Temur Ketsbaia, head coach of Georgian National Team, shifted the blame of losing against Israel on leadership of stadium named after Boris Paichadze.
At the press-conference after match he stated the following: “I want to say thanks to all those football players who participated in this match. They did their best, but playing in cornfield is very difficult. Georgian football tradition deserves much more. It is difficult to demand player do more in such stadium.. In such stadium Malta also will play as an equal rival. . You can play correctly, but other conditions also should help you. For Israel drew was quite well result and such stadium did favor to them. Those people whose duty is to take care of stadium has to take losing responsibility”.
Luis Fernández head coach of Israel stated the following: “Thanks a lot for everything. There was the best atmosphere before and during the match. Your team made me surprise. Players played very well and as for us, we have to change a lot of things.”

Zura Ksovreli