Wednesday October 17, 2007 Finished
2 - 0
Georgia
- Mchedlidze 16’
- Siradze 64’
Scotland
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Group B: Scots knocked off top
Scotland's hopes of reaching Euro 2008 were dented on Wednesday when they were well beaten 2-0 by an inexperienced Georgia side at the Boris Paichadze national stadium in Tbilisi. More
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Live Commentary
Time:90'- Georgia
- Scotland
90'+6 There goes the final whistle! And Scotland crash to defeat in Georgia! Qualification is still in their hands, mind, but they'll now have to beat Italy at Hampden next month!
90'+3 Asatiani goes into the book for time wasting...- 90' Five minutes of stoppage time to be played! There's time yet...
89' Siradze departs and Jakobia comes on to replace the other goalscorer.- 86' Klaus Toppmoller makes another change... Kvakhadze on for goalscorer Mchedlidze!
82' McFadden turns and shoots! Straight at the keeper though! Scotland are slowly but surely looking more likley to get one back...- 81' McFadden tries his luck from a free kick now... but it's poor and the ball flies well over the Georgian bar...
- 79' McFadden nearly gets in at the far post, but he ends up on his backside and Makaridze gratefully claims!
- 77' Time is running out for the Scots... they need to do something special now...
- 75' Beattie lets fly from a free-kick, 25 yards out! Well saved by Makaridze!
- 74' Beattie gets on the end of a long cross but his header goes over the bar!
- 72' Beattie goes into the book for a trip on Shashiashvili...
- 66' And Alex McLeish immediately makes a change... Boyd and Beattie come on to replace Miller and Pearson.
64' GOAL! Georgia double their lead as Siradze converts Kvirkvelia's cross after the midfielder had beaten Murty to the byline! It looks all over for Scotland now...- 62' Oooh! Great save from Gordon to deny Kvirkvelia a goal from the resulting free kick! The Sunderland man leaps to palm the ball behind for a corner! He might just have kept Scotland in the game there.
- 61' Kankava and Ferguson have a little tussle after the ref awards a free kick to Georgia.... in the end he shows yellows to both McManus and Kankava.
- 58' McFadden goes down, but Georgia play on regardless and break with Kenia... but the youngster cannot create any magic and the move breaks down.
- 55' Maloney's over it... his effort gets up over the wall, but flies wide of the post!
- 54' Maloney is tripped by Kankava, dead centre 25 yards out... could be dangerous.
- 51' Mchedlidze shows some great strength in the Scottish box... but the youngster can't make any of it this time...
- 49' Georgia start the second period in much the same vein as they finished the first... on top and dictating play.
- 47' No changes to tell you about at half time....
- 46' Back underway in Georgia!
- 45'+3 A good passing move from Scotland ends with Maloney claiming a free kick out on the far side.... but the ref again waves play on before tooting on his whistle to signal the end of the first half!
- 45' Maloney plays it in... headed clear by Shashiashvili though...
- 44' Pearson links up well with McFadden on the left and the Derby man wins a corner!
- 41' Kenia puts his head down and sprints forwards! He tries to trick McManus with the old push it one way and run the other tactic, but it doesn't work and Scotland take possession of the ball...
- 39' McFadden goes for goal! Great effort out of nothing from the Everton striker! But his half-volley bounces onto the top of Makaridze's bar!
- 37' McFadden looks to break now... but his run is forced too wide, and eventually the move breaks down...
- 36' Mchedlidze lets fly from 25 yards! Gordon has to be sharp and he is! The keeper pushes the ball away to safety after it bounced nastily just ahead of him!
- 35' Big penalty shout from Scotland! McFadden takes a touch in the box and then appears to be brought down! The ref waves play on though!
- 34' Brilliant! Possibly the worst streaker ever seen 'hares' onto the pitch, narrowly escaping a soldier's baton! He makes it as far as the centre circle, before crumpling to the ground seconds before a posse of seven security guards pounce on him!
- 32' Makaridze comes into action, but only to claim a long hopeful punt into the box... the young keeper takes it with aplomb.
- 29' McManus rises to meet the corner with a thumping header! But it's well over the bar! Better from the Scots!
- 29' Scotland win a corner! And whilst the players are waiting for McFadden to take it, Siradze clearly shoves Weir over! The ref has a word with both players, and nothing more.
- 28' McFadden wins a throw off Asatiani and maybe the visitors can make something of this...
- 26' Nothing is falling for Scotland... every loose ball seems to fall to a white shirt (as opposed to Scotland's maroon ones)....
- 24' 17-year-old keeper Makaridze is yet to be tested so far... and only McFadden's effort into the side netting to shout about.
