Article by Maria Olteanu – Published Sunday, March 29, 2026 10:30 p.m. / Updated Sunday, March 29, 2026 10:33 p.m.
Sunday evening, in the competitive window dedicated to the action of the national teams, Lithuania and Georgia they played a friendly match, in Kaunas, which ended with the victory of the visitors, score 2-0.
In this match, two players from the Superliga play-off met from the first minute: the Lithuanian goalkeeper of the Cluj University, Edvinas Gertmonas (29 years old), and the Georgian midfielder from Craiova University, Anzor Mekvabishvili (24 years old).
Georgia wins against Lithuania in a friendly match
Anzor Mekvabishvili and his national team came out victorious against the goalkeeper from U Cluj, who was beaten twice in the second half of the match.
After 0-0 at the end of the first 45 minutes of play, Villarreal striker Georges Mikautadze scored twice in the second half. The first time, he did it in the 70th minute, from the penalty, and then he set the final score in the 84th minute.
Edvinas Gertmonas, goalkeeper of Lithuania and Cluj University // photo: Imago
In the World Cup qualifiers, Georgia finished third in Group E, behind Spain and Turkey. On the other side, Lithuania, which was our opponent in the last edition of the League of Nations, finished the last Group G, which also included the Netherlands, Poland, Finland and Malta.
Gertmonas and Anzor, integralists in amical
Edvinas Gertmonas and Anzor Mekvabishvili, two integral players of Sunday's game, will meet twice in the next period, in the Superliga play-off, in the matches between U Cluj and Craiova University.
The round match, between the two, will take place in the 4th stage, in Cluj, on April 13, from 21:30. The return leg will be played in Bănie, in the penultimate stage of the play-off, around May 16.
Romania will have a friendly with Georgia in the summer
The FRF announced a few days ago that the Romanian national team will hold two friendly tests in June.
The first opponent will be the national team of Georgia, on June 2, in Tbilisi, while details of the second game are to be announced in the coming period.
After the missed preliminaries for WC 2026 qualification, Romania will play the next official match on September 25, 2026. This will be the date when the “tricolors” will debut in the Nations League group. The opponent will be Sweden, and the match will be played away.
