26/06/2024, 02:58 PM
Cristiano Ronaldo has been at the top level of football for many years, and during his time playing at the highest level, he has been involved in multiple projects that revolve around football. He has helped children develop in football in Portugal, like opening academies, and the Portuguese star will be reuniting with some of the kids that he visited for a special academy that developed international players. Portugal will be playing against Georgia today at the EUROS, and the match will be special for certain Georgian players as they were visited by Ronaldo more than a decade ago. In 2013, Cristiano Ronaldo opened the Dinamo Tbilisi Academy in Georgia. Today, Cristiano will play against 11 players from the Georgia national team who were in the academy, including Napoli star player Khvicha Kvaratskhelia. Kvaratskhelia has become one of the best young players in the world, and he is looking to take down Ronaldo and Portugal in order to advance to the knockout stages of the competition.
Kvaratskhelia spoke ahead of the match against Ronaldo's Portuguese national team in the EUROS. Kvaratskhelia said, "Cristiano Ronaldo has been my role model since childhood, myself. I'm happy to have this opportunity to play against him. I hope I get a Ronaldo shirt."
The Napoli star continued to talk about how it would be a dream come true to play against Ronaldo or just be on the same pitch as him. Kvarastkhelia said, "I always dreamed of playing against Ronaldo. He no longer plays in Europe, but now he is in our group, and sometimes dreams come true. I hope to leave the match with Ronaldo’s shirt, and I really hope he gives it to me."
Kvaratskhelia's dream of playing against Ronaldo may come true, as Roberto Martinez said that he plans to play the Portuguese striker against Georgia. Martinez said, "Cristiano, at this time, needs to play minutes. I think he doesn't need to rest but rather to play minutes." Portugal is already qualified for the knockout stages.
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