Euro 2024: ‘Best day’ for Kvaratskhelia as Georgia stun Portugal
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia described Georgia’s stunning qualification for the Euro 2024 last 16, achieved by defeating Portugal, as the best day of his life.
The Napoli forward opened the scoring in less than two minutes, propelling Georgia to a 2-0 victory over Portugal. This win secured Georgia, making their debut in a major tournament, a spot in the knockout stage, where they will face three-time winners Spain.
Speaking after the match, Kvaratskhelia said that Wednesday’s win was even better than winning the Serie A title with Napoli last year – another historic triumph with an unfancied team.
“Winning the scudetto was great but today I’m so happy because you’re playing for your country,” Kvaratskhelia told reporters.
“This is the best day in my life because it was more difficult to do this with the Georgian team than win the Scudetto with Napoli.”
“It was always a dream of mine to play for national team and we made it through to next round, it’s difficult to describe my emotions.”
Georgia will now face Spain, one of the tournament favourites after winning Group B with a perfect nine points, in Cologne on Monday.
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Emmanuel Andam is a writer with 3news.com. Follow him on X, @eandam and LinkedIn: Emmanuel Andam
