KHVICHA KVARATSKHELIA cut short his Euro 2024 celebration to console Cristiano Ronaldo after Georgia’s historic 2-0 win over Portugal.
The Napoli star scored his first-ever European Championship goal in the 2nd minute of the last group stage match that assisted Georgia’s qualification to the knockout phase.
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia scored as Georgia beat Portugal on Wednesday
X formerly Twitter / @EURO2024Kvaratskhelia then cut short his Euro 2024 celebrations to console Cristiano Ronaldo[/caption]
X formerly Twitter / @EURO2024The Georgia star scored the opening goal to secure their spot into the knockouts[/caption]
X formerly Twitter / @EURO2024This is Georgia’s first-ever Euros[/caption]
It was a historic night for the Eastern European nation who are currently playing in their first Euros.
On their debut, their victory over Portugal set up a last-16 clash with Spain.
But in a classy moment, Georgia winger Kvaratskhelia consoled Ronaldo before he celebrated the victory with his team.
And the video that has now gone viral of the two sharing a heartfelt moment has fans gushing over the Napoli ace.
One fan gushed: “Elite mentality. Humble in victory Gracious in defeat.”
While another added: “Sportsmanship.”
A third said: “THIS IS SO BEAUTIFUL.”
Then a fourth added a picture of when Kvaratskhelia met Ronaldo in 2013 when the Portuguese icon opened the Dinamo Tbilisi Academy and captioned the picture as, “What a moment.”
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The underdogs Georgia had an underwhelming start to the tournament losing 3-0 to Turkey.
And they were on track to secure three points in their second group game against the Czech Republic after Georges Mikautadze’s spot kick goal.
But Patrik Schick‘s 59th-minute equaliser left Georgia with just one point on the table and fears their debut Euros will be coming to an end.
XKvaratskhelia met Ronaldo when he opened the Dinamo Tbilisi Academy in 2013[/caption]
