Georgia pulled off a giant shock on the ultimate day of the group match towards Portugal: because of their preliminary success on the European Championship, the Georgians moved into the ultimate spherical.
The Georgians let their feelings run wild after Georges Mikautadze made it 2-0.
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Of all folks, opposition coach Roberto Martinez fulfilled Kvaratskhelia’s childhood dream of a duel with Cristiano Ronaldo: regardless of a whole lot of rotation, the captain, whom Kvaratskhelia describes as his “idol”, was the one outfielder of the Portuguese in all of the beginning eleven. Three group video games. Along with the 39-year-old, solely goalkeeper Diogo Costa and Joao Palhinha remained within the beginning line-up after the 3-0 win towards Turkey, which meant they gained the group.
Kvaratskhelia in all probability couldn’t have imagined a begin like Wednesday night as an adolescent. It was lower than 120 seconds into his run when the 23-year-old beat Diogo Costa with a well-placed end after a counter-attack – the place to begin of the purpose being Antonio Silva’s poor move into the leg of the Mikautadze supplier.
Participant of the sport
Recreation grade
Objectives and playing cards
1:0
Kvaratskhelia (2′)
2:0
Do not miss it (57′)
Recreation particulars
Georgia
Mamardashvili – Gvelesiani KashiaDvali – KakabadzeLokhoshvili Chakvetadze KokhorashviliKiteishvili – Do not miss it Kvaratskhelia
Portugal
Referee group
Spielinfo
Taking the lead, Willy Sagnol’s group, who, in comparison with the spectacular 1-1 draw towards the Czech Republic, relied on Gvelesiani, Lochoshvili, Kiteishvili and Chakvetadze as a substitute of Kvirkvelia, Mekvabishvili, Tsitaishvili and Davitashvili, retreating deep into his personal half. : Georgia in progress Solely 30 meters begins properly in entrance of your personal housing.
Regardless of an 11:3 shot on purpose: Portugal continued on the break
The Iberians wanted a whole lot of persistence that was unparalleled. Since they weren’t collectively dangerously within the penalty space, the Portuguese “solely” threaten a purpose from set items or long-range pictures. A Cristiano Ronaldo free-kick (seventeenth) and a cheeky Pedro Neto nook (forty fifth+2) challenged Mamardashvili, whereas Conceicao (twenty eighth) and Joao Felix (thirtieth) additionally missed. So, regardless of an 11:3 shot on purpose and 72 % possession of the ball, Martinez’s group went into the dressing room with a rating of 0:1.
The second half started as the primary ended – with a harmful nook: Dvali deflected Cristiano Ronaldo’s shot on the final minute (47′). On the subsequent ensuing nook, Danilo Pereira additionally missed the equaliser.
Out of nowhere, the underdogs had an amazing likelihood to make it 2-0 as Antonio Silva got here down too late towards Lochoshvili in his personal field. Mikautadze transformed the penalty that was whistled after VAR intervention (57th). Along with his third purpose of the competitors, the striker leads the highest scorer rankings after the group stage.
Mamardashvili can’t be defeated
For the attacker on the opposite facet, Cristiano Ronaldo, the sport was over shortly after the rating was 0-2 (66′). The famous person’s response confirmed simply how disappointing the Portuguese efficiency was: CR7 was very upset when he was changed.
Launched: Cristiano Ronaldo (centre) after being substituted. 
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The multitude of jokers didn’t actually dwell up the Iberians’ recreation – fairly the alternative. The dominance towards the Georgians, who continued to defend in a managed method, decreased barely. One other purpose was within the air simply in stoppage time. However as a result of Nelson Semedo (90+1) and Diogo Dalot (90+4) have been unable to beat Mamardashvili, the rating remained 0-2.
With the primary victory within the European Championship, Georgia, who had solely 28 % possession of the ball, moved into the successful spherical in its first participation. The match’s newcomers face Spain on Sunday (9 pm, LIVE! on the kicker). As is well-known, the defeat has no impact on Portugal. As group winners, the Iberians will meet Slovenia within the spherical of 16 on Monday (9 pm, LIVE! on kicker).