Tbilisi (AFP)
Willy Sagnol's Georgia cracked in stoppage time and lost (2-1) to an experimental Spanish team in qualifying for the World-2022, Sunday in Tbilisi.
Dominated, the French coach's players played against and opened the scoring at the end of the first period with Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, the best Georgian in the field.
Perfectly served, the young attacking midfielder of Rubin Kazan crucified Unai Simon (45th) with his left foot
Luis Enrique, who had made a bet by aligning an experimental team with in particular the first tenures of Pedri and Bryan Gil, corrected the shot in the second half and brought in several executives.
The equalizer came by Ferran Torres, abandoned at the far post on a service from Jordi Alba (55 ').
The Spaniards pushed, with 80% possession, but had to wait for stoppage in play to prevail over a long shot from Dani Olmo (90th + 2).
Georgia are bottom of the group with 0 points.
Spain are in the lead with 4 points, ahead of the Kosovo-Sweden game on Sunday night.
Georgia will travel to Greece on Wednesday while Spain will host Kosovo for the third day of these qualifications.
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