- 23' Looks like Alex McLeish is shouting instructions for a change of formation... they've got to try something here... at the moment the Scots really aren't in it...
- 22' Looking at a replay of the goal, it appears David Weir should have done better to make a challenge on the corner...
- 20' The Georgians really are passing the ball round with confidence at the moment... and goalscorer Mchedlidze in particualar is displaying some silky skills...
- 18' Fletcher heads off on a mazy run... he keeps on going... and going! But he's eventually stopped in his tracks by a combination of Asatiani and Ghvinianidze.... promising reaction to going behind though...
- 17' Terrible news for the Scots... they really shouldn't have allowed the youngster in there... and they've got a fight on their hands now...
- 16' GOAL! Georgia take the lead as Mchedlidze heads the corner home at the near post!
- 15' Corner now to Georgia, and this could be dangerous for the visitors...
- 13' Shashiashvili lets fly with a first time effort after a flick on to the far post! But it's wild and the ball flies way over Craig Gordon's bar!
- 8' Oooh! McFadden nearly fashions a goal as he latches onto a great Kenny Miller cross to the near post! But the Everton striker's effort hits the side netting!
- 5' Scotland struggling to get their foot on the ball at the moment... here's a chance as Gordon plucks a long cross into the box from the air!
- 3' Georgia start the better of the two sides... and it's 16-year-old Kenia who is pulling the strings for the hosts so far!
- 1' Underway at the Boris Paichadze national stadium in Tbilisi!
- - 17-year-old goalkeeper Giorgi Makaridze makes his international debut despite not having yet made his debut for Dinamo Tbilisi.
- - Gary Naysmith hasn't made it and joins Scott Brown and Alan Hutton on the sidelines through injury. Lee McCulloch and Garry O'Connor are suspended. Shaun Maloney replaces McCulloch while Graeme Murty comes in for Hutton at right-back and Graham Alexander replaces Naysmith .
- Welcome to Scotland's crucial Euro 2008 Group B qualifying clash in Georgia. Kick off is at 18:00 BST, so join us then!
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Summary
- 82' McFadden turns and shoots! Straight at the keeper though! Scotland are slowly but surely looking more likley to get one back...
- 75' Beattie lets fly from a free-kick, 25 yards out! Well saved by Makaridze!
- 74' Beattie gets on the end of a long cross but his header goes over the bar!
- 64' GOAL! Georgia double their lead as Siradze converts Kvirkvelia's cross after the midfielder had beaten Murty to the byline! It looks all over for Scotland now...
- 62' Oooh! Great save from Gordon to deny Kvirkvelia a goal from the resulting free kick! The Sunderland man leaps to palm the ball behind for a corner! He might just have kept Scotland in the game there.
- 39' McFadden goes for goal! Great effort out of nothing from the Everton striker! But his half-volley bounces onto the top of Makaridze's bar!
- 36' Mchedlidze lets fly from 25 yards! Gordon has to be sharp and he is! The keeper pushes the ball away to safety after it bounced nastily just ahead of him!
- 35' Big penalty shout from Scotland! McFadden takes a touch in the box and then appears to be brought down! The ref waves play on though!
- 29' McManus rises to meet the corner with a thumping header! But it's well over the bar! Better from the Scots!
- 16' GOAL! Georgia take the lead as Mchedlidze heads the corner home at the near post!
- 8' Oooh! McFadden nearly fashions a goal as he latches onto a great Kenny Miller cross to the near post! But the Everton striker's effort hits the side netting!
- - Welcome to Scotland's crucial Euro 2008 Group B qualifying clash in Georgia. Kick off is at 18:00 BST, so join us then!
Live Team Line-Up
- Referee: Knut Kircher
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Georgia
Manager: Klaus Toppmoller
Captain: Zurab Khizanishvili
On the Field
- Makaridze
- Khizanishvili
- Shashiashvili
- Asatiani
- Salukvadze
- Menteshashvili
- Kvirkvelia
- Kenia
- Kankava
- Siradze
- Mchedlidze
Subs
- Kandelaki
- Jakobia
- Tatanashvili
- Kvakhadze
- Sturua
- Bolkvadze
- Dolidze
Injured
- Kobiashvili
- Kaladze
Suspended
- Demetradze
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Scotland
Manager: Alex McLeish
Captain: Barry Ferguson
On the Field
- Gordon
- Murty
- Weir
- McManus
- Alexander
- Fletcher
- Ferguson
- Maloney
- Pearson
- Miller
- McFadden
Subs
- Dailly
- McEveley
- Beattie
- Marshall
- Teale
- Boyd
- Robson
Injured
- Naysmith
- Caldwell
- Booth
- Hartley
- Hutton
Suspended
- O'Connor
- McCulloch
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