The 2 faces of Saba Sazonov: defender with Torino, chief of the ultras for his Georgia

Saba Sazonov was not known as up by the Georgia coach, the French former world vice-champion Willy Sagnol; nevertheless, the Granata defender wished to expertise the European Championship anyway. That is why he is in Germany today the place he is not a footballer or a easy fan, however the chief of the ultras: at Georgia’s debut, Sazonov was in actual fact immortalized within the stands of the Dortmund stadium. How? Within the curve, together with his again to the pitch, directing the cheering and beginning the chants of his compatriots.

Then again, Sazonov is the person of surprises, the one who at all times seems the place you least anticipate him. Throughout his first 12 months with the Granata, the 22-year-old defender born in St. Petersburg, Russia, however naturalized Georgian, stood out extra for his selections among the many crowd off the pitch than for his (few) feats on the pitch. And so, in Turin, Sazonov received everybody over first by being photographed on tram quantity 4, whereas he was returning dwelling after coaching, after which on the checkout of Lidl, the exhausting low cost chain, after doing his every day buying. Blessed normality.