Habitsa Kabmarzadalia, score: 8
The competition between him and Mamardashvili is close, but the star deserves the title after an active performance and a lot of sacrifice on both sides of the field in addition to the goal
Antonio Silva, score: 3
A night of confusion for the young defender who was given a place in the rotation lineup, lost the ball that led to the first goal and committed the foul that led to the penalty
March 26 will be remembered forever in Georgia. The streets of Tbilisi were ablaze with joy as the national team managed to do the unbelievable and qualify for the first major tournament in its history in the form of Euro 2024. Tonight (Wednesday), exactly three months later the Georgians can erase the first date from their diaries, because they have achieved a more sublime achievement and a new national holiday is on the boards this year.
Willy Sniol’s group stood against all the odds and achieved a wonderful victory in every possible respect, 0:2 against none other than the European champion in 2016, the Portugal team, and the man who in my eyes is considered the greatest in history, Cristiano Ronaldo, who could only stand in awe and appreciate. A victory that was the first in its history at the Euros and set up the first knockout qualification ever in addition.
This is a sporting dream come true. Georgia came to the tournament as the weakest team on paper, maybe together with Romania (who also qualified earlier and from first place, yes?), but they remembered one thing that someone wise said, that we all forgot: the Euro belongs to the small teams.
Ronaldo also learned this the hard way this time. At the start of the match, all eyes in Gelsenkirchen were on the Portuguese phenomenon with the number seven on his back, who was still looking for his first goal of the tournament, but they got another one with the number seven that emerged from the other side altogether. Less than two minutes from the whistle, George Mikoutadze found a deadly burst from Habitsa Kabrazdalia, who beat Diego Costa, and scored his first personal goal of the competition.
From that moment, we discovered that we had not witnessed an exemplary defensive stance, like the Georgian one. The Celso attacked and completely dominated the pitch, but the red defense stood up heroically led by the man who had already been given the title of Euro goalkeeper by many, Giorgi Mamardashvili.
The Valencia man between the posts proved once again that he belongs at the highest levels and would frustrate Ronaldo and co again and again, and then came the sweetest moment of all. In the 55th minute, after being ignored at first sight, the referee of the match, Sandro Sherer, was called to VAR and determined: a penalty for the Georgians. The king of Euro goals, who also scored the first one, Mikautedze, went to the point and scored another goal that shook the ground from Glazenkirchen to Batumi.
At the end, the result remained the same and the Salceau, who in any case qualified for the round of 16 from first place, found out that they would meet Slovenia in the round of 16. On the other hand, the great Cinderella recorded the biggest evening in the history of local football and won a prestigious meeting against the Spanish team in a knockout.
second half
- ’90+4
- The final whistle! Shrerk reigned supreme: Georgia is in the round of 16 with 0:2 over Portugal
- ’82
- Devichvili replaced Kabmarzadalia
- ’81
- Chekvatadze also left, Maquibashvili entered in his place
- ’76
- Substitution in Georgia on the other hand: Quirkvelia enters instead of Goulshian
- ’75
- Nunes also entered and replaced Neves
- ’75
- Jota also entered in Portugal, Neto went down
- ’71
- Chakwatadze unleashed a deadly three-on-three burst, but decided not to deliver and kicked hard and high over the frame from outside the box
- ’66
- Ronaldo also left and finished the group stage still without a goal, Ramos entered in his place
- ’66
- Martinez also went to the bench and made a double substitution: Samado replaced Silva
- ’63
- Substitution in Georgia: Lukhushvili was replaced by Kityishvili
- ’57
- Gate! Georgia went up 0:2: Georgian madness in Gelsenkirchen, Mikautdze scored from the penalty spot and doubled the lead. On the way to a first victory in the Euros and qualifying for the eighth?
- ’55
- In a frenzy, Silva kicked the leg of Lukhushvili after a comedy of errors in the Portuguese defence. At first the referee was not convinced, but VAR called him and Sherer awarded a penalty to Georgia
- ’49
- A rare attack by the Georgians almost ended with a second goal against the flow of the game. A mistake in the Portuguese defense ended with a cross ball that Mikauteza missed, Cabrezadalia was there all alone in the center of the box and just had to kick well, but released a weak ball straight to Costa
- ’47
- Ronaldo was so close. Nevs’ corner kick bounced off the Georgian defenders and fell to the feet of the phenomenon, who kicked from close range, but was blocked out at the last moment
- ’46
- First substitution in Portugal: Palinha was replaced by Neves
first half
- ’45+1
- Felix advanced nicely from the right wing to the middle with a good dribble and finished with a kick on the frame, but it was too weak, easy work for Mamardashvili
- ’44
- Neto also saw the yellow card, after the referee claimed impersonation on his part
- ’43
- At the end of an orderly attack by the Portuguese, Felix laid a soft ball to Palinha, which the midfielder turned, but narrowly missed the frame
- ’35
- A clever deep ball by Palinha found Ronaldo, who from a difficult angle tried to score, but his shot was blocked by the defense at the last minute
- ’28
- A nervous Ronaldo claimed he was pulled shirtless in the box and saw the first yellow card of the tackle
- ’28
- A sharp lift from the left wing challenged Mamardashvili, who was unable to collect the ball, Concesseau penned the rebound completely free in the area, but kicked hard only to the outer net
- ’22
- Paglia advanced to the edge of the box and turned a kick into the frame of the goal, but Mamardashvili again caught the ball with relative ease
- ’16
- Ronaldo approached a free kick from a long distance and unleashed a very strong kick that, although it tested Mamardashvili, the goalkeeper did not really have a problem receiving it
- ’2
- Gate! Georgia went up 0:1: Unbelievably, Silva’s careless back pass went directly to Mikautedza, who found Kabazdalia completely free in a quick burst, the star finished coolly against Costa and put his team ahead in less than two minutes from the opening
- ’1
- The opening whistle! Sherer started the match
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