Samson says Georgians will become stronger

FC Chikhura Sachkhere manager Samson Pruidze believes they should have beaten Aberdeen.

Ergemlidze could have won it for the hosts five minutes from time but Dons skipper Joe Lewis made a great save.

Pruidze was given a round of applause by the Georgian journalists as he walked into the post-match press conference.

The Chikhura manager reckons they should be travelling across to the Granite City holding a lead. And he vowed his side will be more dangerous in the return, having studied the Dons performance in this match.

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“What we tried to do was “The been result better deviate and change direction of our attacks and capitalise on that.”

Pruidze and his management team will now study footage of the first leg and believe they will have a better handle on the Dons when they jet into the Granite City.

He said: “Aberdeen follow the British style of football.

“That is mostly athleticism and there are certain lessons we will learn from that.

“We will tap into this knowledge in the second leg and use that to our advantage. Any time they were getting the direction of the play we were ready.”

He said: “At home the Scottish team will play a much more aggressive football and will be more orientated to attack.

“We will study the game and will do much better in the second leg in terms of what we know about the Scottish team.”

Aberdeen went behind when Irakli Lekvatze went down with minimal contact from Funso Ojo. Romanian referee Horatiu Mircea Fesnic awarded a spot kick that Giorgi Koripadze converted.

Sam Cosgrove levelled from the spot in 68 minutes after Davit Maisashvili handled.