Georgia’s Historic Euro 2024 Run: Defeating Portugal, Distinctive Workforce Dynamics, and File-Breaking Prize Cash

The Georgian nationwide workforce is holding its first ever European Championship, the place it has already turn out to be one of many most important sensations when it defeated Portugal (2:0) within the third spherical of the group stage and earned a ticket to the 1/8 finals.

Apparently, Georgia can be a unique workforce at Euro 2024 as 20 of its 26 gamers play for a similar membership at one level or one other of their profession – Dynamo Tbilisi.

There are solely six gamers who usually are not associated to this workforce – Lasha Dvali, Solomon Kvirkvelia, Giorgi Gocholeishvili, Sandro Altunashvili, Giorgi Tsitaishvili and Georges Mikautadze. Everybody else, together with the 2 most important stars of this workforce – Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Giorgi Mamardashvili – performed for Dynamo Tbilisi at one level or one other of their careers.

It was identified earlier than that infamous oligarch Bidzina Ivanishvili donated 10 million euros in prize cash for the Georgian nationwide workforce to achieve the Euro 2024 playoffs. In the event that they win the match, the gamers are promised much more – 50 million euros, which may very well be the very best prize cash within the historical past of world soccer.