First historic point in the final phase of a European championship for Georgia’s Khvicha Kvaratskhelia. First step instead to nip in the bud the summer soap opera on his future by Napoli who should meet the player’s entourage next week to reiterate their intention not to take into consideration the sale of Khvicha even in the face of a pharaonic offer . In short, De Laurentiis is betting everything on the 23-year-old from Tbilisi for the Azzurri’s re-foundation. Meanwhile his Georgia drew (1-1) yesterday afternoon in the second match of the group against Czech Republic. A draw with two faces and which leaves a bitter taste in the mouth right on the face of Kvara who was replaced late on (the Napoli striker limped off, but it shouldn’t be anything serious) by Saba Lobzhanidze who in the last second of the fifth minute in injury time he had the ball for the golden goal, sensationally missing it two steps from Stanek. To reach the round of 16, Kvaratskhelia and his teammates must beat Ronaldo and Leao’s Portugal next Wednesday.
The match
In Hamburg in the Volksparkstadion arena a match full of emotions took place which, however, did not always lead to scoring. The Czechs dominated for a good part of the match, they failed a lot in front of goal, they saw a goal disallowed (Hlozek) by the VAR and even went behind (Mikautadze’s penalty) before the break. In the second half the assault, the equalizer (Schick) and the final pressure which risked turning into a joke. Georgia, in fact, has shown that it knows how to be cynical enough, however paying for its inexperience on the international stage in competitions of this calibre. The very chance that happened on Lobzhanidze’s right foot is the snapshot of a match full of ups and downs in which the draw did not satisfy anyone, but neither did it displease everyone. The Czechs and Georgians are still in the running (yesterday CR7’s Portugal beat Montella’s Turkey 3-0, earning the pass with a round to spare).
The Kvara match
And Kvara? Except for a couple of accelerations and some ideas complete with a sombrero just to make it clear what the Georgian talent is made of, Khvicha didn’t shine even yesterday, deployed in a hybrid role in the attack designed by Sagnol. «I don’t know if I’m in top form – said Kvara yesterday at the end of the race – I think I can do better: I’m never satisfied with myself. But I know that I do everything for the team and for the coach, even though I don’t play in my role. However, as long as we have even just one chance, we will fight until the end to get through.” No reference to the transfer market from the Georgian talent, but that was to be expected. As it is, we can expect a wall against a wall from Napoli for his purest diamond. Despite the close court of PSGthe monstrous offer made to the Italian club and the pharaonic salary proposed to Kvara, in fact, De Laurentiis does not intend to give up his prized piece to the Qatari tycoon, Nasser Al-Khelaifi (number one of the Parisian club). At least not this year. The Azzurri owner has already rejected two big offers (the latest of over 100 million for his price tag). And it matters little – in fact, it probably matters, but on the contrary – that the attacker’s entourage has said that Kvara wants to leave (also attracted by the maxi salary of over 10 million per season – the classic 10% of its value – for five years on the banks of the Seine). Napoli had already considered negotiating a change in salary with their agent Jugeli, but the gap between offer and expectation is still too wide. We will know more next week.
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