Prior to today’s match, Georgian coach Temuri Ketsbaia told the press that the players should take this match seriously especially after last year’s 2-0 away defeat to Malta.

He assured everyone that at the present he can rely on 15 regular players and he is banking on them to show their best. Ketsbaia is anticipating that he will not tinker with his squad list and that probably there will not be any major changes in the initial line-up.

The Georgia coach also answered questions regarding the young talented Jano Ananidze of Spartak Moscow who is currently not being utilised at the Russian club. He said “I know that Jano is not playing at the moment but that means that he will be fresh for the national team and he is a great player for the future of Georgia and one of the best players in the Russian league”. Asked about the team’s failure to score goals, Ketsbaia reiterated that the team is not conceding as they used to be and stressed again that his players should be wary of their opponents without highlighting anyone in particular.