As far as you know Georgian U-19 team, coached by Vasil Maisuradze, will play in the III group of elite-round next year, where their opponents will be Israel, Switzerland and Cyprus. Georgia was in the 1st basket, Israel in the second, Switzerland in the 3rd and Cyprus in the 4th.
As Otar Giorgadze told to “World Sport” Switzerland will be the host – this is uncomfortable option, because Switzerland always have good teams. All 4 teams were ready to host, that’s why they did not give votes to each other and the sortition was needed. And in a result Switzerland became a host.
The matches will be held on May 25, 27 and 30.
One team of the group will get through the final stage, which will take place in Hungary on July 19-31.
About opponents: Cyprus took the 2nd place in the qualifying – lost to Czech Republic 1:4, played draw with Croatia 2:2 and overcame Gibraltar 7:0. The striker of Cyprus is Makrias, who scored 4 goals in the group.
Switzerland hold qualifying stage matches in Slovenia and took the 2nd place: they overcame Andorra 4:0, won over Slovenia 3:1 and lost to England 0:1. Shani Tarashia scored 4 goals of 7.
Israel hold qualifying matches at home: they overcame Italy 2:0, lost to Denmark 1:3 and won over Lichtenstein 9:0. Denmark took the 1st place in the group and Israel the 2nd.
As for the Georgian team, we remember perfectly, that they hold matches in Tbilisi and won all the three – against Wales 5:1, Moldova – 2:0 and Netherlands 2:1.
Ilia Nanobashvili
Photo by Lasha Kuprashvili
