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Written by Vladimir Bogachov   
Friday, 31 August 2007
Klaus ToppmollerGeorgia coach Klaus Toppmöller has turned to youth as he attempts to reignite Georgia's faltering UEFA EURO 2008™ campaign, with 16-year-old Levan Kenia the youngest of four uncapped players included in his party to face Ukraine on 8 September. Khizanishvili sidelined
FC Lokomotivi Tbilisi midfielder Kenia has received his call-up alongside 17-year-old goalkeeper Georgi Makaridze and forwards Georgi Merebashvili and Dmitri Tatanashvili, who are 21 and 23 respectively. All will be in the reckoning for a place in the side that face Ukraine in Tbilisi as Georgia seek to climb from sixth place in the Group B standings. Defender Zurab Khizanishvili is not, however, as he is ruled out through suspension.

Georgia squad
Goalkeepers: Georgi Lomaia (FC Karpaty Lviv), Nukri Revishvili (FC Rubin Kazan), Georgi Makaridze (FC Dinamo Tbilisi).

Defenders: Ilia Kandelaki (FC Carl Zeiss Jena), Georgi Shashiashvili (SK Sturm Graz), Kakha Kaladze (AC Milan), Zaal Eliava (Skonto FC), Otar Khizaneishvili (SC Freiburg), Lasha Salukvadze (FC Rubin Kazan), Mate Gvinianidze (TSV 1860 München), Malkhaz Asatiani (FC Lokomitiv Moskva).

Midfielders: Sandro Kobakhidze (FC Dinamo Tbilisi), Levan Tskitishvili (unattached), Levan Kobiashvili (FC Schalke 04), Jaba Kankava (FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk), Zurab Menteshashvili (FK Ventspils), Georgi Merebashvili (FC Dinamo Tbilisi), Levan Kenia (FC Lokomotiv Tbilisi).

Forwards: Aleksandr Iashvili (Karlsruher SC), Otar Martsvaladze (FC Zakarpattya Uzhgorod), David Siradze (SC Paderborn), Lasha Jakobia (FC Metalist Kharkiv), Dmitri Tatanashvili (FC Ameri Tbilisi), Georgi Demetradze (FC Arsenal Kyiv).
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