Today, Georgian U-17 team will play against England at Boris Paichadze national stadium in Tbilisi. Everyone thinks (and the first round proved it) that team of Koba Zhorzhikashvili is holding a match against the favorite of the group. Georgia and England are in the 3rd group of qualifying round at European Championship 2011. The both teams had successful start and they gained 3 points.
There is a chance that team of Zhorzhikashvili may guarantee elite-round today. This will happen if Georgians beat the British and Poland does not lose against Sweden. In case of equal points, preference is given to matches held against each other. If three teams have the same points, then balls will be counted among these three teams.
If Georgians beat England today and Sweden wins, there is still a chance that Georgia may take the 3rd place. 2 best teams will go through the next round. There are 13 groups and 2 best third-placed teams will go through the elite-round.
Koba Zhorzhikashvili told "World Sport", that all 18 players are ready to play - Luca Hufnagel is among them. He hurt his leg in the match against Poland. Georgian U-17 team trained at "Basa" yesterday. In the evening, they watched England-Sweden match on the video.
Nika Sandokhadze, captain of Georgian team, is close to disqualification. So, he must be careful against England.
Statistics of the first round:
Georgia - Poland
Shots in goal: 2-2; shots toward goal: 1-2; yellow card: 1-2; sent off: 0-0; free kick: 13-17; corner kick: 1-2; offside: 2-2.
England - Sweden
Shots in goal: 9-3; shots toward goal: 3-0; yellow card: 0-0; sent off: 0-0; free kick: 18-15; corner kick: 7-3; offside: 5-1.
II round
October 20. 15:00. Tbilisi. "Mikheil Meskhi".
Poland - Sweden
Referee: Anatoli Vishnichenko (Kazakhstan)
October 20. 15:00. Tbilisi. "National".
Georgia - England
Referee: Rene Aysner (Austria)
| 1 | England | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3-0 | 3 |
| 2 | Georgia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2-1 | 3 |
| 3 | Poland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1-2 | 0 |
| 4 | Sweden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-3 | 0 |
Here are those 16 teams which have already gone through the elite-round: Greece, Croatia, Germany, Norway, Ireland, Romania, Belarus, Iceland, Turkey, Denmark, Belgium, Slovakia, Hungary, Switzerland, Scotland, Spain.
Matches are being held in some groups now, and in some groups they have not started yet.
Ilia Nanobashvili
