Georgia made history in the Euro Cup, the first in its history, by qualifying for the round of 16. A team based on the defensive armor of its three central defenders Gvelesiani, Kashia and Lochoshvili, in addition to the extraordinary level of Mamardashvili, the Valencia goalkeeper who is life insurance. But not only do they defend well, they also know how to counterattack with great danger. Kvaratskhelia is a specialist in this, who after a discreet season, very far from what the previous one was in Naples, has arrived at the Euro Cup inspired and with a point of form that makes him unstoppable.
Chakvetadze’s quality in midfield and Mikautadze’s passion and danger in front of goal, who has not succeeded at Ajax for strange reasons, are excellent accompaniments for him. Recently acquired by Metz, he has equaled myths like van Nistelrooy and Baros by scoring three goals in his first three Euro Cup games. Nor should we overlook the tactical mastery and long movement of a well-known Spanish champion, Kochorashvili, Levante’s defensive midfielder. But Kvicha Kvaratskhelia steals the spotlight. Raised in one of Cristiano Ronaldo’s academies, the great revelation of last season in Italy (14 goals and 17 assists in 43 games) is the undisputed franchise player of this team. With a wider action ratio and closer to the area than in San Paolo, it is Sagnol’s great weapon. Unbalance, assist and score. If he is inspired, as he showed against Portugal in a stellar performance, he takes Georgia to another dimension.
In 75th place in the FIFA ranking and also a rival to Spain in the qualifying group, Germany marks the debut of a country with nearly four million inhabitants in a major tournament since its official recognition as a national team in 1992. To do so, they got rid of Luxembourg and Greece in the ‘C’ route of the play-offs, taking advantage of their status as champions of the Nations League C.
The architect of this miracle is Willy Sagnol. Whoever was the right back of the France team that won the 2000 Euro Cup or the Bayern Munich team that won the Champions League League in 2001 has shaped a Caucasian team of notable emerging talent for three years after training in the French U-21 and the Girondins. At Bayern he was Carlo Ancelotti’s second and made his debut as interim head coach. High intensity, tactical rigor and counterattack are indisputable in a proposal that the Spanish National Team must now overcome to reach the quarterfinals.
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