the quality of judgment of the match and complains against the referees, they must find out the truth for finishing irresponsible statements, these statements which have been spread these days must be reacted. Everyone saw what I saw, these two episodes should be judged with a cold mind. Everyone can make a mistake, but it cannot be the reason that the referees must be under pressure. Emotional factor in estimating of referees' activity is very common in Georgia instead of professional judgment of the episodes. That's why I demand the emergent and adequate reaction from the Football Federation.

On August 21 there is held the meeting of Executive Committee, where I will settle these mentioned tasks, especially the behavior and safety rules at stadium, for regulating all these in a better way".

All these covered other matches of championship, but in spite of this the victory of "Guria" against "Merani" must be mentioned as well as the first victory of "Torpedo" against "Zestafoni".

 

II round. 17-18 August

Dila (Gori) - Dinamo (Tbilisi) 1:1 (1:1)

Goals: 1:0 Grigol Dolidze (16), 1:1 Jaba Dvali (30)

 

Spartak (Tskhinvali) - Sioni (Bolnisi) 0:2 (0:0)

Goals: 0:1 Lado Akhalaia (63), 0:2 Lasha Totadze(64)

 

Guria (Lanchkhuti) - Merani (Martvili) 1:0 (1:0)

Goals: Vili Issian (42)

Zugdidi - Wit Georgia (Tbilisi) 0:0

Chikhura (Sachkhere) - Metalurgi (Rustavi) 2:3 (0:1)

Goals: 0:1 Luka Razmadze (6), 1:1 Giorgi Rekhviashvili (65), 1:2 Giorgi Rekhviashvili (68 ს.კ.), 2:2 Dimitri Tatanashvili (82), 2:3 Davit Kirkitadze (83)

Zestafoni - Torpedo (Kutaisi) 2:3 (2:1)

Goals: 0:1 Nika Sabanadze (9), 1:1 Giorgi Adamia (14 Pen), 2:1 Giorgi Khidesheli (40 ს.კ), 2:2 Tornike Kapanadze (58), 2:3 Nika Sabanadze  (79)

1.     2     1     1     0     3:0      4
2. Metalurg     2 1 1 0 4:3 4
3. Torpedo     2 1 1 0 4:3 4
4. Dinamo Tbilisi     2 1 1 0 3:2 4
5. Dila     2 1 1 0 3:2 4
6. Chikhura     2 1 0 1 5:4 3
7. Sioni     2 1 0 1 3:2 3
8. Merani     2 1 0 1 2:2 3
9. Guria     2 1 0 1 1:3 3
10. Zugdidi     2 0 1 1 1:3 1
11. Zestafoni     2 0 0 2 3:5 0
12. Spartak     2 0 0 2 1:4 0

 

III round

25 August. Sunday: Wit Georgia – Chikhura, Merani – Zugdidi, Sioni - Guria, Dinamo – Spartak, Torpedo – Dila (?)

26 August. Monday: Metalurg - Zestafoni

Goals:

3 – Grigol Dolidze(“Dila”)

2 – Elguja Lobjanidze (“Wit Georgia”), Lasha Totadze (“Sioni”), Nika Sabanadze (“Torpedo”), Davit Kirkitadze (“Metalurg”)

 

Solomon Gulisashvili

 

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